David Reamer1911 McNeil Island Penitentiary photograph of Carrie Sang Sing, a 17 year old Alaska Native (or possibly Siberian native) woman from Nome. She attacked a soldier with a knife and was sentenced to two years in prison. #alaskahistory #alaska
Jeff@ANC_Historian I’m gonna guess there’s more to that story.
@lightningjeff Over a broken promise, which could mean a lot of things. Indeed lots more to her story. https://sites.rootsweb.com/~coleen/carrie.html
@ANC_Historian Lived to 94, near her place of incarceration... or one of them at least. Thanks for that link.