Biography
Frederick H. Rodewald was a German-born carpenter and homesteader near Sumatra, Montana. He was convicted of sedition for remarks about the Kaiser following a dispute over lumber being diverted to the war effort. His wife and daughter testified in his defense. After imprisonment at Deer Lodge, he rejoined his family, who later farmed near Litchfield, Minnesota.
The original Montana State Prison descriptive intake form records actual receipt at Deer Lodge on 1918-10-12 and sentencing on 1918-10-03 in the Rosebud County state sedition case, with an imposed term of two to five 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=12
The original Montana State Prison descriptive intake form records the sentence date as 1918-10-03. This sentencing entry is separate from receipt at the penitentiary.
