Biography
Anderson McPerkin, a Black unemployed worker, was reportedly arrested after seeking food at Crescent Springs and accused of rape. The May 12 report says he was held incommunicado in the Covington county jail, with appointed counsel delayed three weeks and trial indefinitely postponed. The newspaper challenges the accusation; that challenge is attributed, not an independent finding. Daily Worker, May 12, 1930, page 3. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1930/v06-n368-NY-may-12-1930-DW-LOC.pdf
A May 12 report describes the proceedings as still pending. A May 21 dispatch published in the May 22 Daily Worker reports that McPerkin had been sentenced to death, and the Kentucky Court of Appeals confirmed the judgment on December 5, 1930. The reports establish the sentencing month, not the exact day or whether the execution took place.
