Washington State Criminal Files

Below you will find a list of individuals charged with either "sodomy" or "crime against nature" in the Washington State Criminal Files. Of those listed below, 15 were found at the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla in the 1910 US Federal Census. Additional information will be added to each individual as it is found.

Please note that it is unlikely that all of the men took part in homosexual activity between two consenting adult males. The terms noted above were also used for cases of rape, child molestation and sometimes bestiality. If it is proven that an individual was not charge for homosexual conduct, the name will be noted as such and any link removed.

Year Name County Case # Notes
1890 Lucius Gonzales Tacoma 547 age 24, machinest
1893 Charles Wesley King 1160 age 43
1895 John Morris Pierce 1401 age 33
1895 James Murphy Pierce 1403 age 25
1896 Joseph Monhallon Walla Walla 1511 age 33
1897 Patrick Finley Jefferson 1702 age 38, died Aug 1, 1901
1900 Dan Moran Walla Walla 2213 age 18
1900 George Gray King 2282 age 39
1900 John Blackman Pierce 2303 age 20
1901 Frank Lewis King 2496 age 26 "negro"
1901 Frank McIntosh King 2498 age 45
1901 Jacob Anderson Spokane 2522 age 37
1901 Herbert Edwards Whatcom 2546 age 31
1901 J. C. Hench King 2641 age 26
1903 George S. Johnson King 3072 age 21
1904 George Smith Snohomish 3303 age 56
1904 John Ward Snohomish 3571 age 17
1904 Frank Cario Adams 3646 age 30
1906 John Cram Chelan 4207 age 25
1907 Charles Geise King 4703 age 27
1908 Leo Certain Chehalis 5122 age 53
1908 Joseph Callahan Snohomish 5162 age 30
1908 Lawrence Meyer Skagit 5188 age 24
1909 John C. Donohue Spokane 5402 .
1909 F. S. Fonda King 5461 .
1909 Gus LeMere Skagit 5524 escaped March 11, 1911
1909 Herbert Vaughn Spokane 5533 .
1909 W. H. Whipple Kitsap 5568 .
1909 Carl Zirka Kitsap 5569 .
1909 G. F. Wheeler Skagit 5576 .
1909 Thomas Cooper Yakima 5616 .
1909 Marcus Larson Pierce 5692 .
1909 Frank Sullivan Franklin 5721 .
1909 John O'Brien Yakima 5761 .
1910 John Hayes Chehalis 5888 .
1911 Jake Van Berkle Pierce 5981 .
1911 E. G. Seavy Whatcom 6027 .
1911 Martin Braelich Chehalis 6063 .
1911 Frank Williams Spokane 6034 .
1911 Charles Smith Benton 6154 .
1911 Christ Wassis Spokane 6187 .
1911 James Dolohyde Asotin 6188 .
1911 George McElroy Grant 6206 "negro"
1912 J. T. Hankins King 6298 .
1912 Henry Douglas King 6344 .
1912 William H. Hallum Snohomish 6404 .
1912 Peter Olsen Spokane 6409 .
1912 Jago Sing Thurston 6452 .
1912 Don Sing Thurston 6453 .
1912 Bram Sing Thurston 6454 .
1912 John Ryan Cowlitz 6493 .
1912 John Mustard Whitman 6593 .
1912 David Gunreth Whitman 6607 .
1912 John Schenecke King 6657 .
1912 George Newhall Spokane 6670 .
1912 John Gibson Walla Walla 6708 .
1912 Frank Wilson Spokane 6721 .
1912 John Day Chehalis 6730 .
1913 Joe A. MaGill Spokane 6765 .
1913 Thomas Tassus King 6775 .
1913 James Campbell Columbia 6783 .
1913 Adam J. Mayer King 6839 .
1913 Tony Jalvich Pierce 6911 .
1913 Patrick Ryan Skagit 7015 .
1913 W. T. Stevens Kittitas 7019 .
1913 Neil Atwoods Snohomish 7024 .
1913 E. McDonald Skagit 7045 .
1913 Thomas J. Kelly Spokane 7107 .
1913 W. R. Williams King 7233 .
1914 William H. Streeter King 7308 .
1914 Sidney Bulford King 7322 .
1914 Arthur Squire King 7324 .
1914 Chenan Singh King 7342 .
1914 Janies Cahill Pierce 7423 .
1914 John Swanson King 7430 .
1915 Frank Raby Skagit 7645 .
1915 Carlos Mikesell Spokane 7727 .
1915 Byron Worthington Snohomish 7769 .
1915 Edward Collins King 7887 .
1915 C. F. Soper Spokane 7921 died Nov 25, 1920
1915 Edwin Mills Spokane 7946 "from a reformatory"
1916 Oliver E. Chase Whatcom 8126 .
1916 William Gleason Pierce 8160 .
1917 Guy Ransom King 8221 .
1917 L. Krais Clallam 8292 .
1917 John C. Barnaby Pierce 8342 .
1917 Stephen Glass Columbia 8362 .
1917 Harry Hart Columbia 8363 .
1917 Alfred Wesley King 8387 .
1917 O. N. Ross King 8388 .
1917 Charles Morrison Yakima 8392 "negro"
1918 Charles Martin Spokane 8554 .
1918 Gust Pappas King 8588 .
1918 J. A. Pierce Clarke 8607 .
1918 J. J. Timmerman Clarke 8636 .
1918 Benjamin F. Hoover King 8663 .
1918 Gideon Wheeler Skagit 8686 died Feb 29, 1920
1918 George Havinas Spokane 8744 .
1919 Jim Harry Lewis 8752 "Hindu"
1919 Edward M. Traber Pierce 8766 .
1919 A. S. Maskounos Spokane 8778 .
1919 C. M. Wilson Whitman 8864 .
1919 Joseph Derreese King 8887 aka Joe Devreese
1919 C. R. McDougall King 8897 .
1919 William R. Clark Clarke 8903 .
1919 Martin Andreoli Skagit 8935 .
1919 Albert Tusky Pierce 8939 .
1920 David A. Jones Spokane 9088 .
1920 William Burger Yakima 9182 .
1921 Ted Knowles Walla Walla 9245 .
1921 Frank Hays Pierce 9257 .
1921 Albert Miller Chelan 9275 .
1921 Dwight Seymour King 9279 died April 11, 1927 - on parole
1921 Gus Nelson King 9367 .
1921 Frank L. Clark Chelan 96 .

The following are less likely cases of gay men being persecuted, and are more likely to be true criminals. The following have notes of "assault" or "intent to rape" in their basic descriptions. The original case records will be needed to make a full determination.

Year Name Location Case # Notes
1887 Charles Spero Port Townsend, Jefferson 1002 Born about 1867
1887 James Murphy Tacoma, Pierce 338 "intent to rape, crime against nature", Irish, age 36
1889 Mack McAlpin Chehalis, Lewis 315 Born Sept 1852 in Iowa

The following are additional cases charged with "sodomy" that were included in my original list. I have not yet acquired the court records for these cases. However, after more detailed research it seems highly unlikely that they were homosexual.

Year Name Location Case # Notes
1895 Charley Righter Pierce 1404 age 19
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