Biography
Robert Okum was a bystander in a nearby hallway whom police seized, beat and took to jail after an object thrown by another sympathizer hit a policeman. The incident occurred at William Bryan’s home, 548 Rockaway Avenue, Brooklyn, on Friday, July 21, 1933. International Labor Defense was arranging defense at a scheduled Saturday magistrates-court hearing. The article does not report individual statutory charges, trial outcome or physical release. Historical age is not converted to a birth date. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1933/v10-n175-NY-jul-22-1933-DW-LOC.pdf#page=2
