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 1891 - 1957 (65 years)
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| Name |
HALEY, John James |
| Born |
19 Sep 1891 |
Sandy, Oregon  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
28 Feb 1957 |
Salem, Oregon [1] |
| Person ID |
I1386 |
Miscellaneous Spangs |
| Last Modified |
2 Oct 2013 |
| Father |
HALEY, John James, b. 15 Aug 1846, Tipperary, Ireland , d. 12 Jan 1901, Portland, Oregon (Age 54 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Mother |
NEARY, Catherine, b. 04 Dec 1858, Hudson, Wisconsin , d. 04 May 1918, Portland, Oregon (Age 59 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Married |
04 Mar 1889 |
| Family ID |
F505 |
Group Sheet |
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| Notes |
- 1920 Census, Sandy Precinct No. 2 (outside of city), January 20, 1920
John J. Haley, age 27, living with Joseph S. Haley (brother), working as farmers
The Morning Oregonian, Tuesday, October 17, 1933
Insane Man Slays Farmer At Sandy
Marion Boitano Beaten to Death With Club
Slayer Under Arrest
John Haley, Formerly Patient in State Hospital, in Jail on Murder
Charges
Oregon City, Or. Oct 16 (Special)- Facing first-degree murder
charges, John J. Haley, 42, farmer and livestock dealer of Sandy
Ridge, is in the county jail here following the death this
morning of Marion Boitano, 40, Italian farmer-neighbor.
Boitano's body was found in the Sandy Ridge road in from of his
farm home about 7:30 a.m. by Deputy Sheriff W.G. Duncan of Sandy
who had been notified that a nude man (Haley) had been in that
vicinity. Boitano's head had been crushed beyond recognition.
Haley is believed to have struck the Italian and later clubbed
him.
Haley, who was confined to the state hospital at Salem from
February 9 to June 16 in 1929, said some strange power caused him
to remove his clothes enroute to the Boitano home. He said he
had no intention of murdering Boitano when he went to his farm,
but became enraged when Boitano motioned to some schoolgirls in
an effort to prevent them from passing the nude man. Haley said
he struck Boitano with his fist, knocking him down, and then
proceeded to club him. He was captured by Deputy Sheriff Duncan
a short distance from the scene of the murder.
Sheriff Maas, who brought the alleged murderer here from Sandy,
reported that Haley, with an Italian, found the body of Natale
Vareaco, who was clubbed to death in his barn at Clackamas
September 11, 1932, and believes the Clackamas crime preyed upon
Haley's mind. Haley had gone to Vareaco's home to sell the
Italian a cow, and, not finding Vareaco in the house, had looked
for him in the barn, where he found his body. Walter Johnson of
Clackamas confessed the Vareaco murder, saying he acted in self-
defense. Johnson was acquitted.
Boitano, who was a prominent farmer of the Sandy Ridge section,
had lived in that locality since 1903. He leaves his widow
Leugenia, and three children - Hugo, 18; Floyd, 15, and Eugene,
10.
The scene of the murder was in the same neighborhood where Edward
Flatau, farmer shot and killed his wife and daughter last March
and then committed suicide.
Haley, whose case will be considered by the grand jury Wednesday,
was said to have had frequent disagreements with his neighbors,
and told officers here today that he killed Boitano because he
liked him and did not want to see him mixed up in Haley's
quarrels.
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Haley Guilty of Murder in 2nd Degree
Oregon City, Oct. 23 --John J. Haley, Sandy Ridge Farmer who
killed a friend, Mario Boitano, on the morning of October 16 by
beating him over the head with a club, was found guilty of second
degree murder by a jury in circuit court last night, the verdict
being returned at 11:10 after less than five hours deliberation.
Judge Latourette announced that he would pass sentence Monday
morning, the penalty for the crime being life imprisonment in the
state penitentiary.
The jury received the case at 5:30 and after an hour for dinner
started to consider the evidence. At 8 o'clock judge Latourette
was asked information as to the punishment for second degree
murder but he informed the jurors that they were not concerned
with the penalty, that being a matter for the court to decide.
Before retiring the jury was informed that it could return any of
the following verdicts: Guilty of first degree murder, guilty of
first degree murder with recommendation of life imprisonment,
guilty of second degree murder, guilty of manslaughter, or not
guilty.
John J. Beckman of Portland, defense counsel, called 12 witnesses
in his effort to prove that Haley was insane at the time of the
crime and was still in that condition. Neighbors testified that
Haley had acted in a queer manner by disrobing himself and then
running across fields yelling and shouting. Mr. and Mrs. R.E.
Greenwell, and F. Slacsky, who saw that he had acted in a
peculiar manner and William Widman, who had known the accused man
since boyhood, told of different times when Haley had disrobed
and walked along the highway.
Deputy Sheriff Hughes, who has been guarding Haley during the day
time, stated that the man disrobes himself because he claims that
he hears strange voices that order him to do so. Dr. F.M.
Dammasch of Portland, who examined Haley Thursday, and Dr. A.H.
Johnston, county health officer, both stated that the man was
insane while Dr. G.H. Strickland, who also made an examination,
said Haley was sane.
William and Mary Haley, brother and sister of the accused man,
testified that Haley was normal until he had typhoid fever when
was 20 years of age and at that time he disappeared for three
days and was finally located at the home of a neighbor. They
also told the court that their brother had been confined to a
sanitarium for six weeks in 1927 and that in 1929 he was in the
state insane asylum for four months.
The case attracted considerable attention and the courtroom was
crowded both days of the trial.
Per Oregon State Penitentiary records, John Haley was transfered to the Oregon State Hospital from the Penitentiaryon March 27, 1953;
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- Footnote: Oregon State Penitentiary Records.
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