Biography
Joseph Eduk was a shoe-strike arrestee whose detention and beating were reported in the January 14, 1930 Daily Worker. Arrested the previous Friday, January 10, he was beaten in the police station’s detective room and released on $2,500 bail Sunday, January 12, on a felonious assault charge. The International Labor Defense handled his defense. The report establishes two elapsed days in custody, with no conviction or imposed sentence. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1930/v06-n267-NY-jan-14-1930-DW-LOC.pdf#page=2