Meyer Harris "Mickey" Cohen
Alcatraz register no. 1518. The warden's notebook page records receipt on 28 July 1961 by direct commitment under a 15-year sentence for attempting to evade and defeat income tax; he was released on appeal bond, returned on 14 May 1962 and moved to Atlanta on 26 February 1963.
- Born
- 1913-09-04
- Died
- 1976-07-29
- Aliases
- Mickey
- 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
- 1961-07-28 — The warden's notebook page (NAID 236734774) records "COHEN, Meyer Harris" received at Alcatraz from "S. Calif. LA," age 47, date of birth 9-4-13, offense "Attempt to Evade & Defeat Income Tax," date of sentence 7-1-61, sentence "15 Years," district "S. Calif. Los Angeles."
- 1961-10-17 — The catalog description gives a transfer on 10/17/1961 to "APPEAL BOND."
- 1962-05-14 — The catalog remark reads "RET TO AZ (05-14-62 USM - 02/26/1963 A)."
- 1963-02-26 — The page's red header reads "Transferred to Atlanta 2-26-63."
- 1976-07-29 — The catalog description gives a death date of 07/29/1976 at Los Angeles, California.
Cohen’s notebook page is filed in this archive with the other Faces records. The criminal-history column of the page lists arrests and their outcomes from 1933 on; it is not transcribed here. The case file, about 7,000 pages, is described in the catalog but is not digitized. 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 Meyer Harris "Mickey" Cohen, No. 1518Bureau of Prisons notebook page with the identification photograph of Meyer Harris Cohen, received at Alcatraz on 28 July 1961 under a 15-year income-tax sentence from the Southern District of California. A copy is stored here.itemMeyer Harris Cohen's Alcatraz inmate case file, No. 1518 (National Archives catalog entry)Catalog entry for the Alcatraz case file of register no. 1518, about 7,000 pages, not digitized. The description gives receipt on 28 July 1961 by direct commitment and release on appeal bond on 17 October 1961.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.