John Potthast

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
Inmate Number:#13577
State:Maryland
Time Imprisoned:
5 Years 4 Months 5 Days
Support
Anti-Militarism Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
John Potthast

Biography

John Potthast, a laborer from Baltimore, Maryland, was convicted at the mass IWW trial in Sacramento and sentenced to ten years in prison. He served in local jails and Leavenworth Penitentiary from August 17, 1918, to December 22, 1923.

Case

United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
Charges: Espionage Act of 1917 / Sedition Act of 1918 (mass IWW trial in Sacramento, 1918)
Incarcerated: Aug 17, 1918
Released: Dec 22, 1923
Sentence: Ten years. Served in local jails and the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth from August 17, 1918 to December 22, 1923. Verdict as recorded: Yes — convicted at the Sacramento IWW mass trial, 1918.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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