Alcatraz warden's notebook page for Joe Stein, No. 319
Bureau of Prisons notebook page with the identification photograph of Joe Stein, No. 319, received at Alcatraz on 6 August 1936 on the Fleisher internal revenue conspiracy case from Detroit; transferred to Leavenworth 18 March 1937. A copy is stored here.
- Date
- 1936-08-06
- Kind
- photograph
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-12
- NAID
- 236735207
- Rights
- A Bureau of Prisons record, public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105. Series "Warden's Notebook Pages" (NAID 296686), Records of the Bureau of Prisons (Record Group 129), National Archives at San Francisco. The National Archives catalog marks the item's access and use "Unrestricted." The copy stored here is reduced to 1400 pixels from the catalog's digital image.
The National Archives catalog titles this page “JOE STEIN - Alcatraz Number 319 - Warden’s Notebook.” The placard in the photograph reads “U. S. Penitentiary Alcatraz 319.”
As typed: name Joe Stein, No. 319, received Aug. 6, 1936 from Leavenworth, age 27, date of birth 9/15/09. Offense “Internal Revenue, Conspiracy,” dated April 15, 1936; sentence “8 years”; district sentenced “E/Mich., Detroit.” Co-defendants: “Sam Fleisher, Harry Fleisher and Jack Selbin, now at Alcatraz, John J. Gettleson, sentenced to a term of 2 years & $5000 fine.” A red line reads “United States Attorney:- Recommens parole when eligible.” The criminal history reads: “First offender; however, admits previous arrests for violations of the Internal Revenue Laws for which he received fines.” A stamp reads “Transferred to USP Leavenworth, March 18, 1937.”
The classification committee’s “Reason for Transfer” reads: “Subject was a member of the well known ‘Purple Gang’ and although he is no leader it is apparent that he would be a willing member of any organized group of agitators or any other disturbing influence in a institution.” That is the committee’s opinion. The page says he was born in Russia; the catalog gives New York City. Both are recorded here as the sources print them.
