Biography
The report identified Serop Soghomonian, an American worker and Army veteran who served in Siberia in 1918 and again from 1926 until April 1930, as arrested and severely beaten for participating in a January 20, 1931 hunger march to New York City Hall. He faced felonious assault and a trial scheduled for Wednesday, February 25, with International Labor Defense representation. His prior Army service is not imprisonment. Daily Worker, February 23, 1931, original PDF page 2. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1931/v08-n047-NY-feb-23-1931-DW-LOC.pdf#page=2