Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Deputy Warden's Examination Sheet.
Type of event: Incarcerations
Location: Stillwater; Washington County; Minnesota; United States
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Documents: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Deputy Warden's Examination Sheet.
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Minnesota State Prison (Stillwater, Minn.) [Stillwater State Prison].
Max Mason: Case No. 6785.
Case Files.
Deputy Warden’s Examination Sheet.
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Deputy Wardens’ Examination
Sheet
Minnesota State Prison
Register No. 6785 Name Max
Mason Date Received Aug. 8,
1921
Alias Walter Max Mason, Nickname
Sonnyboy Date of Sentence July 30,
1921
Criminal History Served thirty
days on workfarm at Louisville, Ky.,
1918
Arrested and fined $10.00 at
Pinesville, Ky.
Court Record—County
St. Louis Sentence Ind Crime
Rape
Name of County
Attorney Mason M. Forbes Name of Trial Judge Hon. L.
S.
Nelson
Personal—Nativity Alabama Age
22 years. Color Negro Religion
Methodist
Occupation Waiter Height feet inches. Weight pounds.
Build
Complexion Hair Beard Eyes
Grade
of education can read and write Are your habits termperate or
intemperate? Abstinent
Are you
married or single? Single Number of
children
Wife’s name and
address
Are your father and mother living? Father
No Mother No Give your parent’s names
and present address
Give nativity of
parents—Father Alabama Mother Alabama
Names
and addresses of brothers and sisters Bro: Raymond Mason, Dectur,
Alabama
Sisters: Mrs. Arthur McDonald,
Leighton, Ala. Miss Louise Mason, Leighton,
Alabama
Are or were your father and mother
temperate? Father
yes Mother yes
Were
either of your parents, brothers or sisters ever arrested? If so, give
particulars Yes, Brother
Have you
now or have you ever had any relatives in prison? If so, give
particulars Yes, Brother,
(Alabama)
Is there any insanity in your
family? If so, give
particulars no
Do you gamble?
Yes Do you use tobacco? Yes Do you use
snuff? No Do you use drugs or opiates?
No
Your age when you left home
19 years. Why did you leave? Had no
home
Were your home surroundings pleasant?
Yes At what age were you first arrested 19
years
Give particulars, places and
dates
Give particulars of crime for which you
are now committed
It is claimed that he held
a gun to a boy and raped a girl eighteen years
old.
Give names of associates Wm.
Miller, Louis Hayes, Frank Spicer, Clarence Green; L. Williams, Nate
Gray
Place where crime was committed Duluth,
Minn. How long were you in jail? 13 mos 20
days
and where Duluth,
Minn. Did you plead guilty? No Did you have a fair
trial? No
How long have
you lived in this state? 1
years 2 months Give names of persons for whom you have worked
in this state, with addresses in full and length of time you have worked for
each, covering the past six
years—
Give
addresses and length of time you have worked for different persons if outside of
this state—
Hall and Hall Basket
Factory, Decatur, Alabama.
Odd jobs
around
Give addresses of six or
eight reputable citizens who have known you for six years prior to your arrest
and conviction—
Marshall & Phillips,
Decatur, Alabama
H. V. Cashan, 219
Railroad Street, Decatur, Ala
Dr. N.
Cashan, “ “”
“
Arthur Nelson, Mt. Clemens,
Mich.
Jerry Mogman, Peru, Ind. J.
Robinson, Shaw Co.
Mike Hogan, Deputy
Sheriff, Duluth, Minn.
What do you
consider the main cause of your downfall? No cause at
all
Give name of person or persons
that you think would give you employment in the event of
parole—