Pvt. Harry Richardson: Houston, TX Riot 1917 Camp Logan Series

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Harry Richardson was born 1894 in Oklahoma.
He enlisted in the 24th Inf, 3rd Bat, Co. I in April 1917.

#12273 Leavenworth 
Crime: Mutiny & Murder
Rec: 1917-18
Term: Life
Reduced to 30 years then reduced to 28 years 6 months.
According to the clemency records he was still at Leavenworth in 1935. The link below will take you to his records and several of his hand written letters.


http://cdm16035.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/searchterm/houston%20riot!richardson/field/all!all/mode/all!all/conn/and!and/order/date/ad/asc

 I made him a tree on Ancestry but I have found no further information. He is listed in the 1920 census as being in Leavenworth and I did find the text version of his prison record.

A lovely lady sent me this newspaper clipping from 1927:


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