John Dowd oral history, Hollandsburg case

Description: This is an oral history recorded by John Dowd on October 10, 2010 at the Parke County Public Library. Mr. Dowd served Parke County as the deputy prosecutor under prosecutor Clelland Hanner during the case known as the Hollandsburg murders. He explains the events that took place in this horrible crime, its effect on the communities and the events leading up to the capture and conviction of those who committed the crime. Respectfully I will list the names of the victims in this case: Betty Jane Spencer - survivor, deceased were Gregory Brooks, Ralph Spencer, Raymond Spencer and Reeve Spencer. The names mentioned who participated in solving the case were Dick Finney, Gary Cooper and Clelland Hanner. Those convicted for this crime were Roger Drollinger, Daniel Stonebreaker, Michael Wright and David Smith.
Origin: 2010-10-10
Created By: Dowd, Jordyn; Alabaugh, Ron
Contributor(s): Dowd, John; Dowd, Jordyn; Alabaugh, Ron
Publisher: Friends of the Parke County Public Library
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/parke/id/1220
Collection: Parke County Community
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/;
Copyright: In Copyright
Geography: Rockville, Parke County, Indiana, United States
Subjects: Biography
Crime
Court Records
Death
Detectives
Oral history
Parke County (Ind.)
Parke County (Ind.)--Biography
Parke County (Ind.)--History
Police
Trials

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