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John Salo

Era:1920s
State:Minnesota
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Biography

Named Industrialisti-related defendant in the Duluth criminal-syndicalism prosecution. The June 1920 report individually records arrest January 20, 1920. Salo was convicted March 26 after the March 23–26 trial, with sentence not yet imposed and release on $2,000 bail. Actual arrest is distinguished from later trial status; exact release day and complete custody duration unknown. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/one-big-union-monthly/v02n06-jun-1920_One%20Big%20Union.pdf#page=39

Case

Charges: Minnesota criminal syndicalism charges associated with Industrialisti and the Workers’ Socialist Publishing Company.
Arrested: Jan 20, 1920
Sentence: Actual January 20, 1920 arrest; later at liberty on bail. Conviction reported March 26, sentence still unpronounced.