Biography
Kendell Lytton was a Black Harlem worker held in Sing Sing’s death cell when the Daily Worker reported his International Labor Defense campaign on December 29, 1931. The article says he was arrested in February 1931 for the killing of the tailor Lefkowitz, convicted before Judge Rosalsky and unsuccessful on appeal. It alleges a racist frame-up, saying no gun was found and the dying tailor did not identify him. Lytton was reported twenty-four, had worked from fifteen, lived with his mother and siblings, and had been unemployed before arrest. His execution was scheduled for January 18, 1932; this future date is not an actual execution, release or completed custody endpoint. The source spelling Kendell is retained without inventing a full middle name or exact birthday. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1931/v08-n312-NY-dec-29-1931-DW-LOC.pdf#page=1
