Frank Wensil

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Iowa
Time Imprisoned:
6 Years 1 Month 3 Days
Support
Anti-Militarism Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
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Biography

Frank Wensil, an fWW organizer and a delegate from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was convicted at the mass IWW trial in Wichita and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison. He served in Leavenworth Penitentiary from November 19, 1917, to December 22, 1923. Wensil had joined the IWW in 1909.

Case

Charges: Federal prosecution under the Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918 (mass IWW trial in Wichita).
Incarcerated: Nov 19, 1917
Released: Dec 22, 1923
Sentence: Seven and a half years in prison (Espionage/Sedition Act conviction).

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