Arthur Boose

Released
Age:54
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
Inmate Number:#13150
State:Wisconsin
Support
Anti-Militarism Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Arthur Boose

Biography

Arthur Boose, an IWW organizer from Abbotsford, Wisconsin, was convicted at the mass FWW trial in Chicago, sentenced to five years in prison and fined $30,000. He served in Leavenworth Penitentiary from September 1917 to May 14, 1922, when his sentence expired.

Case

United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
Charges: Federal prosecution under the Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918.
Sentence: Five years in prison (Espionage/Sedition Act conviction).
Institution State: Kansas

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