Hellraisers Journal: The Leavenworth Post: “Haywood Flees to Russia to Escape Prison” -Left from New York April 1st

Quote BBH re Capitalist Class, Lbr Arg p4, Mar 23, 1911 ———-

Hellraisers Journal – Friday April 22, 1921
Chicago, Illinois – Federal Officials Confirm Haywood is in Russia

From The Leavenworth Post of April 21, 1921:

(By The Associated Press.)

Chicago, April 21.-Federal officials today received confidential information that William D. Haywood, secretary of the Industrial Workers of the World who was scheduled to begin a sentence at United States penitentiary, at Leavenworth this week, had fled from the United States and now is in either Moscow or Riga.

Attorney Admits Departure.

Otto Christensen, attorney for Haywood, said he had been informed that Haywood sailed from New York on the Oscar Second about April 1, and landed at Riga about April 16. He said he thought Haywood had gone to Russia on a personal mission and was not fleeing from the penitentiary sentence.

Authorities Start Search.

Charles F. Clyne, United States district attorney announced that search had been started for Haywood.

“He is not at Leavenworth, Chicago, nor New York, and we have private information that he has landed either at Moscow or Riga,” said Clyne.

“That is all we know about it but we expect to have definite information very quickly.”

His Bond Is $10,000.

Haywood was one of forty-six I. W. W. whose cases the United States supreme court refused to review and who are expected to report at Leavenworth this week. He was at liberty on bond of ten thousand dollars. He was sentenced for violation of the selective service and espionage act during the world war.

Forty-Two Have Reported.

Mr. Clyne called a group of I. W. W. leaders to his office as soon as he received information that Haywood had left the country. It was reported that forty-two of the forty-five men effected by the decision had reported within in person or by mail to local headquarters, it was said.

The convicted men will go direct to Leavenworth and the first group was expected to arrive there today or tomorrow.

Twelve local I. W. W. plan to leave in a body [from Chicago] on Sunday.

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Sure He Is in Russia.

New York, April 21.-Officials of the American civil liberty union stated today that they had been advised “Big Bill” Haywood, for whom federal authorities are searching had arrived in Russia. This information it was said had been supplied by friends of the I. W. W. leader.

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[Emphasis added.]

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SOURCES & IMAGES

Quote BBH re Capitalist Class, Lbr Arg p4, Mar 23, 1911
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85059855/1911-03-23/ed-1/seq-4/

The Leavenworth Post
(Leavenworth, Kansas)
-Apr 21, 1921
https://www.newspapers.com/image/112168597/

IMAGE

Note: poor quality photo from Leavenworth Post, was replicated using:
Haywood in Boise Cell, Colliers, June 22, 1907
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000068357771;view=2up;seq=372