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Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

Fort Madison Men's Penitentary - Record of  Convicts
Book 3
1917-1928

County	Cons. No.	Surname	Given Name	Date of Admission	Date of Sentence	Maximum	Crime	Judge	Age	Height	Weight	Complexion	Eyes	Hair	Nativity	Nationality	Temperate or Intemperate	Education	Religion	Commitment	Disposition of Case
Harrison	12234	Beatty	R. G.	12 May 1922	28 Apr 1922	10 yrs	Robbery	O. D. Wheeler	27 yrs	5 ft 5 3/4	173 lbs	Dark	Lt Brown	Dk Brown	IA	Amer.	Temp.	Fair	La Day Saints	First	21 Apr 1927 Exp Sent
Harrison	12351	Beckman	Wilbur	21 Nov 1922	16 Nov 1922	5 yrs	Larceny	Earl Peters	21 yrs	5 ft 8 5/8	156 lbs	Light	Brown	Brown	IA	Amer.	Intemp.	10th	None	Second	10 Dec 1925 Exp Sent
Harrison	11707	Cellen	James	8 Sep 1920	6 Sep 1920	20 yrs	Robbery	J. B. Rockafellow	26 yrs	5 ft 11 3/4	157 lbs	Sallow	Blue	Brown	Denmark	Amer.	Intemp.	Fair	Catholic	Second	24 Dec 1920 Escaped.
Harrison	12300	Ewell	Thos. L.	27 Sep 1922	22 Sep 1922	2 yrs	Car. Con. Weapons	J. B. Rockafellow	31 yrs	5 ft 7 5/8	144 lbs	Dark	Med Brown	Dk Brown	KY	Amer.	Temp.	5th	Catholic	First	16 Apr 1924 Exp Sent
Harrison	12233	Fiori	Alfred	12 May 1922	28 Apr 1922	20 yrs	Robbery with Aggravation	O. D. Wheeler	31 yrs	5 ft 4 3/4	152 lbs	Dark	Brown	Brown	IA	Amer.	Intemp.	Fair	Catholic	First	7 Aug 1928 Paroled.
Harrison	12235	Green	Howard	12 May 1922	28 Apr 1922	10 yrs	B. & E.	O. D. Wheeler	33 yrs	5 ft 5 1/2	157 lbs	Dark	Dk Blue	Gray	IA	Amer.	Temp.	Fair	None	First	21 Apr 1927 Exp Sent
Harrison	13545	Hardin	David	15 Feb 1927	12 Feb 1927	Life	Enter Bank with Intent to Rob	O. D. Wheeler	44 yrs	5 ft 9 3/4	185 lbs	Md Light	Dk Blue	Gray Mix	IA	Amer.	Intemp.	6th	Presby		Term Commuted 45 yrs on 28 Dec 1948. Paroled 17 Mar 1949. Discharged 13 Jun 1950.
Harrison	11716	Harris	G. L.	24 Sep 1920	17 Sep 1920	20 yrs	Robbery	J. B. Rockafellow	34 yrs	5 ft 9 3/4	161 lbs	Medium	Blue	Brown	MO	Amer.	Intemp.	Fair	None	First	7 Feb 1921 I. of C.
Harrison	13426	Hillman	William	2 Oct 1926	23 Sep 1926	2 yrs	Larceny of Pretenses	J. J. Mantz	45 yrs	5 ft 10	158 lbs	Md Dk	Dk Blue	Md Chest.	KA	Amer.	Temp.	None	None		30 May 1927 Out-Court Order of Harrison Co.
Harrison	11747	Jones	William	16 Nov 1920	4 Nov 1920	2 yrs	Car. Con. Weapons	Earl Peters	50 yrs	5 ft 8	175 lbs	Dark	Blue	Gray	IA	Amer.	Intemp.	Poor	None	First	14 Jun 1922 Exp Sent
Harrison	13342	Mathews	Clarence	25 Apr 1926	22 Apr 1926	1 yr	Desertion	J. S. Dewell	31 yrs	5 ft 6 5/8	149 lbs	Sandy	Lt Blue	Sandy	NE	Amer.	Intemp.	6th	Christ.		14 Jan 1927 Exp Sent
Harrison	12927	Raymonds	Harry	10 Dec 1924	9 Dec 1924	15 yrs	Injury to property by explosives	Earl Peters	47 yrs	5 ft 11 3/4	196 lbs	Dark	Dk Blue	Md. Chest.	CA	Amer.	Intemp.	8th	Catholic	Third	9 Oct 1931 Exp Sent
Harrison	12567	Rubenking	Alvin	25 Sep 1923	20 Sep 1923	5 yrs	Bigamy	T. C. Whitmore	30 yrs	5 ft 10 1/2	147 lbs	Light	Dk Blue	Brown	IL	Amer.	Temp.	6th	Christ.		14 Oct 1926 Exp Sent
Harrison	11708	Spellman	John	8 Sep 1920	6 Sep 1920	20 yrs	Robbery	J. B. Rockafellow	30 yrs	5 ft 9 7/8	152 lbs	Dark	Blue	Brown	CT	Amer.	Intemp.	Fair	Catholic	First	1 Jun 1921 Escaped. 25 Aug 1921 Returned. 8 May 1929 S. S. 5 Nov 1920 Discharged.
Harrison	13343	Tomine	Clarence	25 Apr 1926	22 Apr 1926	1 yr	Oper. Auto while Intox.	J. S. Dewell	37 yrs	5 ft 9 3/8	159 lbs	Md Dk	Lt Blue	Lt Ches.	MO	Amer.	Intemp.	8th	None		24 Mar 1927 Exp Sent
Harrison	11706	White	Harry	8 Sep 1920	6 Sep 1920	20 yrs	Robbery	J. B. Rockafellow	26 yrs	5 ft 7 1/4	146 lbs	Sandy	Blue	Sandy	KS	Amer.	Intemp.	Fair	None	Second	17 Aug 1923 Escaped. 18 Aug 1925 Returned. 13 Feb 1929 Paroled.
Harrison	11523	Williams	E. L.	8 Aug 1919	6 Aug 1919	10 yrs	B. & E.	Thos. Arthur	21 yrs	5 ft 5 5/8	139 lbs	Light	Blue	Ches.	MO	Amer.	Intemp.	Good	None	Second	14 Sep 1921 Susp Sent

 



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Transcribed by Shirley Plumb & Contributed by Alvin Poole  March 2, 2019