Hellraisers Journal – Wednesday February 18, 1920
Leavenworth Penitentiary, Kansas – Ben Fletcher Released on Bond
From The Leavenworth Times of February 8, 1920:
FOUR PRISONERS WERE RELEASED AT FEDERAL PEN
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All but One, Ben Fletcher, Colored I. W. W.
Were Taken Immediately into Custody.
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Fellow Worker Ben Fletcher
Ben Fletcher, the only colored I. W. W. of “Big Bill” Haywood’s tribe, received, September 8, 1918, at the Federal penitentiary was released yesterday from that institution on an appeal bond to the amount of $10,000. The bond was furnished in Chicago and Ben, immediately upon his release, set out for that metropolis.
The colored “wobbly” was one of four inmates, who were released yesterday, but Fletcher is the only one to enjoy his freedom. The others were taken into custody at the prison gates…..
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