Alexander Cournos

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
Inmate Number:#13123
State:Pennsylvania
Support
Anti-War Anti-Militarism Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Alexander Cournos

Biography

Alexander Cournos, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was convicted at the mass IWW trial in Chicago. He was sentenced to ten years in prison and a $30,000 fine, and served his time in the Cook County Jail and then Leavenworth Penitentiary.

Case

United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
Charges: Federal prosecution under the Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918.
Sentence: Ten years in prison and a $30,000 fine.
Institution State: Kansas

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