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William Longstreth

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:California
Support
Anti-War Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
William Longstreth

Biography

William Longstreth was an IWW member from Eureka. William Longstreth received a three-year prison sentence, which he served in San Quentin from April 27, 1924, until his term expired.

The International Labor Defense holiday roster in the December 29, 1925 Daily Worker lists this prisoner, printed as Wm. Longstreth, at San Quentin California. Its printed identifier is 39346; this is a prison number or mailing designation, not a year or a custody date. This documents confinement at the roster’s reporting time, without establishing an admission, transfer, release, new conviction or complete duration. Existing independently sourced custody chronology remains separate. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1925/1925-ny/v02b-n297-NYE-dec-29-1925-DW-LOC.pdf#page=5

The Daily Worker political-prisoner Christmas roster of December 17, 1924, lists W. Longstreth at San Quentin State Prison with historical prisoner number 39346. This establishes a contemporary custody observation, not an admission or release date and not a total duration.

Daily Worker, December 17, 1924, original PDF page 5.

Case

San Quentin State Prison
Charges: Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918
Incarcerated: Apr 27, 1924
Released: 1925
Sentence: Three years imposed
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: California