This photograph shows inmates Charles Burnside, prisoner #5504 and John Shalaya, prisoner #9415. Charles Burnside was received by the Kansas State Penitentiary on May 6, 1890 from Shawnee County, Kansas for murder. Inmate John Shalaya was received at the penitentiary on June 13, 1900 from Oklahoma for burglary. Varient spelling of his surname includes Shilia.
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Charles Burnside and John Shalaya, prisoners 5504 and 9415