C. W. Davis

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Washington
Support
Anti-War Anti-Militarism Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
C. W. Davis

Biography

C. W. Davis was secretary of the Marine Transport Workers Industrial Union in Seattle, Washington. He was convicted at the mass IWW trial in Chicago, sentenced to ten years in prison and a $30,000 fine, and served his time in 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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