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Jose Perez arrested
Notwithstanding the appearance of Perez in newspaper lists, it is not certain that he was involved in the disorder. His name was not in the transcript of the 28th Precinct Police blotter. While Perez did appear in the Harlem Magistrates Court on March 20, among those arrested during the disorder, so too did a handful of individuals charged with offenses unrelated to the disorder. His address is recorded as 25 South Street, on the southern end of Manhattan, far from Harlem, although he may have come to the Puerto Rican neighborhood around West 116th Street at the time of the disorder. The three other men arrested during the disorder charged with possession of a weapon had been arrested for riot, breaking windows or looting, after which a police officer allegedly found a weapon on them.
Perez pled guilty, according to the Harlem Magistrates Court docket book, and Magistrate Renaud transferred him to the Court of Special Sessions for sentencing. There is no information on the decision of the judges in that court.
Both lists and the Harlem Magistrates Court docket book recorded Perez's race as "white;" unlike most of those recorded as white, he was likely Hispanic rather than European in ethnicity.
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- "Harlem Riot Damage is Figured at Half Million," Afro-American, March 30, 1935, 1, 2.
- "List of Dead And Injured In Riot In New York City," Norfolk Journal and Guide, March 30, 1935, 18.
- "Says Economic Conditions in Harlem Are Bad," Atlanta World, March 27, 1935, 1, 2.
- Harlem Magistrates Court docket book
- "List of Those under Arrest in Harlem Riot and the Charges They Face," New York Evening Journal, March 20, 1935, 3.