John T. Dunn

Released
Date of birth:1889
Date of death:24. 05. 1983
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Rhode Island
Support
Socialism Anti-War
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Biography

John T. Dunn was a Socialist from Providence, Rhode Island. John T. Dunn was sentenced to twenty years in prison and served in Atlanta Penitentiary.

Rhode Island History reports that he and two fellow Rhode Island Socialists were court-martialed at Fort Adams on November 30, 1917 for desertion after refusing the draft, each receiving a twenty-year sentence. Coldwell subsequently protested their treatment at a Providence People’s Forum meeting. The twenty years is an imposed term, not demonstrated actual service. Source: https://www.rihs.org/assetts/files/publications/1992_Nov.pdf#page=22

Case

USP Atlanta
Charges: Desertion; refusal of the draft, tried by court-martial at Fort Adams, Rhode Island.
Sentenced: Nov 30, 1917
Sentence: Twenty years imposed by court-martial at Fort Adams; actual completed service is not established by this article.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Georgia

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