LeRoy Copeland: Bad Checks And A Bad Eye

Leroy Copeland was born 22 Jul 1886 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Inmate: #30607 San Quentin Prison

Rec: 14 May 1917

Crime: Bad Checks

Term: 5 Yrs

 

Inmate: #10079 Folsom Prison

Rec: 2 May 1916

Crime: Bad Checks

Term: 1 Yr

He was also a prisoner at Deer Lodge, MT

Inmate: #4687 Montana State Prison

Rec: 13 Jul 1914

Crime: Passing Bad Checks

This prison records says he came from Philadelphia and his father's name is Henry.

Here's a very interesting newspaper article from 

The Daily Missoulian

Missoula, Montana

10 Jul 1914, Fri  •  Page 3

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64941036/leroy-manning-copeland/?xid=637&_ga=2.173350378.895702985.1607480630-2020079248.1603979517

He also had an alias as Juan Alfonso, which may actually be his birth name.

He was also arrested and place in jail at Stockton, CA as Inmate #4860 and San Francisco Jail as inmate #21411

Another alias Roy H. Boyaled, the above is his Stockton arrest. Notice his eye so sometime between 1915 and 1917 he lost his eye. Also says he was arrested in Salt Lake City I searched newspapers for this arrest I found his Stockton arrest, this is when he was sent to Folsom.

Stockton Daily Evening Record

Stockton, California

29 Apr 1916, Sat  •  Page 11

He was an waiter after he lost his eye. He was an engraver before losing his eye.  Did he lose his eye while in prison??? I noticed his eye is different in the 1917 mugshot so he must of gotten a better fitting glass eye. His accident most likely happened after he left the Montana Prison.

In 1920 he was a prisoner in San Quentin:

Name: Leroy Copeland

[Leroy Capehard]

[Leray Caplhard]

Age: 33

Birth Year: abt 1887

Birthplace: Mexico

Home in 1920: San Quentin, Marin, California

Residence Date: 1920

Race: White

Gender: Male

Immigration Year: 1887

Relation to Head of House: Prisoner

Marital Status: Single

Native Tongue: Spanish

Able to Speak English: Yes

Occupation: Mill Work

Industry: Jute Mill

Naturalization Status: Naturalized

Able to read: Yes

Able to Write: Yes

I didn't find any records for him after this.

This is where I found his birth date if he is actually Leroy Copeland.

LeRoy Copeland

 in the U.S., World War I Civilian Draft Registrations, 1917-1918

Name: Copeland, LeRoy

Birth Date: 22 Jul 1886

Birth Place: Mexico City Mexico

City/County: Marin[Late

Ethnicity: W

I didn't find any records for him in Philadelphia, PA.

Be interesting to find out more about his eye. I wonder why he didn't wear an eye patch until it was fixed with the right glass eye?