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Roy P. Connor

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Georgia
Support
Anti-War Anti-Militarism Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Roy P. Connor

Biography

Roy P. Connor was an organizer and delegate for the Agricultural Workers Industrial Union, Local 400, from Kennesaw, Georgia. He was convicted at the mass IWW trial in Sacramento and sentenced to ten years in prison.

Case

United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
Charges: Federal prosecution under the Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918.
Sentence: Ten years in prison.
Institution State: Kansas