Biography
Willis Christon was individually identified as an imprisoned labor or political prisoner at Moundsville, West Virginia in the February 26, 1924 Daily Worker. The newspaper solicited subscriptions for named prisoners and described the list as men imprisoned for activities on behalf of workers. The roster establishes actual prison confinement, but does not give an individual admission date, discharge date, precise charge or sentence.
Willis Christon was individually identified as an imprisoned labor or political prisoner at Moundsville, West Virginia in the February 26, 1924 Daily Worker. The newspaper solicited subscriptions for named prisoners and described the list as men imprisoned for activities on behalf of workers. The roster establishes actual prison confinement, but does not give an individual admission date, discharge date, precise charge or sentence. Actually confined at Moundsville, West Virginia as of the February 26, 1924 roster. Individual sentence length and physical custody endpoints unresolved. No current custody status, organizational membership or nominal-as-served duration is inferred.
Daily Worker, February 26, 1924, printed page 4, original political-prisoner roster.
