This photograph shows inmates Nicolas Schimpfesser, 8816, and Wm. T. Edwards, 8885. Nicolas Schimpfesser was received at the Kansas State Penitentiary on January 31, 1899 from Doniphan County, Kansas for manslaughter. Wm. T. Edwards was received at the penitentiary on April 16, 1899 from Meade County, Kansas for assault with a deadly weapon.
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Nicolas Schimpfesser and Wm. T. Edwards, prisoners 8816 and 8885