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| Lucy Parsons - 1920 |
Arrest of Lucy Parsons
During the height of the Free Speech fight in San Diego, the I.W.W. held daily meetings at this corner.
In April 13, 1913, Lucy Parsons – the anarchist hellraiser and wife of Haymarket Martyr, Albert Parsons – was arrested with partner George Merkstall for selling anarchist literature without a license. They were held incommunicado for 24 hours. The jail matron stripped Lucy and forcibly removed the ring from her finger, despite the fact the couple as only charged with a misdemeanor. The city objected less to the violation of the peddling ordinance than they did to the content of the pamphlets. A court date was set for April 24; the judge took the case under advisement until April 30th and dismissed the case and released the defendants on their own recognizance on May 9, 1913.
LAT/LON 34.051346,-118.242344
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