Charles Cozzens: Burglar

Charles Cozzens was born as Charles Seth Du Bois About 1858, he was a sailor.

 Inmate #9883 San Quentin Prison
Rec: Unknown
Crime: Burglary 2nd Degree
Term: unknown
Discharged: 27 Apr 1883
As Charles Du Bois

Inmate #14237 San Quentin Prison

AS William Du Bois

Rec: 9 Aug 1890

Crime: Burglary

Term: 4 Years

Discharged: 9 Aug 1893

 Charles was not an easy one to trace, if it had not been for someone at the prison to have written all his inmate #'s down on all his records each time he came in I would of never found them.

Inmate # 15944 San Quentin prison as William Du Bois
Rec: 23 April 1894
Crime: Burglary 1st Degree
Term: 4 Years
Discharged: 23 April 1897

Inmate #17876 San Quentin Prison as Charles Harrison
Rec: 11 Aug 1898
Crime: Burglary 2nd Degree
Term: 7 1/2 years
Discharged: 6 Feb 1899 

Inmate #19378 San Quentin as Charles Williams
Rec: 20 Jan 1902
Crime: Grand Larceny
Term: 2 years
Discharged: 250 Sep 1903

Inmate #21273 San Quentin Prison as Howard Williams

Rec: 9 Aug 1905

Crime: Grand Larceny

Term: 2 Years

Inmate #22585 Folsom Prison as Charles Cozzens

Rec: 9 Jan 1908

Discharged: 9 Sep 1909

Inmate #7531 Folsom Prison 

Rec: 27 Feb 1910

Crime: Petty Larceny

Term: 5 Years

Discharged: 27 Sep 1913

I found a few article about his last crimes he commited.

Below is a photo of a sloop similar to the one Charles stole. It would of been small but it had a cabin for sleeping and eating.

I only found one census record I know is him while he was in San Quentin in 1910. Says his parents were born in Rhode Island.

I feel Charles was a ramblin man, he was

homeless and if there would of been homeless shelters back then he might not have stole things. I feel bad for him. I would of put on a pot of coffee and fed him and listened to the stories he would tell. I am very sure he had loads of them. Where was his family? He was so lonely. I bet he cried often.