Biography
The August 28 report names John Jerome as arrested August 22 in Grand Forks while selling the Daily Worker, charged with vagrancy and awaiting trial. Defense lawyer Leslie Rylan is not recorded as a prisoner. No physical discharge or completed duration is supplied. Daily Worker, August 28, 1931, original PDF page 3. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1931/v08-n207-NY-aug-28-1931-DW-LOC.pdf#page=3
John Jerome was a young worker arrested in Grand Forks while selling the Daily Worker. An August 28, 1931 worker correspondence reports that he was charged with vagrancy, pleaded not guilty before Police Magistrate Leslie Ryan and obtained a jury trial. The writer says Jerome had recently worked on a threshing crew and had money for food and lodging, disputing the accusation that he lacked visible means of support. The report dates the arrest only as last Saturday and gives no final verdict, sentence, exact release day or custody total. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1931/v08-n207-NY-aug-28-1931-DW-LOC.pdf#page=3
