O. E. Gordon

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
Inmate Number:#14805
State:Ohio
Support
Anti-Militarism Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
O. E. Gordon

Biography

O. E. Gordon, a shoemaker from Columbus, Ohio, was convicted at the mass IWW trial in Wichita and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison. He served in the Cook County Jail and Leavenworth Penitentiary from November 1917 to December 23, 1922.

Case

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

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