Edgar Held

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Nebraska
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 1 Month 5 Days
Support
Anti-War Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
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Biography

Edgar Held was beginning to serve a prison sentence on December 11, 1918, and was released on January 16, 1920, after his conviction was reversed by the federal court of appeals.

Case

Federal custody
Charges: Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918
Arrested: Nov 1, 1917
Incarcerated: Dec 11, 1918
Released: Jan 16, 1920
Sentence: Prison sentence (length not specified in source).

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