Biography
One of the four remaining defendants prosecuted following the March 26, 1932 anti-war demonstration at the Japanese Embassy in Washington, targeted by police clubbing and subsequent assault accusations. The April 7 continuation says Kennedy’s trial was postponed to April 20. The postponement does not establish continued jail custody through that date. Exact discharge and total detention remain unknown. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1932/v09-n084-NY-apr-08-1932-DW-LOC.pdf#page=3
The March 28 Washington dispatch reported an assault-case hearing after arrests during the Saturday antiwar demonstration at the Japanese Embassy. Hardy, Siskind and Kennedy pleaded not guilty, demanded a jury and were held on $500 bail for an April 6 trial. Ivan Kastrow, the fourth defendant, could not appear because of injuries. The article identifies Joan Hardy as a Baltimore young worker beaten unconscious. The Saturday arrest date was March 26, 1932. Surnames alone are preserved without invented first names. Daily Worker, March 29, 1932, original PDF page 1. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1932/v09-n075-NY-mar-29-1932-DW-LOC.pdf#page=1
