# Commitment of Kathryn Thorne Kelly (20 October 1933)

Canonical: https://mobfiles.org/items/nara-75815999-kathryn-kelly-commitment-1933/

The court's commitment of Kathryn Thorne Kelly, alias Catherine Kelly, after her life sentence for conspiracy in the Urschel kidnaping, dated 20 October 1933.

The National Archives catalogs this item as the commitment of Kathryn Thorne Kelly, alias Catherine Kelly, dated October 20, 1933. The catalog title spells her name "Katherine."

The Tenth Circuit's opinion on her appeal, [Kelly v. United States](/items/courtlistener-kelly-v-us-76-f2d-847/), states that she was sentenced to custody "for confinement in a Federal Institution for Women, during her natural life." Her 1958 motion to vacate the sentence, and the Tenth Circuit's 1959 reversal of the order granting it, are [filed separately](/items/courtlistener-us-v-kelly-shannon-269-f2d-448/). The commitment was not transcribed for this archive.

## Sources

- National Archives Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75815999