Thomas Aloysius Hickey

AKA: Tom Hickey; Red Tom Hickey
Released
Date of birth:14. 01. 1869
Date of death:07. 05. 1925
Age:56† Deceased
Gender:Male
Era:1910s
State:Texas
Time Imprisoned:
2 Days
Support
Socialist Party of America
Thomas Aloysius Hickey

Biography

Thomas Aloysius Hickey was known as Red Tom. Thomas Aloysius Hickey was an Irish-born socialist journalist and labor organizer who edited The Rebel in Texas. Authorities detained him during the 1917 anti-conscription crackdown. He spent two days in federal custody before release on bail.

Case

Charges: Alleged conspiracy against the government in the anti-conscription crackdown — no prosecution established
Arrested: May 17, 1917
Incarcerated: May 17, 1917
Released: May 19, 1917
Sentence: Arrested without a warrant at Brandenburg, Stonewall County, on Thursday, May 17, 1917. His account describes two days held incommunicado in a shared cell before a Saturday hearing and release on $1,000 bail, corresponding to May 19. The hearing was at Abilene. No custodial sentence or conviction is inferred; historical research reports that he was not prosecuted.

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