The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-31
Bail of $500
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me repea tedly across the head with
bIackjacks. decorating my scalp.
They also struck me with blsckjacks
across my neck causing it to swell
up. and across my back. making it
black and blue. One Of the cops
hit me across the face. The beat
ing continued for about ten min
utes. I was then taken together
with the other workers TO a sub
station where we were brought be-
fore detectives who f1ngerprinted
US. Then they tied our hands be-
hind us with cords and we we're
again brutally beaten.
Core Daniels. one of the arrest
ed workers. had a hole in mis- head.
A doctor treated him. He too was
taken to the detectives for finger
printing. When he came down from
the detectives room he had a split
lip and his mouth was bleeding
and swollen. He slumped on a
bench, almost unconscious from the
beating.
Head Split Open
The other workers received the
same treatment. Pulaski was taken
up to the detectives, and his entire
head was bleeding and his coat was
covered with blood when he was
brought back. Carlson received the
same brutal treatment, His head
was split open He could barely
stand up, and he was half dragged
to the patrol wagon. SCHNEIDER was
taken to the sub-station cellar, His
legs and hands were bound and the
police kept on beating him.
In jail, the keepers threatened
us continually that they would
bring in hose and let us have it. >
we had no place to sleep and
had to sit up all night. They
crowded five workers into a cell
which had only one cot. The odor
OF the toilet in the cells where we
were placed was so bad that it sick
ened us No food was given us
unless We bought it
Jenkins Story COrroborated
That all Of the prisoners were
beaten before trial is also attested
to by Joseph Elwell, one of the
prisoners held on a misdemeanor
charge, and released on bail. Elvell
stated It saw jenkins brought into
the detention room Saturday morn
ing. He was between two cops and
had shackles on his hands. The
smaller of the cops struck him four
or five vicious blows in the body
as he (Jenkins) sagged against the
wall half-unconscious from previous
beatings.
In the police station saw Core
Daniels being dressed by the sur
geon for some kind Of head wound.
Later he was taken upstairs, after
which ] heard several cries of a
man in distress. Then Daniels
came downstairs with his face all
bloody. He had to have medical
treatment for q second time. I also
saw two cops threaten this man in
the detention room, They used
clenched fists to try to make him
confess to something about his wife.
Other workers were taken up
stairs separately, and 1 heard
sounds of beating and sounds of
pain, but I was not permitted TO see
positive evidence Of the beatings-
only the drawn, white faces of the
workers when they were brought
downstairs"
Bail must be raised at once to
take the prisoners out of the
hands Of the blue coated sadists!
Workers everywhere! Organize de-
Tense committees, Raise funds
to free your brothers! Flood
Mayor LsGuardia and Police
Commissioner Organ with the
aroused and indignant protests
Of organized and unorganiZed
labor. Demand that the sadistic
and brutal smuggling of class pris-
oners cease. Demonstrate Sat-
urday, June 2, at 10 A. NJ. at 50
Lafayette St, in protest against
hunger, against evictions. against
Starvation and against the police
brutality equalIed only by the
n1ad-dogs of Hitler FascisIn.
Mass at the court trial of these
victims of police brutality on
Friday, June 1. at 10 a. M. at
the First District Court, Franklin
and Center SITS! Flood the trial
Judge Magistrate Dreyer with
mass resolutions demanding the
unconditional and safe release of
these prisoners.