Pardoning of Shannon

SHANNON, IRONS

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 11/25/2010 at 09:45:13

DeWitt Observer, reprinted in the Jackson Sentinel, January 5, 1893

There is a petition being circulated in Welton, opposing the pardoning of Shannon, the deliberate and cool blooded murderer of H. F. Irons. He was convicted in 1882 and sentenced to 15 years in the pen at Anamosa. Some think he has been punished enough.