Biography
Maurice J. Sullivan was a railroad striker convicted in Washington, D.C., on December 7, 1922, of assaulting men who continued working during the strike. Sentenced to seven years, he spent over eighteen months at Lorton reformatory. Co-defendant Earle D. Dean confessed and identified other participants, clearing Sullivan and Robert W. Sisson. President Calvin Coolidge pardoned both men on July 12, 1924.
Case
District of Columbia Reformatory at Lorton
