Edward Morrell

Edward H. Morrell (October 21, 1868 – November 10, 1946) was an American convict, activist, and writer.

He was an accomplice to the Evans and Sontag gang that robbed the Southern Pacific Railroad in California's San Joaquin Valley in the 1890s.

According to his memoir, "The 25th Man", the robberies were after revenge for the large railroad corporation's mistreatment of local ranchers in the San Joaquin Valley.

Morrell was sentenced to life imprisonment in Folsom State Prison in 1894.

Five of his years were spent in solitary confinement;[2] he was known as the Dungeon Man of San Quentin.