Pat Hatton

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Posted By: Dick Onken (email)
Date: 11/6/2006 at 12:14:32

Taken from Carroll Times Newspaper.
Death of Carroll Marshal and his Deputy.

One evening in November 1909, a local resident returned to his home and heard a noise upstairs. He called for the intruder to come down. The man jumped from the second story window and vanished. Pat Hatton, the night marshal responded to a call and searched the area around the Chicago and North Western Railroad yards. A train crew reported seeing two men walking the tracks toward Glidden. Hatton deputized another man, and the two commandeered a team of horses and a wagon for the trip to Glidden. Hatton, his deputy and a man from the Glidden livery stable searched the railroad yards in Glidden. Finding no one, they headed back for Carroll when suddenly they spotted two men west of Glidden. The officers shouted for the men to halt. One did and put up his hands. Hatton fired a warning shot at the other fugitive. The shot spooked the horses. In the commotion, the arrested man fled. Soon after, six shots were fired at the officers. One struck Hatton. Hatton's "deputy" fired and believed he hit the man who shot Hatton. Deputy Conway caught the man and they wrestled. Conway was shot three times at close range. He died from a bullet wound to the heart. Hatton and Conway are buried a few yards from each other in St. Joseph's cemetery, which is now part of the city of Carroll cemetery. Caught were 23 year old Oscar Larson and 20 year old Ernest Lindquist, who was slightly wounded. Both were migrant farm workers. Both received life sentences. Lindquist became one of Iowa's most celebrated prisoners. A Swedish immigrant nicknamed "Ole." he received no mail and had no visitors for many years, becoming known as the "Forgotten Man of the Iowa prison".

Ed. Note. Pat Hatton was my fathers uncle. In 1952 life magazine did an article on the "Forgotten Man" and a lady from Council Bluffs, took up his case and "Ole" was let out of Ft. Madison prison. From my Onken Family book I have the following.
Johanna (Hanna) Onken was born 1879 in Sheridan Twp. Carroll, Ia. on 15th of Nov. 1898 Hanna was united in marriage to Patrick John Hatton by P.J. O'Connor at St. Joseph's Church, Carroll, Ia. To this marriage were born 3 daughters, Margaret, Marion and Madaline. The marriage application listed Pat Hattons age as 28 in 1898 so his birth was in 1870 in Ireland. His fathers name was James Hatton Mothers Elizabeth nee Keene. Marshalltown Ia. was listed as his address. He first settled in Churdan, Ia. area before moving to the Carroll area. In Carroll he joined the police force and advanced to position of Marshal.