Biography
Raymond McSurley was a West Virginia labor prisoner serving a twelve-year sentence at the Moundsville penitentiary for his part in a strike.
Daily Worker, December 24, 1935: Page 6’s account of Irene McSurley identifies her husband as a West Virginia striker serving twelve years at Moundsville and describes her support of their two small children with ILD relief. The surname, strike context, institution and term match this existing record. The article does not print his first name or specify manslaughter; its rounded four-year retrospective chronology is not converted into exact sentencing or custody dates. Irene is the dependent receiving assistance, not an additional prisoner. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1935/v12-n309-NY-dec-24-DW-Q.pdf