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by William Z. Foster. Published in The Labor Herald, v. 2, no. 3 (May 1923), pp. 2-6, 25-27. St. Joseph, Michigan, scene of the “Red” trials, is a town of some 8,000 people situated on the shore of Lake Michigan about 60 miles by boat from Chi-cago or 100 miles around by railroad.
2 Minor: The Trial of William Z. Foster [April 1923] society into a communist state. The dictatorship of the proletariat is to be the transitional period. We will show that the workers, and only the workers are to take charge of the state — and that means the state of Michigan — and abolish it. They would hold to the
Vol. II. MAY, 1923 No. 3 On Trial I n Michigan By Wm. Z. Foster ST. JOSEPH Michigan, scen, oef th "rede "trials, is a town o f som 8,00e peopl0 e situ-ated on th shore oef Lak e Michigan about 60 mile bsy boa frot Chicagm o 10ro mile0 s around by railroad I.t has industries few de-, pending for it sustenancs the upo extensive n e
William Z. Foster, arch radical, comes to St. Jo-seph for trial on a charge of violation of the Michigan syndicalism act. Arraigned in Chicago today on a fugitive war-rant, Foster, who heads the Trade Union Educational League, an offshoot, it is charged, of the Red Trade Union International, was ordered returned to Berrien County for trial ...
After deliberating 31 hours and taking 38 ballots, the jury of eleven men and one woman which tried William Z. Foster at St. Joseph, Mich., on the charge of criminal syndicalism split...
Published in The Federated Press Bulletin [Chicago], v. 5, no. 1 (April 7, 1923), pp. 1, 10. ST. JOSEPH, Mich.— Tears were drawn from jurors by both prosecution and defense in the closing arguments of the William Z. Foster trial for “unlawful assembly” with the Communist Party in the Berrien County woods last August.
jury deadlocked
