Mills County (Iowa) Tribune
May 1, 1902. Page Five.
RECOLLECTIONS OF A MURDER.
Release of Joseph McCrary and the killing of Doran and Tynan.
Last Tuesday Joseph McCrary stepped out of the penitentiary at Fort Madison, a free man to all intents and purposes — free to again take a place among his fellows and live down if he chooses the crime for which he has spent nearly a quarter of a century in confinement.
His release revives the recollection of the double murder for which he has been imprisoned. On the evening of Saturday, Aug. 17, 1878, William Doran and John Tynan were shot and killed while walking on the road alongside the railroad track at Haney's switch, below Pacific Junction. Doran was foreman of the railroad stone quarry below where the shooting took place. He had with him at the time about $125, and of this he was was robbed. Tynan was also employed in the stone quarry, but did not have any money with him.
Their dead bodies were found on Sunday morning, and several circumstances pointed to McCrary as the murderer. He was arrested that evening, and his trial resulted in his sentence to life imprisoment. Jasper Clouser was also charged with complicity, but the evidence against him was not sufficient to secure his conviction.
Mrs. Tynan remarried a Mr. Gilleard, who has since died, and she now lives at Glenwood north of the Otis livery barn. She naturally feels that the pardon is neither just nor in accord with the best public policy. Such pardons are a weakness rather than a strength; and a knowledge that a pardon can be expected as soon as a crime has been forgotten can not tend to the desired repression of such evil doing. However this may be, now that the pardon has been granted, and McCrary is a free man, we all trust that he will make good and honorable use of the remainder of his life thus benevolently restored to him.
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DORAN, Wm.
Born: AGE 42
Died: 17 AUG 1878
Cemetery: GLENWOOD
Location: GLENWOOD
County: MILLS CO. - IOWA
Record Notes: LOT 49*
Iowa WPA Graves Survey
See also Andrew J. Doran and Catherine Doran.
May 1, 1902. Page Five.
RECOLLECTIONS OF A MURDER.
Release of Joseph McCrary and the killing of Doran and Tynan.
Last Tuesday Joseph McCrary stepped out of the penitentiary at Fort Madison, a free man to all intents and purposes — free to again take a place among his fellows and live down if he chooses the crime for which he has spent nearly a quarter of a century in confinement.
His release revives the recollection of the double murder for which he has been imprisoned. On the evening of Saturday, Aug. 17, 1878, William Doran and John Tynan were shot and killed while walking on the road alongside the railroad track at Haney's switch, below Pacific Junction. Doran was foreman of the railroad stone quarry below where the shooting took place. He had with him at the time about $125, and of this he was was robbed. Tynan was also employed in the stone quarry, but did not have any money with him.
Their dead bodies were found on Sunday morning, and several circumstances pointed to McCrary as the murderer. He was arrested that evening, and his trial resulted in his sentence to life imprisoment. Jasper Clouser was also charged with complicity, but the evidence against him was not sufficient to secure his conviction.
Mrs. Tynan remarried a Mr. Gilleard, who has since died, and she now lives at Glenwood north of the Otis livery barn. She naturally feels that the pardon is neither just nor in accord with the best public policy. Such pardons are a weakness rather than a strength; and a knowledge that a pardon can be expected as soon as a crime has been forgotten can not tend to the desired repression of such evil doing. However this may be, now that the pardon has been granted, and McCrary is a free man, we all trust that he will make good and honorable use of the remainder of his life thus benevolently restored to him.
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DORAN, Wm.
Born: AGE 42
Died: 17 AUG 1878
Cemetery: GLENWOOD
Location: GLENWOOD
County: MILLS CO. - IOWA
Record Notes: LOT 49*
Iowa WPA Graves Survey
See also Andrew J. Doran and Catherine Doran.
Mills County (Iowa) Tribune
May 1, 1902. Page Five.
RECOLLECTIONS OF A MURDER.
