Biography
J. T. Doran was an electrician from Seattle, Washington. J. T. Doran was convicted at the mass IWW trial in Chicago, sentenced to five years in prison and fined $30,000. He served in Leavenworth Penitentiary from September 1917 to March 1918, from September 1918 to October 1919 and from April 1921 to November 17, 1923. The Department of Justice considered Doran "the most famous of IWW speakers." Doran was convicted despite the fact that the "record" in his case contained "no letter or article proven to have been written by him which referred disparagingly to the United States." There was "no proof that he made any reference to conscription, registration or the military" in any publication.
The March 1920 One Big Union Monthly prisoner roster provides a contemporaneous procedural account. The roster reports that he was out on $5,000 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=9
The March1922 official report lists J. L. Doran in List1 of convicted prisoners or parolees. The government entry reports Conspiracy and violating the espionage act, etc. a sentence of August 30, 1918, 5 years, Leavenworth; fined $30,000.. 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. [PDF6]
Government Prosecutions under the Espionage Act, Senate Document159 (March1922), PDF page 6.
