Ed Gaines, Inmate Number 4039, at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary. Convicted of murder in 1904, Ed Gaines claimed that he was at his boarding house when the victim came “without invitation” and threatened him with a knife. According to Gaines, he defended himself with his gun, and only wanted to frighten him away Bureau of Prisons, Inmate case files.

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