Biography
James Elliott was from Fresno, California. James Elliott 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 May 14, 1922, when his sentence expired.
The March 1920 One Big Union Monthly prisoner roster, under the printed name ELLIOTT , JAMES, reports: Federal . Indicted Chicago , Sept. 28 , 1917. Conspiracy to violate Sections 6 , 9 , 19 and 37 and Section 4 of Espionage Act . Convicted, 5 -year sentence . Bail , $ 5,000 . Leavenworth Federal prison. This is the contemporary labor organization’s account. Indictment, bail and imposed sentence are distinguished from physical admission, actual release and complete time served; no missing custody endpoint is inferred. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/one-big-union-monthly/v02n03-mar-1920_One%20Big%20Union.pdf#page=10
The March1922 official report lists James Elliott 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. [PDF7]
Government Prosecutions under the Espionage Act, Senate Document159 (March1922), PDF page 7.
