Biography
Charles Peter Emerson was arrested at Seattle on January 14, 1918 in immigration proceedings alleging advocacy or teaching of unlawful destruction of property. The congressional hearing digest identifies his case as federal file 54379/13 and records a December 31, 1918 order for deportation to Germany, followed by actual deportation on September 26, 1919 on the ground that he had been likely to become a public charge at entry. The Seattle-to-Ellis Island disposition roster also prints his name as Chas. P. Emersen and records completed deportation. That roster repeats another detainee's file number beside his name, so its number is not used to merge their identities. The order and actual removal are separate events. The record does not establish every intervening custody stage or a complete continuous custody duration. Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Hearings_before_the_Committee_on_Immigration_and_Naturalization_-_H._of_R.%2C_66th_Congress_%28IA_cu31924051624827%29.pdf#page=643
