Henry Tonn

Gender:Male
Era:1910s
State:Iowa
Support
Industrial Workers of the World
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Biography

Henry Tonn was an IWW organizer arrested after trying to cash an IWW check.

IWW organizer Henry Tonn was arrested in Marion,Iowa in November 1919 after attempting to cash an IWW check. A deputy sheriff took him to jail and searched his person and luggage, finding union documents. A criminal-syndicalism conviction carried a sentence of up to three years; the Iowa Supreme Court reversed in 1923. The source supplies no exact intake, release or full actual duration. Ahmed A. White, The Crime of Economic Radicalism, Oregon Law Review85(2006),649; physical PDF pages[88, 98]; SHA256 5dce4fe1865093ab1e1cde780b2604f9f3577c45e05095bb91c4bc99e46fb38c.

Case

Charges: Criminal syndicalism; IWW documents and organizing.
Sentence: Historical custody established; exact endpoints and full actual duration unknown. Ahmed A. White, The Crime of Economic Radicalism, Oregon Law Review85(2006),649; physical PDF pages[88, 98]; SHA256 5dce4fe1865093ab1e1cde780b2604f9f3577c45e05095bb91c4bc99e46fb38c.

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