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Webb (Springfield veteran, 1933)

Released
Full name:Webb
Era:1930s
State:Illinois
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Biography

Captain Webb, identified only by surname as a member of the Bonus Expeditionary Force, was arrested by state militiamen while sitting on a worker's porch in Springfield, Illinois during efforts to prevent the August 1, 1933 antiwar demonstration. The Daily Worker of August 10, page 4, says he was charged with vagrancy, bond was set at $5,000, and he was later released. No precise release day, sentence, first name or connection to other people named Webb is established.

Case

Charges: Vagrancy in the suppression of the Springfield antiwar demonstration.
Arrested: Aug 1, 1933
Sentence: Bond set at $5,000; subsequently released, exact release day and disposition unknown.