John M. Foss

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Washington
Support
Anti-Militarism Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
John M. Foss

Biography

John M. Foss, a steam fitter from Seattle, Washington, was convicted at the mass IWW trial in Chicago, sentenced to five years in prison and fined $30,000. He served in the Cook County Jail and Leavenworth Penitentiary from October 1917 to April 1918, from September 1918 to September 1919 and from April 1921 to June 25, 1923. He had a wife and three children.

Case

United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
Charges: Federal prosecution under the Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918 (mass IWW trial in Chicago).
Sentence: Five years in prison (Espionage/Sedition Act conviction).
Institution State: Kansas

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