Biography
Frank McVey was an Illinois-born laborer convicted of sedition after an argument at a restaurant in Logan, Montana, over wartime sugar restrictions. The prosecution concerned his criticism of American participation in the war and favorable comments about Germany. He received a two-to-four-year sentence and was imprisoned at Deer Lodge until August 6, 1920.
The original Montana State Prison descriptive intake form records actual receipt at Deer Lodge on 1918-06-07 and sentencing on 1918-06-03 in the Gallatin County state sedition case, with an imposed term of two to four years. The report date is distinct from prison admission; receipt is not necessarily initial arrest, and the term is not completed time served. No new physical discharge is inferred. The named form includes frontal and profile photographs. Source: https://clcowgill.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/intakeform-m-w.pdf#page=7
The original Montana State Prison descriptive intake form records the sentence date as 1918-06-03 and records the plea/trial response as: Did not plead guilty; stood trial. This sentencing entry is separate from receipt at the penitentiary.
