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Viola Tiala

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1930s
State:Indiana
Support
United Farmers League
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Biography

Viola Tiala was a United Farmers' League member arrested on January 20, 1934 alongside her husband, the league's national secretary Alfred Tiala, during anti-foreclosure resistance at a forced sale in Warsaw (Kosciusko County), Indiana. She was charged with resisting an officer and held under the same $30,000 bail, with the ILD organizing her defense.

Case

Charges: Charged with resisting an officer in anti-foreclosure resistance.
Arrested: Jan 20, 1934
Sentence: Held under $30,000 bail.
Convicted: Arrested, 1934