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Frank Cedervall and his brothers were so successfull [sic] in organizing small mfg industries in the metal line the big Biz (especially one bolt & screw mfr) decided to frame them, with the all-too-willing state's attorney's help. Frank was charged with "blackmail," which in Ohio can simply mean threatening someone if they don't join a union - or help you move, any trivial thing. Frank was being released on bail the night I came underlined: in. at his trial months later, his elderly attorney broke down the office girls of the big bolt company, so they admitted their testimony had been false.

    Of course, the fact that Frank was then a handsome, blond-haired young man and tall, didn't hurt him any, though it looked bad up to the time the girls broke down and admitted that an assistant state's attorney had conjured up a story for the girls to tell - threats of beatings, etc.