This photograph shows inmates Edwd Manning, prisoner #7948 and John C. Watkins, prisoner #8635. Edwd Manning was received at the Kansas State Penitentiary on February 10, 1898 for rape. Inmate John C. Watkins was received at the penitentiary on September 20, 1898 for larceny. Both men were from Elk County, Kansas.
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Edwd Manning and John C. Watkins, prisoners 7948 and 8635