Biography
W. H. Maxwell was an Oklahoma defendant imprisoned following the 1917 anti-draft prosecutions. Contemporary reporting from Ardmore lists him separately from J. A. Maxwell and records a two-year sentence to Leavenworth Penitentiary. He began serving his prison sentence on November 7, 1917. His release date has not been established by the sources reviewed.
Sources
- Antlers News-Record, November 9, 1917, p. 7, “Ten Years for Leaders”: W. H. Maxwell and J. A. Maxwell are separately listed among the defendants receiving two-year terms.
- American Political Prisoners: Prosecutions Under the Espionage and Sedition Acts, p. 116, note 255 (note text on p. 149): gives November 7, 1917 as the start of W. H. Maxwell’s sentence at Leavenworth, citing a Department of Justice docket entry.
