This photograph shows inmates, Alvin Ballard, prisoner #8512 and Peter Geotz, prisoner #9334. Alvin Ballard was received at the Kansas State Penitentiary on March 27, 1898 from Sedgwick County, Kansas for burglary and larceny. Inmate Peter Geotz was received on April 28, 1900 from Ellis County, Kansas for murder. Varient spelling of his surname includes Goetz.
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Alvin Ballard and Peter Geotz, prisoners 8512 and 9334