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Zorki Yoki

Era:1930s
State:Ohio
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Page 3's April 1 Cadiz dispatch identifies Betty Gannett and Zorki Yoki as convicted of criminal syndicalism the preceding day after distributing antiwar leaflets. Both were released on $1,000 bail furnished by the International Labor Defense, which was appealing. The reported five-to-ten-year punishment is exposure following conviction; the report does not establish that a numerical sentence was imposed or served. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1930/v06-n334-NY-apr-02-1930-DW-LOC.pdf

The report prints a one-to-ten-year sentence for distributing shop papers at Martin’s Ferry, Ohio, under criminal syndicalism law. It says the prosecutor offered dismissal if Yoki and Betty Gannett stayed out of Belmont County, which they refused; the ILD was appealing. The range is nominal punishment, not measured service. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/labordefender/1930/v05n05-may-1930-LD.pdf#page=12

Contemporary original newspaper source; individual page evidence retained in review audit 598. Exact individual custody dates and duration are not inferred from relative dates or collective claims.

Case

Charges: Criminal syndicalism for distributing antiwar leaflets, Cadiz, Ohio.
Sentence: Convicted by March 31, 1930; released on ILD-furnished $1,000 bail by the April 1 dispatch. Five to ten years described as threatened punishment, with appeal pending; exact custody endpoints unknown.