Charley A. "Buck" McCleeary (1922)

COOPER, GRIMES, MCCLEEARY

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 10/10/2013 at 07:29:38

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, June 28, 1922
Page 1

C. A. McCLEEARY KILLED AT LAMAR, COLO.

Shot in Front of Place of Business by the Husband of Employee

The Lamar Colorado News gives the account of the killing of C. A. McCleeary, a former resident of Madison county. Mr. McCleeary moved from Lee township, to Garden City, Kan. about fifteen years ago and then to Lamar, Colo. It is rumored here that Mrs. Linschem, wife of the enraged husband who killed McCleeary, was formerly Mrs. Chas. Driscoll, who figured in the Cook-Driscoll tragedy in Jefferson township for which Cook is serving a life sentence at Fort Madison. However, this statement cannot be verified.

According to the Lamar paper, McCleeary had been active in helping Mrs. Linschem in divorce proceedings. The latter was employed by McCleeary in a café. The husband shot him in front of his place of business and then gave himself up to the police.
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The following Obituary information is excerpted from the fully detailed story of the murder of the deceased that appeared in the Winterset News as taken from the Lamar, Colorado News. The excerpts are the genealogical related information that appears at the end of the article. References to “this city” refer to Lamar.

The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, June 21, 1922
Page 1, Columns 5 & 6

BUCK M’CLEAREY SHOT IN LAMAR

FORMER MADISON COUNTY MAN KILLED BY INVALID JEALOUS HUSBAND

Excerpt from the Lamar, Colorado News begins…McCleary at the time of his death was 50 years, 10 months and 23 days old, and was the father of five sons and one daughter, as follows: Harold, Homer, Alvin, Fred, Clyde, and Hazel.

Clyde was assisting him in the restaurant, McCleary’s mother also resided in this city, but all the others resided in Garden City, Kansas. McCleary was also a brother of Mrs. B. F. Cooper of this city.

Mr. and Mrs. A. V. McCleary, of Iowa, the former a brother and Mrs. Grimes, a sister also of Iowa, will arrive here tonight. Roy Cooper, a nephew, of Garden City, Kansas, is expected.

McCleary had been running the Royal Café for several months coming here from Garden City, Kansas where he had been engaged in the same occupation.
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Coordinator's note: Transcribed as published in the Winterset News, the family gravestone says "McCleeary".

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