Rasmus Jacobson Solen

AKA: Robert Solen
Released
Date of birth:1885
Era:1910s
Support
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
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Biography

Rasmus Jacobson Solen was born 1885 in Manger, Norway. Immigrated to the United States in 1904.

Born Manger, Norway in 1885. Migrated to US 1904. Lumber worker. IWW member since June 1917. December 1917 sentenced to one year and a day in McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary for alleged conspiracy “interfering with fire fighters on Government timber lands” while organizing a strike of timber workers in Clallam County, Washington in July 1917. Deported to Norway October 31, 1918 on charges of being “likely to become a public charge,” of entering the US without inspection, and of being convicted of a crime of “moral turpitude.”

INS file 54554/39

See also: Tacoma Daily Ledger, July 26, 1917; Spokesman-Review (Spokane), December 25, 1917

Adapted from Kenyon Zimmer, Red Scare Deportees (kenyonzimmer.com), compiled from INS deportation case files.

Cases

In exile since: Oct 31, 1918
Sentence: Deported on October 31, 1918. No arrest date or detention span is documented, so nothing is added to the imprisonment counter.
McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary
Charges: Federal conspiracy prosecution for interfering with firefighters on government timber lands during the July 1917 Olympic National Forest timber strike.
Sentenced: December 1917
Sentence: Sentenced in December 1917 to one year and one day at McNeil Island. A 1924 Bureau of Labor Statistics report, naming Robert Solen and his codefendants, states that each served one year; this rounded account does not establish precise custody endpoints or a measured day total. Contemporary reporting places Solen in the Port Angeles county jail by July 25, 1917. His October 31, 1918 deportation belongs to a separate administrative case and is not automatically treated as the federal prison release date. Sources: https://kenyonzimmer.com/red-scare-deportees/solari-to/ ; https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/publications/bls/bls_0349_1924.pdf#page=82
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Washington

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