From page 12 of the Thursday, July 15, 1948 Waupun Leader-News:
Alfred Morton, 68, inmate of the Wisconsin State prison, died Tuesday morning in the prison hospital. Morton, a negro, who had been sentenced to the prison from Milwaukee in 1928, had been released on parole some time ago, but had voluntarily returned to the prison when he became ill.
Morton was buried in the cemetery at prison farm on Wednesday. The Rev. E. T. DeSelms officiated at the services.
Alfred Morton, 68, inmate of the Wisconsin State prison, died Tuesday morning in the prison hospital. Morton, a negro, who had been sentenced to the prison from Milwaukee in 1928, had been released on parole some time ago, but had voluntarily returned to the prison when he became ill.
Morton was buried in the cemetery at prison farm on Wednesday. The Rev. E. T. DeSelms officiated at the services.
From page 12 of the Thursday, July 15, 1948 Waupun Leader-News:
Alfred Morton, 68, inmate of the Wisconsin State prison, died Tuesday morning in the prison hospital. Morton, a negro, who had been sentenced to the prison from Milwaukee in 1928, had been released on parole some time ago, but had voluntarily returned to the prison when he became ill.
Morton was buried in the cemetery at prison farm on Wednesday. The Rev. E. T. DeSelms officiated at the services.
Alfred Morton, 68, inmate of the Wisconsin State prison, died Tuesday morning in the prison hospital. Morton, a negro, who had been sentenced to the prison from Milwaukee in 1928, had been released on parole some time ago, but had voluntarily returned to the prison when he became ill.
Morton was buried in the cemetery at prison farm on Wednesday. The Rev. E. T. DeSelms officiated at the services.
Gravesite Details
Alfred was listed in the 1940 census as prisoner #18081. He was listed as a widowed Negro male, age 60, born in Kansas.
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