Biography
William Dietrich, Communist candidate for the Colorado legislature, was individually identified among relief strikers arrested at the Platte River picket line in Denver during the October 30, 1934 police attack. The October 31 dispatch reports ensuing repression of the relief strike, which sought reversal of a 51 percent relief cut. No charge, release or complete custody duration is given. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n261-NY-nov-01-1934-DW-LOC.pdf#page=2
Page 3's caption individually identifies this defendant in the Denver relief-strike group photograph. The December 6 report dates the police attack and arrests to October 30, says all defendants were actually out on bail and announces December 11 jury trials, defended by Thomas J. Croaff and Grover C. Johnson. Its potential six-month to two-year penalty range is not an imposed sentence. Henry Brown is identified as Englewood Colorado Workers Union president, shot by police and denied dressing of his wound for 72 hours in jail. Dietrich is described here as a Congressional candidate, differing from the earlier legislature designation. No final December outcome is inferred from this pretrial report. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n292-Nat-dec-07-DW-LOC.pdf
