Biography
William Ensign was one of eight workers arrested at an election meeting in San Francisco’s Jefferson Square on October 28, 1934. The Western Worker named William Ensign in its arrest list and reported a vagrancy charge. A November 6 report stated that William Ensign remained jailed under $500 cash bail.
Daily Worker, October 31, 1934, page 3: The San Francisco October 30 dispatch names this defendant in the Jefferson Park election-meeting arrests and reports $1,000 cash bail. It prints Alex Naral, Gus Dahlin and Eve Crew for the corresponding Noral, Gustave Dahlin and Eva Crew identities. The account says yesterday, implying October 29, while the existing Western Worker source gives October 28; it also labels six listed companions as five. These conflicts are retained without replacing the existing arrest day or creating a duplicate case.
Sources and evidence limits
Birth and death dates, final case outcome and exact total custody time are not established here. No precise bail-release date is entered.
Historical claims are attributed to the contemporary newspaper. No present-day custody status, demographic classification or precise date is inferred.
Individually named in the October 28 Jefferson Square election-meeting arrests. PDF page 5’s November 6 account says Berg, Ensign and Boots remained held under $500 cash bail. No final verdict or discharge supplied.
