Hellraisers Journal: I. W. W. Class-War Prisoners of Kansas Assigned to Outside Work at Leavenworth Penitentiary

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Quote Frank Little re Guts, Wobbly by RC p208, Chg July 1917———-

Hellraisers Journal -Friday December 26, 1919
Leavenworth Penitentiary – I. W. W. Prisoners of Kansas Will Work Outside

From The Leavenworth Post of December 22, 1919:

WORK AT PRISON
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All Were Assigned to Outside Work
By Deputy Warden This Morning…
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IWW KS Class War Prisoners, CW Anderson 14801, Leavenworth Dec 18, 1919—–

The twenty-six I. W. W. received at the federal prison last week following their conviction in Kansas City, were assigned to work by L. J. Fletcher, deputy warden, this morning . They were “mugged,” dressed in and assigned to permanent cells last Saturday.

IWW KS Class War Prisoners, Frank J Gallagher 14802, Leavenworth Dec 18, 1919—–

In assigning the new arrivals at the prison to work the safety of the institution is the first consideration. In the case of the “wobblies” the morale of the inmates was taken into consideration and as a result none of the twenty-six were assigned to any work that would throw them in contact with a number of their own kind, nor will they be placed in clerical positions where they would be over a number of other inmates. The reason for the segregation of that class of prisoners is that, being trained agitators, they soon break the morale of the men and destroy the discipline.

IWW KS Class War Prisoners, Phineas Eastman 14803, Leavenworth Dec 18, 1919—–

The wobblies in this case were assigned to general work in the yard, but will be closely observed by the officials. They were also separated from each other. Later on if they demonstrate to the deputy warden that they left all agitating tendencies on the outside of the walls, they may be given positions in the institution for which their education and former work on the outside has qualified them…..

IWW KS Class War Prisoners, Wencil Francik 14804, Leavenworth Dec 18, 1919—–

IWW KS Class War Prisoners, OE Gordon 14805, Leavenworth Dec 18, 1919—–

IWW KS Class War Prisoners, Michais Sapper 14806, Leavenworth Dec 18, 1919—–

[Photographs added.]

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SOURCE
The Leavenworth Post
(Leavenworth, Kansas)
-Dec 22, 1919
https://www.newspapers.com/image/109780033

IMAGES
Search: inmate 14801 (searches with 14801-14827 appear to be the Wichita IWW Class-War Prisoners who were brought to Leavenworth on December 18, 1919)
https://catalog.archives.gov/search?q=inmate%2014801

Tag: Wichita IWW Class War Prisoners
https://weneverforget.org/tag/wichita-iww-class-war-prisoners/

American Political Prisoners
Prosecutions Under the Espionage and Sedition Acts
-by Stephen Martin Kohn
Greenwood Publishing Group, 1994
(Search separately: with name of prisoner; “December 18, 1919”; kansas)
https://books.google.com/books?id=-_xHbn9dtaAC

Truth about the IWW Prisoners
ACLU, April 1922
http://debs.indstate.edu/a505t7_1922.pdf
-See page 21 re “The Wichita Trial”
Note: this federal prosecution of IWW is known as the Wichita Case, however the trial took place in Kansas City, Kansas, due to late change of venue.
-See page 46-Wichita Case, FWs still imprisoned as of April 1922:

IWW KS Class War Prisoners,Wichita Case, Still in Prison as of April 1922

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