This photograph shows inmates Charles Curtis, prisoner #8368 and William Cowin, prisoner #9534. Charles Curtis was received at the Kansas State Penitentiary on December 17, 1897 from Cowley County, Kansas for rape. Inmate William Cowin was received at the penitentiary on November 9, 1900 from Sumner County, Kansas for burglary.
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Charles Curtis and William Cowin, prisoners 8368 and 9534