Word: prisoners
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Ruthenberg faces a prison sentence of ten years or a fine of $5,000, or both...
...guilty of obstructing the draft and sent to an Ohio workhouse. After the war, he was convicted of writing the notorious "left wing" manifesto which split the regular Socialist Party and led to the birth of insurrectionary Communism in America. He was sentenced to ten years in Sing Sing prison and served 18 months before the Appellate Court reversed the decision and released him pending a new trial...
...Twice before I was sent to prison for conducting this fight for the working classes," said Ruthenberg in his speech. "Each time I came out I took up the task where I had left off. . . . If we lose this fight we shall go to prison with our heads erect- bleeding but not bandaged...
...Weil is one of those pictures where four reels go by and the audience is about ready to put on its bonnet and rubbers to go home when the hero is falsely accused of murder. Four more reels are necessary sary to drag him to prison and offer him opportunity for heaving, tearing and gnashing the chest, the hair and the teeth, respectively. When about half the play is junked, the remainder may prove interesting...
Because he attended his mother's funeral, D. J. Hickey, secretary to the warden of Sing Sing prison, missed witnessing his first execution in 30 years. (He has seen...