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Louis Harris

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

Louis Harris, who was at work in another shop at the time of the fight, was one of five National Textile Workers' Union members charged with first-degree murder in the Paterson, New Jersey silk strike of 1931. During the 1931 silk strike in Paterson, New Jersey, five members of the National Textile Workers' Union were charged with first-degree murder after the struck mill-owner Max Urban died following a February 1931 fight outside his shop. Held without bail and facing the electric chair, they were, the ILD argued, framed to break the strike — several had provable alibis.

Case

Passaic County Jail
Charges: Charged with the first-degree murder of mill-owner Max Urban.
Arrested: Mar 20, 1931
Sentence: Held in the Passaic County jail facing the electric chair. Charges as recorded: Charged with the first-degree murder of mill-owner Max Urban during the Paterson silk strike.
Convicted: Held without bail on the murder charge, 1931
Institution State: New Jersey