C. W. Anderson

Released
Date of birth:1878
Date of death:01. 01. 1954
Age:76† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Minnesota
Support
Anti-Militarism Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
C. W. Anderson

Biography

C. W. Anderson, secretary-treasurer of the Agricultural Workers Indus- trial Union, Local 450, in St. Paul, Minnesota, was convicted at the mass IWW trial in Wichita and was sentenced to nine years in prison. He served in Leavenworth Penitentiary. TheDepartment of Justice described Anderson as " one of the leading officials and workers of the I.W.W. in the Middle West."

Case

Charges: Federal prosecution under the Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918 (mass IWW trial in Wichita).
Sentence: N i n e years in prison (Espionage/Sedition Act conviction).

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