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A. Gross

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Washington
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 11 Months
Support
Anti-War Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
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Biography

A. Gross was an IWW member in Centralia, Washington. A. Gross was sentenced to twenty-eight months in prison. He served in McNeil Island Penitentiary from January 26, 1920, to December 1921, soon after which he was deported.

1920s audit: Kohn, American Political Prisoners, page 103, note 143, places the end of Gross's McNeil imprisonment in December 1921, before deportation. The release is month precision, not an exact December 1 date. Unsupported duration totals are cleared.

Case

USP McNeil Island
Charges: Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918
Incarcerated: Jan 26, 1920
Released: December 1921
Sentence: Twenty-eight months imposed. McNeil Island imprisonment documented January 26, 1920 through December 1921.
Institution State: Washington