James W. McCormick, whose real name was Herman E. Heath, was born in 1873 in Hyde Park, Vermont. He worked as a farmer until his arrest in 1896.
He was incarcerated in the Massachusetts State Prison for 20 months before his death at 11:30 A.M. on February 14, 1898, from phthisis at 26.
Plot 63: James W. McCormick
