This photograph shows inmates Grant Blackman, prisoner #8921 and Tyson William, prisoner #7612. Grant Blackman was received at the Kansas State Penitentiary on May 13, 1899 from Lyon County, Kansas for larceny. Tyson William was received at the penitentiary on December 3, 1895 from Osage County, Kansas for attempted rape.
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Grant Blackman and William Tyson, prisoners 8921 and 7612