Biography
Sam Harter was an unemployed Black worker in Chicago living with his wife and young son. A worker correspondent in the Daily Worker of November 15, 1932 reports police brutally beating him and taking him to jail after he protested refusal of an overdue grocery order at a relief station. The article gives an October 19 relief appointment while also using an undated relative reference to yesterday; that inconsistency prevents assigning an exact arrest day. The source does not establish unreported custody endpoints or total time actually served.
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Daily Worker, original PDF page 3
Sam Harter was an unemployed Black worker in Chicago living with his wife and young son. A worker correspondent in the Daily Worker of November 15, 1932 reports police brutally beating him and taking him to jail after he protested refusal of an overdue grocery order at a relief station. The article gives an October 19 relief appointment while also using an undated relative reference to yesterday; that inconsistency prevents assigning an exact arrest day. The source does not establish unreported custody endpoints or total time actually served.
