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Mary Paige

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1940s
State:Michigan
Support
Anti-Fascism
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Biography

Mary Paige was a young American-born Detroit woman arrested in a dawn FBI raid on February 6, 1940, one of the 'Detroit 16' charged under a revived 1818 anti-recruiting statute for aiding the recruitment of American volunteers for the Spanish Loyalist forces. Held in solitary in a cold cell at the Wayne County Jail with $10,000 bail, she saw the indictments dismissed by Attorney General Robert Jackson amid national protest.

Case

Wayne County Jail
Charges: Charged under an 1818 anti-recruiting statute.
Arrested: Feb 6, 1940
Sentence: Held in solitary; indictments later dismissed. Charges as recorded: Charged under an 1818 anti-recruiting statute for aiding Spanish Loyalist recruitment.
Convicted: Held, 1940
Institution State: Michigan