James Mulrooney

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Washington
Support
Anti-Militarism Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
James Mulrooney

Biography

James Mulrooney, a laborer from Seattle, Washington, was convicted at the mass IWW trial in Sacramento and sentenced to four years in prison. He served in local county jails and Leavenworth Penitentiary from December 1917 to February 22, 1922, and contracted tuberculosis in prison.

Case

Charges: Federal prosecution under the Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918 (mass IWW trial in Sacramento).
Sentence: Four years in prison (Espionage/Sedition Act conviction).

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