Correctional Joseph B. Waldrupe

Joseph B. Waldrupe, a 29-year-old White male, served as a correctional officer at the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. His tenure was cut short on a fateful afternoon in the autumn of 1901. At the time, the new federal prison was still under construction, a massive project utilizing the labor of hundreds of inmates who were marched daily from the Fort Leavenworth Disciplinary Barracks to the construction site. On November 7, 1901, the routine of the day was shattered by a metic ...