This photograph shows inmates Geo. H. Thomas, prisoner #8205 and John Alip, prisoner #9145. Geo. H. Thomas was received at the Kansas State Penitentiary on June 30, 1897 from Anderson County, Kansas for rape. John Alip, also known as Zack Ailep, was received at the penitentiary on December 4, 1889 from Wyandotte County, Kansas for robbery.
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Geo. H. Thomas and John Alip, prisoners 8205 and 9145