This photograph shows inmates Samuel Roper, 9619, and John Clark, 8677. Samuel Roper was received at the Kansas State Penitentiary on December 26, 1900 from Logan County, Oklahoma for obtaining money under false pretenses. John Clark was received at the penitentiary on October 15, 1898 from Elk County, Kansas for grand larceny.
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Samuel Roper and John Clark, prisoners 9619 and 8677