C. R. Griffin

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Washington
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 10 Months 15 Days
Support
Anti-Militarism Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
C. R. Griffin

Biography

C. R. Griffin, a lumberjack from Bellingham, Washington, was convicted at the mass IWW trial in Chicago, sentenced to five years in prison and fined $30,000. He served in the Cook County Jail and Leavenworth Penitentiary from December 1917 to April 1918 and from September 7, 1918, to July 22, 1920.

Case

United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
Charges: Federal prosecution under the Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918 (mass IWW trial in Chicago).
Incarcerated: Sep 7, 1918
Released: Jul 22, 1920
Sentence: Five years in prison (Espionage/Sedition Act conviction).
Institution State: Kansas

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