Biography
Thomas Lyons was an IWW member from Los Angeles. Thomas Lyons received a three-year prison sentence, which he served in San Quentin from July 12, 1923, until his term expired.
The February 26, 1924 Daily Worker political-prisoner roster individually prints Tom Lyons with historical prisoner number 38121. The entry appears under San Quentin State Prison, California. This is a contemporary institutional identifier, not a federal BOP register number. No admission or release date, individual sentence length, actual duration, organizational membership or present status is inferred.
The Daily Worker political-prisoner Christmas roster of December 17, 1924, lists Tom Lyons at San Quentin State Prison with historical prisoner number 38121. This establishes a contemporary custody observation, not an admission or release date and not a total duration.
