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Saul Langdon

Era:1920s
State:District of Columbia
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Biography

Saul Langdon was one of the individually named signatories of a protest from Washington’s First Precinct station jail after the November 10, 1928 antiwar demonstration demanding freedom for imprisoned soldier John Porter. The November 12 Daily Worker prints the prisoners’ account of crowded, vermin-infested cells, restrictions on communication and their refusal of food. The November 11 bail releases explicitly name three other people; they do not establish Saul Langdon’s release. A November 13 followup reports park-ordinance convictions and $100-or-sixty-day alternatives for six leaders and $50-or-thirty-day alternatives for the others, without individually allocating Saul Langdon’s penalty. Those imposed alternatives are not complete service totals. Exact personal discharge and complete custody remain unknown. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1928/1928-ny/v05-n270-NY-nov-14-1928-DW-LOC.pdf#page=1 Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1928/1928-ny/v05-n270-NY-nov-14-1928-DW-LOC.pdf#page=5 Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1928/1928-ny/v05-n268-NY-nov-12-1928-DW-LOC.pdf#page=3

Case

Charges: Washington park-ordinance prosecution after the antiwar and Free John Porter demonstration.
Arrested: Nov 10, 1928
Incarcerated: Nov 10, 1928
Sentence: Actually arrested and jailed November 10. Subsequent group fine-or-jail penalties are not individually allocated; full personal custody and discharge unresolved. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1928/1928-ny/v05-n268-NY-nov-12-1928-DW-LOC.pdf#page=3