Biography
P. J. Higgins was convicted in the Kansas federal IWW prosecution. Senate Document 159 records a three-year-six-month sentence on December 18, 1919 and release on bond June 17, 1921. The sentencing date does not independently establish admission to Leavenworth; the precise arrest and prison-entry dates remain unresolved.
The March 1920 One Big Union Monthly prisoner roster, under the printed name HIGGINS , PETER J., reports: Federal . Indicted Wichita , Sept. 24 , 1918. Conspiracy. Convicted Dec. 1919. 3½ year sentence . 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=12
1920s remaining-entry review: Senate Document 159 (1922), page 10. The report confirms bond release June 17, 1921 and identifies December 18, 1919 as sentencing. The inherited admission field and exact duration derived from that sentencing date are withdrawn pending a prison-entry record. His existing photograph is retained.
The March1922 official report lists P. J. Higgins in List1 of convicted prisoners or parolees. The government entry reports Conspiracy and violating the espionage act, etc. a sentence of December 18, 1919 3 years 6 months at Leavenworth.. 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. [PDF10] The official report individually records June17,1921 release on bond or by court order. This is an accomplished physical-release event, distinct from parole eligibility and projected expiry. The sentence date is not automatically treated as original arrest or complete continuous prison admission. [PDF77]
Government Prosecutions under the Espionage Act, Senate Document159 (March1922), PDF page 10.
