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- GLC#
- GLC04549
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- April 22, 1919
- Author/Creator
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
- Title
- [Presidential commutation of the sentence of Otto Bruno Reichelt, convicted of violating the Espionage Act on 4 October 1918]
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 2 p. :
- Primary time period
- Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
- Sub-Era
- World War I
Reichelt was convicted in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey, for violation of the Espionage Act of June 15, 1917, and sentenced to eight years in the State Penitentiary at Baltimore, Maryland. Wilson commuted his sentence to end at once, no reason given for clemency. Countersigned by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer. Printed document with blanks filled in with type.
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