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Walter Rousch

Era:1930s
State:Florida
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Biography

Walter Rousch was a Socialist and member of the Modern Democrats arrested in the November 30, 1935 Tampa raid. The Daily Worker individually distinguishes Jensen and Rousch from Joseph Shoemaker, Eugene Poulnot and Dr. Sam Rogers: it reports that Jensen and Rousch escaped the subsequent flogging because they had many local friends. Its May 19, 1936 Bartow dispatch discusses the exclusion of their testimony about the group's municipal-reform and production-for-use program. The claim about why they escaped flogging is attributed to the newspaper. No individual physical release day, statutory charge or completed custody total is supplied. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1936/v13-n121-NY-May-20-1936-DW-Q.pdf#page=6

Case

Charges: Arrest in raid on a Modern Democrats meeting; individual statutory charge not supplied.
Arrested: Nov 30, 1935
Sentence: Arrested in Tampa raid; reported to have escaped the subsequent flogging. No imposed sentence or individual physical release date established.