Biography
Samuel Heaterly was the brother and housemate of William Heaterly, an unemployed Black man whom the Daily Worker of December 8, 1934, page 2, reports police shot in Philadelphia about ten days earlier. The article says Samuel had moved in after his own eviction, was beaten by police and remained held without bail. It situates the case in the campaign against eviction violence and demands to remove Constable Gillman. No formal charge, exact arrest day, conviction, sentence or release is given. The report of the shooting and beating is attributed to this contemporary account. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n293-Nat-dec-08-DW-LOC.pdf
Daily Worker, November 30, 1934: Page 3 reports from Philadelphia on November 29 that police attempting an eviction at 1011 Callowhill Street on Tuesday, November 27, killed his brother William. The article says Samuel fled the gunfire, was captured, beaten unconscious and taken away. These are attributed newspaper allegations. This supplies the arrest day for his existing detention, with no exact jail admission, release, conviction or additional sentence. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n286-NAT-nov-30-1934-DW-LOC.pdf
A November 30 Philadelphia dispatch reports Samuel Heaterly held without bail on November 29 following the November 27 eviction confrontation in which police killed his brother William. The charges listed are aggravated assault and battery, threats to do bodily harm, resisting arrest, and accessory after the fact. Police beating is attributed to the newspaper. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n287-Nat-dec-01-DW-LOC.pdf#page=3
Pages 1–2's December 6 Philadelphia report says Sam Heaterly remained held without bail on assault-with-intent-to-kill charges after police killed William during the Callowhill Street eviction. It alleges severe beating while he tried to escape. This supplements the previously reported charging list without treating the accounts as separate arrests. The protest demanded release and compensation, not an already granted discharge. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n292-Nat-dec-07-DW-LOC.pdf
Contemporary original newspaper source; individual page evidence retained in review audit 263. Exact individual custody dates and duration are not inferred from relative dates or collective claims.
Daily Worker, November 30, 1934; relevant page stated in the accompanying profile note.
Daily Worker, December 7, 1934; relevant page stated in the accompanying profile note.
