Biography
Caesar Tabib was from New York, New York. Caesar Tabib was convicted at the mass IWW trial in Sacramento and sentenced to ten years in prison. He served in Leavenworth Penitentiary from August 1918 to September 1920 and from May 1921 to December 23, 1923. Tabib developed chronic pulmonary tuberculosis in prison. (See Chapters 4 and 7 for excerpts of his prison record.)
The September defense report prints his name as Ceasar Tabib and says bonds for him and James Price had been completed while both were in poor physical condition. It still hoped for their early release; completion of bond is not proof that physical release had already occurred.
Plahn’s contemporary account identifies Caesar Tabif among Sacramento IWW prisoners still held in permanent isolation at Leavenworth. The printed name variant and matching Sacramento/Leavenworth context support this attribution; the account supplies no new discharge date or complete custody total.
The March1922 official report lists Caesar Tabib in List1 of convicted prisoners or parolees. The government entry reports Conspiracy (espionage act). a sentence of January 17, 1919, 10 years at Leavenworth.. Imposed terms, projected term-expiration dates, parole eligibility and intervals on bond are different measures; none is entered as a complete actual custody total. This attributed government entry is retained alongside the independently established individual chronology. [PDF18]
Government Prosecutions under the Espionage Act, Senate Document159 (March1922), PDF page 18.
