This photograph shows inmates Henry Watkins, prisoner #8283 and Jacob S. Rogers, prisoner #7909. Henry Watkins was received at the Kansas State Penitentiary on October 16, 1897 from Labette County, Kansas for highway robbery. Inmate Jacob S. Rogers was received at the penitentiary on November 14, 1896 from Allen County, Kansas for murder.
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Henry Watkins and Jacob S. Rogers, prisoners 8283 and 7909