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Leonard Costa

Era:1930s
State:New York
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Biography

Leonard Costa, a Rochester Unemployed Council organizer, was arrested in the street and beaten in jail according to a May 30 dispatch. The International Labor Defense secured his release on bail. Exact arrest and release days, formal charge and completed duration are not printed. Daily Worker, May 31, 1934, page 3. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n130-may-31-1934-DW-LOC.pdf#page=3

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Sentence: Leonard Costa, a Rochester Unemployed Council organizer, was arrested in the street and beaten in jail according to a May 30 dispatch. The International Labor Defense secured his release on bail. Exact arrest and release days, formal charge and completed duration are not printed. Daily Worker, May 31, 1934, page 3. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n130-may-31-1934-DW-LOC.pdf#page=3