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Robert Harden

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
Inmate Number:#12496
State:Minnesota
Time Imprisoned:
2 Years 2 Months 1 Day
Support
Anti-War Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Robert Harden

Biography

Robert Harden was an IWW member from Duluth, Minnesota. Robert Harden was convicted of threatening the life of the president of the United States and sentenced to two years in prison. He served in Leavenworth Penitentiary from August 13, 1917, to October 14, 1919, 151 Armin Von Harder v/as sentenced to three years in prison. He served in McNeil Island Penitentiary beginning on October 16, 1918.

The January 1920 Chicago conspiracy list names Robert Harden but explicitly marks him not apprehended. This allegation is not added as an actual confinement episode, conviction or served sentence.

The One Big Union Monthly, May 1920, vol. 2 no. 5, PDF page 60.

Case

USP McNeil Island
Charges: Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918
Incarcerated: Aug 13, 1917
Released: Oct 14, 1919
Sentence: Three years in prison (Espionage/Sedition Act conviction).
Institution State: Washington