Biography
G. T. Bryant was a twenty-year member of the Socialist Party at the time of his arrest and a state organizer for the Farmers and Laborers Protective Association of Texas. G. T. Bryant came from Ranger, Texas. He was sentenced to six years in prison and sewed in Leavenworth Penitentiary. His wife and two children suffered extreme poverty because of Biyant's imprisonment.
The March1922 official report lists G. T. Bryant in List1 of convicted prisoners or parolees. The government entry reports Conspiracy to overthrow and destroy by force the Government of the United States. a sentence of December 13, 1919, 6 years, Leavenworth.. Imposed terms, projected term-expiration dates, parole eligibility and intervals on bond are different measures; none is entered as a complete actual custody total. This attributed government entry is retained alongside the independently established individual chronology. [PDF5]
Government Prosecutions under the Espionage Act, Senate Document159 (March1922), PDF page 5.
The Colorado Record’s September 14, 1917 front-page report, datelined Abilene September 10, names G. T. Bryant among the fifty-four defendants present after stating that all but one of fifty-five defendants were under arrest. The prosecution concerned anti-conscription conspiracy allegations. This adds contemporary evidence of 1917 arrest and court custody; it does not establish an individual admission, release, completed term or continuity with later Leavenworth custody. No separate structured custody interval or revised total is inferred. Contemporary report.
