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#139- Ella Buckner from Shawnee County. Sentenced to the Kansas State Penitentiary on 03-28-1902 for Robbery 1.

Ella Buckner, formerly known as the "Queen of Smoky Row" (Smoky row was a slum in Topeka) appears regularly in Topeka area newspapers…

#128- Joseph Derion from Brown County. Sentenced to the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing on 03-25-1902 for Manslaughter 4.

Below are excerpts from Brown County World leading up to his time at the Kansas State Penitentiary.

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#134- William Williams (#2) from Geary County. Sentenced to the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing on 3-27-1902 for assault with intent to kill.

A newspaper excerpt from the Junction City Union on Monday Mar. 17, 1902.


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#129- George Cothran from Pottawattomie county. Sentenced to the Kansas State Penitentiary on 03-25-1902 for Grand Larceny.

A newspaper excerpt from The Wichita Beacon dated Monday Mar. 17, 1902 regarding George Cothran.

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#140- Uri Henson from McPherson County. Sentenced to the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing on 3-28-1902 for Grand Larceny.

#142- William Washington. Atchison County. Sentenced to the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing, Kansas on 3-29-1902 for Burglary and Larceny.

#2902- Norma Mark from Reno County. Sentenced to Kansas State Industrial Farms in Lansing on 6-7-26 for Violation of Chapter 205.

#2903- Mary Cole from Reno County. Sentenced to Kansas State Industrial Farms in Lansing on 6-7-26 for Violation of…

#2898- Alice Pierson from Wyandotte County. Sentenced to Kansas State Industrial Farms in Lansing on 5-29-26 for Violation of Chapter 205.

#2920- Nettie Mendenhall from Jewell County. Sentenced to Kansas State Industrial Farms in Lansing on…

#2906- Inez Cook from Wyandotte County. Sentenced to Kansas State Industrial Farms in Lansing on 6-10-26 for Violation of Chapter 205.

#2908- Grace Corcoran from Sedgwick County. Sentenced to Kansas State Industrial Farms in Lansing on 6-13-26…

#2904- Viola Jones from Reno County. Sentenced to Kansas State Industrial Farms in Lansing on 6-7-26 for Violation of Chapter 205.

#2905- Mary Winborn from Wyandotte County. Sentenced to Kansas State Industrial Farms in Lansing on 6-10-26 for…