Biography
Fred Jaakkola was a Detroit member of the Industrial Workers of the World convicted in the 1918 Chicago IWW mass trial. He received a ten-year sentence and a $30,000 fine and was held at Leavenworth Penitentiary until his release on bail in May 1919. Jaakkola did not surrender after the appeal failed. He was one of nine defendants identified in IWW records as having jumped bail and left for Soviet Russia in 1921.
The March 1920 One Big Union Monthly prisoner roster provides a contemporaneous procedural account. The roster reports that he was out on $10,000 bond pending appeal in the Chicago IWW prosecution. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/one-big-union-monthly/v02n03-mar-1920_One%20Big%20Union.pdf#page=12
The March1922 official report lists Fred Jaakola in List1 of convicted prisoners or parolees. The government entry reports a term expiration or parole status in the named roster. 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. [PDF11]
Government Prosecutions under the Espionage Act, Senate Document159 (March1922), PDF page 11.
