Biography
S. J. Powell was the secretary-treasurer of the Texas Farmers and Laborers Protective Association, part of the Working Class Union, in Anson, Texas. S. J. Powell was sentenced to six years in prison. He served in Leavenworth Penitentiary from December 13, 1919, to August 1, 1922.
Six-year term reported October18,1917. Page78 explicitly records parole-board recommendation September15,1921 but Attorney General postponement January16,1922 to September1,1922. Recommendation is not release. [PDF16]
Government Prosecutions under the Espionage Act, Senate Document159 (March1922), PDF page 16.
The Colorado Record’s September 14, 1917 front-page report, datelined Abilene September 10, names S. J. Powell among the fifty-four defendants present after stating that all but one of fifty-five defendants were under arrest. The prosecution concerned anti-conscription conspiracy allegations. This adds contemporary evidence of 1917 arrest and court custody; it does not establish an individual admission, release, completed term or continuity with later Leavenworth custody. No separate structured custody interval or revised total is inferred. Contemporary report.
