Philip Grosser was born in the 1890s in Boston Massachusetts, He was appointed to prison during the first World War as a registered conscientious objector after he refused for not willing to merge the army. He was sent to prison camps, eventually landing into alcatraz in June 1919. Grosser spent weeks in solitary confinement, He was giving water and bread. Philip Gosser said he was treated poorly they would lock him in the dungeon when he disagreed to join in the army, he was giving little food, and even was threatened by an officer that said “ I’ll knock your goddamn brains out!” which indicates how violent and disrespectful they would be to prisoners. Another man who was mistreated was Morton Sobell.
