Clayton J. Woodworth

Released
Date of birth:09. 05. 1870
Date of death:15. 12. 1951
Age:81† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Pennsylvania
Time Imprisoned:
9 Months 5 Days
Support
Anti-Militarism Anti-War Socialism Anarchism
Clayton J. Woodworth

Biography

Clayton J. Woodworth Primary co-author of The Finished Mystery (1917). Indicted with Joseph Rutherford and six other Watch Tower leaders May 1918 for the very book he had helped write. Convicted Espionage Act June 20, 1918; received 20-year sentence; sent to federal penitentiary in Atlanta; served nine months before being released on bail March 1919. Founding editor of the Watch Tower magazine The Golden Age (later Awake!) which he edited 1919-1946.

Case

U.S. Penitentiary Atlanta
Charges: Espionage Act of 1917 — co-authorship and distribution of The Finished Mystery.
Arrested: May 7, 1918
Sentenced: Jun 20, 1918
Incarcerated: Jun 20, 1918
Released: Mar 25, 1919
Sentence: 20 years federal prison; reversed on appeal
Judge: Hon. Harland B. Howe
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Georgia
Security: Maximum

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