Biography
George F. Voetter was a blacksmith from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. George F. Voetter was convicted at the mass IWW trial in Sacramento and sentenced to ten years in prison. He served in local county jails and Leavenworth Penitentiary from December 22, 1917, to December 22, 1923.
The March 1920 One Big Union Monthly roster, printed as VOETTER , GEORGE F., reports: Federal . Indicted Sacramento , Feb. 8 , 1918. Conpiracy to violate Sections 6 , 9 , 19 and 37 and Section 4 of Espionage Act. Convicted , 10 year sentence . Bail , $ 10,000 . Leavenworth Federal prison. The roster is a contemporary labor-defense account. Its indictment, bail and imposed-term information is kept distinct from actual admission/release and complete time served; no missing gate date is inferred. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/one-big-union-monthly/v02n03-mar-1920_One%20Big%20Union.pdf#page=20
The Sunday Oregonian, February 17, 1918, page 4: The February 16, 1918 Sacramento arraignment report says Hood and George F. Voetter pleaded not guilty in a separate indictment alleging unlawful possession of dynamite. It independently dates their arrest to December 22, 1917. The appearance, plea and scheduled continuation are not a newly established penitentiary intake or release date.
