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This photograph shows inmates J.C. Williams, prisoner number 9446, and Franklin Lewis, prisoner number 6439. J.C. Williams was received at the Kansas State Penitentiary on July 12, 1900 from Saline County, Kansas for perjury. He was sentenced on March 30, 1899. Inmate Franklin Lewis was received at the penitentiary on February 6, 1893 from Coffey County, Kansas for murder.
Creator: Kansas. Dept. of Corrections
Date: January 17, 1901
Item Number: 225642
Call Number: Kansas State Penitentiary, Prison Glass Negatives, #11
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 225642
Collections - Photograph - Kansas State Penitentiary
Date - 1900s - 1901
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Murder
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Perjury
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Prisoners
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Corrections, Department of
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Dry plate glass negatives
People - Criminals
Places - Cities and towns - Lansing
Places - Counties - Coffey
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Saline
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Dry plate glass negatives
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