Roy Gardner
Alcatraz register no. 110. The warden's notebook page records receipt from Leavenworth on 4 September 1934 for robbery of the mails and a transfer back on 8 August 1936.
- Born
- 1884-01-05
- Died
- 1940-01-10
- 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
- 1934-09-04 — The warden's notebook page (NAID 236734254) records him received at Alcatraz from "U.S.P. Leavenworth," crime "Robbery of the Mails," district "D-ARIZ Phoenix," sentence "50 yrs (see letter)."
- 1936-08-08 — The page's red header reads "TRANSFERRED TO USP LEAVENWORTH AUGUST 8, 1936"; its "Reasons for transfer" box opens "Transferred at his own request."
- 1884-01-05 — Birth: the catalog description gives 01/05/1884; the notebook page prints no birth date.
- 1940-01-10 — The catalog description gives a death date of 01/10/1940 at San Francisco, with a remark that gives the cause as suicide.
The catalog title prints the offense as postal laws, robbery of mails, two counts. The notebook page is an older layout than the others in the series. The case file, about 1,500 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 Roy Gardner, No. 110Bureau of Prisons notebook page with the identification photograph of Roy Gardner, No. 110 AZ, received at Alcatraz from Leavenworth on 4 September 1934 for robbery of the mails (District of Arizona); a red header records his transfer to Leavenworth on 8 August 1936. A copy is stored here.itemRoy Gardner's Alcatraz inmate case file, No. 110 (National Archives catalog entry)Catalog entry for the Alcatraz case file of register no. 110, about 1,500 pages, not digitized. The description gives receipt from Leavenworth on 4 September 1934 and transfer back on 8 August 1936.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.