Biography
Leo Laukki was a university professor and editor of the IWW's Finnish language newspaper from Smithville, Minnesota. Leo Laukki was convicted at the mass IWW trial in Chicago, sentenced to twenty years in prison and fined $20,000. He served in Leavenworth Penitentiary from September 7, 1918, to April 30, 1919, when bond was posted. Laukki jumped bail, became a fugitive from the law and fled to Russia.
The March 1920 One Big Union Monthly prisoner roster provides a contemporaneous procedural account. The roster reports that he was out on $10,000 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=14
The March1922 official report lists Leo Laukki in List1 of convicted prisoners or parolees. The government entry reports Conspiracy and violating the espionage act, etc. : a sentence of August 30, 1918, 20 years, Leavenworth Penitentiary; fine, $10,000.. 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. [PDF12]
Government Prosecutions under the Espionage Act, Senate Document159 (March1922), PDF page 12.
