Charles E. Ruthenberg, second defendant to be tried under the Michigan State Criminal Syndicalism law, was found guilty. The jury was out five hours and took three ballots.
Ruthenberg faces a prison sentence of ten years or a fine of $5,000, or both.
This is the third conviction for the ex-Secretary of the Communist Party in recent years and his ninth arrest since he entered the revolutionary movement a dozen years ago. During the war he was found guilty of obstructing the draft and sent to an Ohio workhouse. After the war, he was convicted...
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