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Hellraisers Journal – Saturday August 30, 1919
From Leavenworth Penitentiary: Prison Poem by Manuel Rey
From The One Big Union Monthly of August 1919:
Tag: Prison Poems
Hellraisers Journal: Man Arrested for Remarks about Peace Treaty, “Red Flag” Poem by Ralph Chaplin Found in Pocket
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Hellraisers Journal – Thursday July 17, 1919
Chicago, Illinois – Arrested for Speech Critical of Government
-Dissident to be “turned over to the government.”
From The Chicago Sunday Tribune of July 13, 1919:
Find Red Flag Poem on
Peace Treaty Assailer
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Frank Michalucine, of 14 West Superior street, was arrested in a poolroom at North Clark and West Huron streets yesterday after he is said to have made derogatory remarks about the government and the treaty which is now before congress for ratification.
When searched at the detective bureau a copy of a poem called “The Red Flag” and said to have been written by Ralph Chaplin an inmate of the Leavenworth penitentiary, was found in his pocket.
Michalucine was arrested some time ago by federal agents on the same charge but was released. He will be turned over to the government tomorrow.
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[Photograph and emphasis added.]
Hellraisers Journal: From Leavenworth New Era: “Moths-To Those Who Judge Us Harshly,” Poem by Ralph Chaplin
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Hellraisers Journal – Monday June 9, 1919
From Leavenworth Penitentiary – “Moths” by Ralph Chaplin
From the Leavenworth New Era of June 6, 1919:
Hellraisers Journal: From the Leavenworth New Era: “To Our Prison Sparrows,” Poem by Ralph Chaplin
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Hellraisers Journal – Monday May 26, 1919
From Leavenworth Penitentiary – “Prison Sparrows” by Ralph Chaplin
From the Leavenworth New Era of May 23, 1919:
Hellraisers Journal: From Leavenworth Penitentiary: “The Girls Who Sang for Us” by Fellow Worker Ralph Chaplin
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Hellraisers Journal – Tuesday May 13, 1919
Leavenworth Penitentiary – “The Girls Who Sang for Us” by Ralph Chaplin
From the Leavenworth New Era of May 9, 1919:
Hellraisers Journal: From Leavenworth Penitentiary: “Prison Nocturne-Spring Rain” by Fellow Worker Ralph Chaplin
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Hellraisers Journal – Sunday May 4, 1919
Leavenworth Penitentiary – “Prison Nocturne” by Ralph Chaplin
From the Leavenworth New Era of May 2, 1919:
Hellraisers Journal: From Ohio Socialist: Prison Poems from FW Charles Ashleigh and from CO H. Austin Simons
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Hellraisers Journal – Sunday April 27, 1919
From Leavenworth Prison – Poetry of Charles Ashleigh and H. Austin Simons
The following three poems appeared in the Ohio Socialist of April 23, 1919. The first is by Fellow Worker Charles Ashleigh and the second is by H. Austin Simons, Conscientious Objector. The third is by Mary O’Reilly, Socialist of Chicago.
Hellraisers Journal: Poetry from Leavenworth Penitentiary: “Night in the Cell House” by Ralph Chaplin
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Hellraisers Journal – Friday April 11, 1919
Leavenworth Prison at Night: “Silence intense…”
From the Leavenworth New Era:
Hellraisers Journal: From the Leavenworth New Era: “Prison Reveille” by Ralph Chaplin, Prisoner No. 13104
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Hellraisers Journal – Monday April 7, 1919
Poetry from Leavenworth Prisoner No. 13104, Ralph Chaplin
From the Leavenworth New Era of April 4, 1919:
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LIBRARY NOTICE
…..A donation of ten volumes of “The Wit and Humor of America,” edited by Marshall P. Wilder, has been added to the library by Ralph Chaplin. It is a fine set of books , filled with chuckles and laughter…..
Hellraisers Journal: “3 A. M. in Jail” Poem by Comrade Louise Olivereau from State Prison at Canon City, Colorado
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Hellraisers Journal, Wednesday August 7, 1918
Canon City, Colorado – Poem from Imprisoned Anarchist Comrade
We have not forgotten our Comrade, Louise Olivereau, who is now serving a ten-year prison sentence at Colorado’s state prison. Miss Olivereau was convicted last November on charges of violating the Espionage Act due her her anti-war and anti-conscription writings.
From the Mother Earth Bulletin of April 1918:
