by Patricia Sahertian | Aug 12, 2013 | prisoners
“song and dance man”, 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper. William Rainer Yuma Prisoner 2111 This story makes me feel sad, it really shows the prejudice of the time and place, the first article doesn’t even give William Rainer a name. Nor does it...
by Patricia Sahertian | Aug 9, 2013 | prisoners
“forged and forgotten”, 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper. Frank R. Moore Yuma Prisoner 2502 A typical scam in the west during the early 1900s was the check forgery. A “customer” would go into the bank with a check from an out of town bank,...
by Patricia Sahertian | Jul 4, 2013 | prisoners
“shattered life”, 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper. Margarito Garcia Yuma Prisoner 2987 So, sometimes I can find a bunch of information, and sometimes none at all. For Margarito Garcia there was a scattering of unrelated material, only one thing pulled...
by Patricia Sahertian | Jun 24, 2013 | prisoners
“check your baggage?”, 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper. Charles Kelley Yuma Prisoner 1982 Charles Kelley, who while porter for the Hotel Weatherford, in February appropriated a valise belonging to one of the guests, entered a plea of guilty to the...
by Patricia Sahertian | Jun 23, 2013 | prisoners
“forks and knives”, 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper. Harry Stanton Yuma Prisoner 1964 Charles Jones and Harry Stanton (pictured), who broke Into a Santa Fe freight car, in October last and appropriated a lot of cutlery, entered a plea of guilty to the...
by Patricia Sahertian | Jun 22, 2013 | prisoners
“expression: sinister”, 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper. William Kirk Yuma Prisoner 1965 William Kirk, who in November last assaulted a man with a revolver in a Williams saloon, plead guilty to a charge of assault with intent to commit murder, was...
