Pete McEvoy

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
Inmate Number:#13170
State:California
Support
Anti-Militarism Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Pete McEvoy

Biography

Pete McEvoy, an iron molder from San Jose, California, 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 September 1917 to May 14, 1922.

Case

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).

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