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Harry Gray

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
Inmate Number:#Leavenworth register 13571 (historical)
State:California
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year
Support
Anti-War Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Harry Gray

Biography

Harry Gray was a leader of the Agricultural Workers Industrial Union in Sacramento, California. Harry Gray was convicted at the mass IWW trial in Sacramento and sentenced to ten years in prison. He served in Leavenworth Penitentiary from September 1917 to August 1918 and from January 1919 to December 22, 1923.

The March1922 official report lists Harry Gray in List1 of convicted prisoners or parolees. The government entry reports Conspiracy and violating the espionage act. a sentence of January 17, 1919, 10 years at 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. [PDF9]

Government Prosecutions under the Espionage Act, Senate Document159 (March1922), PDF page 9.

Case

United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
Charges: Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918
Released: Dec 22, 1923
Sentence: Ten years in prison (Espionage/Sedition Act conviction).
Institution State: Kansas