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Otto Eisner

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Illinois
Time Imprisoned:
2 Years 3 Months 22 Days
Support
Anti-War
Otto Eisner

Biography

Otto Eisner was from Chicago, Illinois. Otto Eisner was convicted at the mass YWW trial in Sacramento and sentenced to three years in prison. He served in Leavenworth Penitentiary from January 25, 1919, to May 17, 192L 9

The March 1920 One Big Union Monthly prisoner roster, under the printed name EISNER, OTTO, reports: Federal . Indicted Sacramento , Feb. 8, 1918 . Conspiracy to violate Sections 6, 9, 19 and 37 and Section 4 of Espionage Act. Convicted , 3- year sentence . Bail , $ 3,000 . 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=9

Case

United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
Charges: Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918
Incarcerated: Jan 25, 1919
Released: May 17, 1921
Sentence: Three years in prison (Espionage/Sedition Act conviction).
Institution State: Kansas