Biography
Ernest Henning was sentenced to three years in prison and served at Leavenworth Penitentiary beginning December 18, 1919. The federal report records his release by order of court on June 17, 1921.
The March 1920 One Big Union Monthly prisoner roster, under the printed name HENNING , ERNST, reports: Federal . Indicted Wichita , Sept. 24 , 1918. Conspiracy. Convicted Dec. 1919. 3 year sentence . Leavenworth Federal prison. This is the contemporary labor organization’s account. Indictment, bail and imposed sentence are distinguished from physical admission, actual release and complete time served; no missing custody endpoint is inferred. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/one-big-union-monthly/v02n03-mar-1920_One%20Big%20Union.pdf#page=12
1920s release-date review: The federal report individually identifies Ernest Henning, Leavenworth number 14823, as released or out by court order on June 17, 1921. That actual release replaces the previous endpoint; parole eligibility and sentence expiration are separate events. No later return is assumed.
Source: Government Prosecutions under the Espionage Act (1922), pages 77-78.
1920s duration reconciliation: The source-supported interval 1919-12-18 through 1921-06-17 computes to 547 elapsed days (end minus start). This is the specific documented custody episode, not necessarily lifetime custody; earlier or later unquantified detention is excluded. Kohn own entry p106 explicitly says Leavenworth imprisonment began December18,1919. PrimaryJune17,1921 release gives547days. This supports I but does NOT support inherited same-day A; arrest remains separate concern. The previously blank audit expectation was superseded by this explicit evidence-based calculation; no event dates are changed here.
The March1922 official report lists Ernest Henning in List1 of convicted prisoners or parolees. The government entry reports Conspiracy and violating the espionage act, etc. a sentence of December 18, 1919, 3 years in 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. [PDF10] The official report individually records June17,1921 release on bond or by court order. This is an accomplished physical-release event, distinct from parole eligibility and projected expiry. The sentence date is not automatically treated as original arrest or complete continuous prison admission. [PDF77]
Government Prosecutions under the Espionage Act, Senate Document159 (March1922), PDF page 10.
