Frank Fitzgerald

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1930s
State:California
Support
Labor Organizing
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Biography

Frank Fitzgerald was one of the eight "Modesto Boys" — maritime workers framed on a dynamite charge by Standard Oil agents after the 1935 tanker strike near Modesto, California and imprisoned at San Quentin or Folsom; pardons were recommended in 1937.

Case

San Quentin State Prison
Charges: Framed on a dynamite-possession charge.
Arrested: Apr 21, 1935
Sentence: Imprisoned at San Quentin/Folsom; pardoned. Verdict as recorded: Convicted, July 1935; pardons recommended 1937 Charges as recorded: Framed on a dynamite-possession charge after the 1935 Modesto tanker strike.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: California

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