Release of Joseph McCrary and the killing of Doran and Tynan.
Last Tuesday Joseph McCrary stepped out of the penitentiary at Fort Madison, a free man to all intents and purposes — free to again take a place among his fellows and live down if he chooses the crime for which he has spent nearly a quarter of a century in confinement.
His release revives the recollection of the double murder for which he has been imprisoned. On the evening of Saturday, Aug. 17, 1878, William Doran and John Tynan were shot and killed while walking on the road alongside the railroad track at Haney's switch, below Pacific Junction. Doran was foreman of the railroad stone quarry below where the shooting took place. He had with him at the time about $125, and of this he was was robbed. Tynan was also employed in the stone quarry, but did not have any money with him.
Their dead bodies were found on Sunday morning, and several circumstances pointed to McCrary as the murderer. He was arrested that evening, and his trial resulted in his sentence to life imprisoment. Jasper Clouser was also charged with complicity, but the evidence against him was not sufficient to secure his conviction.
Mrs. Tynan remarried a Mr. Gilleard, who has since died, and she now lives at Glenwood north of the Otis livery barn. She naturally feels that the pardon is neither just nor in accord with the best public policy. Such pardons are a weakness rather than a strength; and a knowledge that a pardon can be expected as soon as a crime has been forgotten can not tend to the desired repression of such evil doing. However this may be, now that the pardon has been granted, and McCrary is a free man, we all trust that he will make good and honorable use of the remainder of his life thus benevolently restored to him.
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DORAN, Wm.
Born: AGE 42
Died: 17 AUG 1878
Cemetery: GLENWOOD
Location: GLENWOOD
County: MILLS CO. - IOWA
Record Notes: LOT 49*
Iowa WPA Graves Survey
See also Andrew J. Doran and Catherine Doran.
May 1, 1902. Page Five.
RECOLLECTIONS OF A MURDER.
Release of Joseph McCrary and the killing of Doran and Tynan.
Last Tuesday Joseph McCrary stepped out of the penitentiary at Fort Madison, a free man to all intents and purposes — free to again take a place among his fellows and live down if he chooses the crime for which he has spent nearly a quarter of a century in confinement.
His release revives the recollection of the double murder for which he has been imprisoned. On the evening of Saturday, Aug. 17, 1878, William Doran and John Tynan were shot and killed while walking on the road alongside the railroad track at Haney's switch, below Pacific Junction. Doran was foreman of the railroad stone quarry below where the shooting took place. He had with him at the time about $125, and of this he was was robbed. Tynan was also employed in the stone quarry, but did not have any money with him.
Their dead bodies were found on Sunday morning, and several circumstances pointed to McCrary as the murderer. He was arrested that evening, and his trial resulted in his sentence to life imprisoment. Jasper Clouser was also charged with complicity, but the evidence against him was not sufficient to secure his conviction.
Mrs. Tynan remarried a Mr. Gilleard, who has since died, and she now lives at Glenwood north of the Otis livery barn. She naturally feels that the pardon is neither just nor in accord with the best public policy. Such pardons are a weakness rather than a strength; and a knowledge that a pardon can be expected as soon as a crime has been forgotten can not tend to the desired repression of such evil doing. However this may be, now that the pardon has been granted, and McCrary is a free man, we all trust that he will make good and honorable use of the remainder of his life thus benevolently restored to him.
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DORAN, Wm.
Born: AGE 42
Died: 17 AUG 1878
Cemetery: GLENWOOD
Location: GLENWOOD
County: MILLS CO. - IOWA
Record Notes: LOT 49*
Iowa WPA Graves Survey
See also Andrew J. Doran and Catherine Doran.
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See also Iowa WPA Graves Survey: DORAN, Wm. Age 42; Died: 17 AUG 1878 Cemetery: GLENWOOD Location: GLENWOOD County: MILLS CO. - IOWA Record Notes: LOT 49*
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