Martin Piniak

Description: Karen Phillipss transcribed interview of John Palkovich about Martin Piniak. According to Palkovich, Piniak worked for Youngstown Sheet & Tube in 1930 when the government brought up property taxes. Piniak did not believe in property taxes because he thought a man already owned his land. Piniak quit his job so the government could not take money from his checks. Piniak used the rest of his money to live in a hotel and buy a car. When he ran out of money, Piniak went to live under a bridge in East Chicago, Indiana.
Origin: 1980-11-27
Source: http://indstate.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/folklore/id/1329
Collection: Indiana State University Folklore Archives
Subjects: Tramps
Bridges
Homeless persons
Folklore

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