Leo Ellis

Released
Date of birth:1881
Date of death:01. 01. 1976
Age:95† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:California
Support
Anti-Militarism Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Leo Ellis

Biography

Leo Ellis was arrested in San Francisco in November 1919 and convicted under the California Criminal Syndicalism Act for taking part in IWW activities. He escaped from a county jail in May 1920 and became a fugitive from the law. Ellis was captured in Texas in 1926 and returned to California to serve his three-year sentence in San Quentin. In 1928, Ellis was the last member of the IWW to be released from San Quentin.

Case

San Quentin State Prison
Charges: California prosecution under the state Criminal Syndicalism Act of 1919.
Arrested: Nov 1, 1919
Institution State: California

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