Biography
Charles Horhmann, also recorded as Horhman, was a German-born miner and butcher working at the Speckle Trout Mine near Philipsburg. His sedition conviction arose from criticism of military officers, wartime food policy and American reporting on Germany. He entered Deer Lodge on June 27, 1918, and was released on April 13, 1919.
The original Montana State Prison intake form lists an age of 55, birth in Germany, and occupation as butcher. It records actual receipt at Deer Lodge on 1918-06-27 and sentencing on 1918-06-24 in the state sedition case. The admission is distinguished from an earlier arrest, and the printed sentence is distinguished from actual service; no physical discharge is supplied. It includes named frontal and profile photographs. Source: https://clcowgill.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/a-m.pdf#page=16
The original Montana State Prison descriptive intake form records the sentence date as 1918-06-24 and records the plea/trial response as: Did not plead guilty; stood trial. This sentencing entry is separate from receipt at the penitentiary.
