Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson
Alcatraz register no. 1117. The warden's notebook page records receipt from Leavenworth on 14 April 1954 under a 15-year narcotics sentence from the Southern District of New York, a transfer to Atlanta in December 1958 and a transfer to Lewisburg on 26 January 1963.
- Born
- 1908-10-31
- Died
- 1968-07-07
- Aliases
- Bumpy, Ellsworth Johnson (as the page prints it)
- Rights
- Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal records state. The identification photograph is a Bureau of Prisons record, public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105.
On the record
- 1954-04-14 — The warden's notebook page (NAID 236734275) records "Ellsworth Johnson" received at Alcatraz from Leavenworth, age 45, date of birth Oct. 31, 1908, offense "Narcotics: Sale Heroin & consp.," date of sentence June 12, 1953, sentence "15 Years," district "S-NEW YORK, N. Y."
- 1958-12 — The page's red header reads "Tfd to A 12-5-58"; the catalog description gives a transfer on 12/21/1958 to US Penitentiary, Atlanta. The two dates differ and this page records both.
- 1963-01-26 — A red line on the page reads "Trans. to Lewisburg 1-26-63"; the catalog remark reads "RET TO AZ (09-09-59 A - 01-26-63 NE)."
- 1968-07-07 — The catalog description gives a death date of 07/07/1968, place blank.
The series note lists the original of notebook page 1117-AZ as not extant, so the image may be a microfilm printout. Johnson’s page is filed in this archive with the other Faces records, and the Harlem numbers section files the records of the Harlem policy game; this person page adds the catalog data and the date conflict above. The page prints a Federal Bureau of Investigation number, which this archive does not record. The role and family fields are left empty because no record cited here states either. Offenses are given as the notebook form prints them; the “Reason for Transfer” boxes are staff opinion and are not used.
Records
itemAlcatraz warden's notebook page for Ellsworth Raymond "Bumpy" Johnson, No. 1117Bureau of Prisons notebook page with the identification photograph of Ellsworth Johnson, received at Alcatraz from Leavenworth on 14 April 1954 under a 15-year narcotics sentence from the Southern District of New York. A copy is stored here.
itemExterior of Lewisburg Penitentiary, 9 October 1947 (National Archives)Bureau of Prisons photograph dated 9 October 1947 of the exterior of the United States Penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania: a brick building with a tall tower. The catalog's caption reads "Lewisburg Letter."itemAlcatraz (Federal Bureau of Prisons history page)The Bureau of Prisons' history page on Alcatraz names Al Capone among the well-known criminals who did time there, and says most of its prisoners were not well-known gangsters.