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The Stink-Bomb Strike
People v. Raymond (1921)
Charge: Conspiracy to injure and destroy buildings - paying to have the windows of about 150 barber shops smashed during a strikeCourt: Supreme Court of IllinoisDocket: Close Shaves
Did the two union officers conspire to wreck the shops, or was the confessed window-breaker shifting the blame?
The facts
Arthur Raymond was president and Raymond Williams was secretary of the Journeymen Barbers' Union in Chicago. The union's agreements with the master barbers expired on April 30, 1918, talks on a new contract failed, and the journeymen struck on May 1. Over about a month, roughly 150 barber shops had their windows smashed with bricks and 'stink bombs,' thrown at night from a car. A barber who confessed to the attacks testified that the two officers paid him for each window and gave him the shop addresses. The attacks stopped after arrests were made.
You have the facts the court had. Guilty or not guilty? Call it in the game with your friends, then see what the court actually decided. Wrong call, you drink.
Citation: People v. Raymond, 296 Ill. 599 (1921) (No. 13472)
Read more at cite.case.law. The source reveals the outcome.