Biography
Thomas Massey was arrested with Pettis Perry in Sacramento in late October 1934 after a Plaza Park speech. The Western Worker named Thomas Massey among those held on speaking-without-a-permit charges under $500 cash bail. Subsequent reporting described release on reduced bail and an upcoming trial; it does not establish a final verdict or actual sentence served.
Sources and evidence limits
Birth and death dates, final case outcome and exact total custody time are not established here. Exact arrest and release days conflict or are absent; each defendant’s later trial result remains unknown.
Historical claims are attributed to the contemporary newspaper. No present-day custody status, demographic classification or precise date is inferred.
Named with Perry and Kinz in the late-October Sacramento Plaza speaking-without-a-permit arrests, initially under $500 cash bail. Subsequent reports describe reduced bail and release. PDF page 17 schedules Massey’s trial for November 28; no outcome or exact discharge day supplied.
