Harry Sawyer
Alcatraz register no. 297. The warden's notebook page records receipt from Leavenworth on 27 April 1936 under a life sentence for conspiracy under the Kidnapping Act, and a transfer back on 24 May 1943. The catalog remark gives the true name as Sandlovich.
- Died
- 1955-06-23
- Aliases
- Harry Sandlovich (catalog remark, "TN:")
- 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
- 1936-04-27 — The warden's notebook page (NAID 236735160) records him received at Alcatraz from Leavenworth, age 44, date of birth 12/15/91, offense "Kidnapping Act-Consp.," dated Jan. 24, 1936, sentence "Life," district "Minn., - St Paul."
- 1936-04-27 — The catalog description prints the offense as "KIDNAPPING & CONSPIRACY TO TRANSPORT (BREMER)" and the remark "TN: SANDLOVICH, HARRY"; "TN:" is not expanded in the catalog.
- 1943-05-24 — The page is stamped "TRANSFERRED MAY 24 1943 to USP Leavenworth, Kan."; the catalog gives the same date and destination.
- 1890 or 1891 — Birth: the page prints 12/15/91; the catalog prints 12/15/1890. This page records both.
- 1955-06-23 — The catalog description gives a death date of 06/23/1955, place blank.
The catalog’s offense text names “BREMER” in parentheses; the offense line on the page itself prints only “Kidnapping Act-Consp.” (a staff box on the page names Bremer in its summary of trial testimony, which is not repeated here). 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 Harry Sawyer, No. 297Bureau of Prisons notebook page with the identification photograph of Harry Sawyer, No. 297, received at Alcatraz from Leavenworth on 27 April 1936 under a life sentence for conspiracy under the Kidnapping Act (Minnesota, St. Paul); stamped transferred to Leavenworth on 24 May 1943. A copy is stored here.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.