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Mike Kunza

Era:1930s
State:Wisconsin
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Biography

Page 3's December 18 Kenosha dispatch identifies Mike Kunza as a Relief Workers Association leader sentenced the preceding Friday, December 14, to ninety days in County Jail by Municipal Judge Calvin Stewart. It reports two recent arrests for disorderly conduct while advocating adequate relief at the courthouse clothing department, saying officers waited to seize him alone. Exact arrest dates and a complete jail total are unprinted; the ninety-day term was imposed, not verified as fully served. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n302-Nat-dec-19-DW-LOC.pdf

Contemporary original newspaper source; individual page evidence retained in review audit 895. Exact individual custody dates and duration are not inferred from relative dates or collective claims.

Case

Charges: Disorderly conduct arising from relief advocacy.
Sentenced: Dec 14, 1934
Sentence: Ninety days in County Jail imposed December 14, 1934; actual completed service and release unknown.
Judge: Calvin Stewart