Elmer Smith

Released
Date of birth:22. 01. 1888
Date of death:25. 09. 1932
Age:44† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Washington
Support
Labor Organizing Civil Liberties Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Elmer Smith

Biography

Centralia, WA attorney and the IWW's local defense lawyer. After the Armistice Day 1919 raid on the Centralia IWW hall, Smith was charged alongside the IWW defendants as a co-conspirator in the murder of American Legion commander Warren Grimm. Acquitted at trial but disbarred for his IWW work. Spent the rest of his life campaigning for the release of the convicted Centralia defendants until his death in 1932.

Case

Charges: Co-conspirator to second-degree murder of Warren Grimm (Centralia Massacre).
Arrested: Nov 11, 1919
Sentenced: Apr 5, 1920
Sentence: Acquitted; disbarred. Verdict as recorded: No — acquitted at trial; nonetheless disbarred for IWW work.
Convicted: No — acquitted

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