Karl Malmstrom

Released
Date of birth:1897
Gender:Male
Era:1910s
State:Washington
Time Imprisoned:
2 Years 4 Months
Support
Industrial Workers of the World
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Biography

Karl Malmstrom was born in Ystad, Sweden. Immigrated to the United States in 1915.

Joined the IWW in Portland, Oregon, December 1916. Arrested February 1917 in San Francisco for distributing IWW literature and sentenced to sixty days, he was arrested again in Seattle in 1918 on the same charge and in Everett, Washington, March 1919, when he was held for deportation. Asked if he wished to become a US citizen, he replied, “Never…I am a citizen of the world,” and stated “that workers should be ready to take up arms for industrial freedom”For the workers to get industrial freedom, I would pick up arms at any time…Just like in Russia—do away with the parasites.” He was deported June 29, 1919 as “likely to become a public charge.”

Case

Arrested: February 1917
Incarcerated: February 1917
Released: Jun 29, 1919
In exile since: Jun 29, 1919
Sentence: Arrested in February 1917 and deported on June 29, 1919. The source records no release on bail or bond, so custody pending deportation is recorded from arrest to sailing; if evidence of an interim release surfaces, the span should be shortened.

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