Biography
Tony Diedtman, whose name was George Antone Dittman, was a Bavarian-born baker and bartender in Helena. He was convicted of sedition after two trials over comments criticizing the United States and its treatment of Germans. The Montana Supreme Court reversed his conviction in May 1920, finding that the trial judge had favored the prosecution. Diedtman left prison on May 22, 1920.
The original Montana State Prison intake form lists an age of 43, birth in Germany, and occupation as baker. It records actual receipt at Deer Lodge on 1918-07-31 and sentencing on 1918-07-31 in the state sedition case. The admission is distinguished from an earlier arrest, and the printed sentence is distinguished from actual service; no physical discharge is supplied. It includes named frontal and profile photographs. Source: https://clcowgill.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/a-m.pdf#page=9
The original Montana State Prison descriptive intake form records the sentence date as 1918-07-31 and records the plea/trial response as: Did not plead guilty; stood trial. This sentencing entry is separate from receipt at the penitentiary.
