Stephen Harkey

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Pennsylvania
Time Imprisoned:
3 Years 0 Days
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Stephen Harkey was a Jehovah's Witnesses conscientious objector from Pennsylvania imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 15 years in prison, reduced to 3 years. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered on June 5, 1917, as a C.O.; interviewed by Bd. at Camp Custer?; charged with violation of 64th Article of War; sentenced to 15 years in prison, reduced to 3 years; imprisoned about September 13, 1918 (sent from Ft. Jay); …

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Incarcerated: Sep 13, 1918
Released: Sep 13, 1921
Sentence: Sentenced to 15 years in prison, reduced to 3 years. Held at Fort Leavenworth.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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