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Robert Anderson

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1920s
State:Pennsylvania
Support
National Miners Union
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Biography

Robert Anderson was a Pennsylvania coal miner convicted of assault with intent to kill during a 1928 miners' strike and held at the state prison at Bellefonte, where he had served two years by the time the ILD's Labor Defender listed him on its 1929 roster of class-war prisoners.

Case

Rockview State Penitentiary
Charges: Assault with intent to kill (1928 Pennsylvania miners' strike)
Sentence: Held at the state prison, Bellefonte, Pa.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Pennsylvania