In spite of the fact that he was positively identied by Mrs. Grant
and three others ha having last been seen with Mr, Grant and by the
man who had driven him to Sacramento, he denied that he had ever seen
Grant and said that he had never been in either Oak Grove or Wilton,
Additional evidence introduced against him at his trial where he did
not fake the stand in his qwn behalf were his bloodstained trousers
Jand his fingerprints found on a whiskey bottle in Grant's car, His
Mconviction was unsuccessfully appealed to the California Supreme
‘\Court. He then changed his story and claimed that he had some trou-
N ble with Grant in Tennessee years before and that when they met, they
had gotten into an argument and Grant had been killed when he fell
‘from the automobile. The Grant family said that Grant had never been
‘Hin Tennessee but Berryman persisted in his story. His aged father
made the trip from Dyersburg to Sacramento where he joined in a plea
Xeor clemency for his son which the Governor declined to grant. One
week before his execution, both Berryman and the woman with whom he
: ission. to be married before
shad lived for twelve years asked for permiss
This was refused and he KMEX@XEKX then directed that all
his death. ce
of his possessions and his veterans’ bonus be paid to her on his
ing no resistance, he was hanged
1 ut offer
£€FSteon Prigon Sg et, i 1938, One witness fainted during the
execution,
SACRAMENTO BEE, Sacramento, Calif. , 7-9 & 7-10-1935; 8-7, 8-8 7 eae
In spite of the fact that he was positively identied by Mrs. Grant
and three others ha having last been seen with Mr. Grant and by the
man who had driven him to Sacramento, he denied that he had ever seen
Grant and said that he had never been in either Oak Grove or Wilton,
Additional evidence introduced against him at his trial where he did
not sake the stand in his qwm behalf were his bloodstained trousers
Sand his fingerprints found on a whiskey bottle in Grant's car, His
conviction was unsuccessfully appealed to the California Supreme
/\Court. He then changed his story and claimed that he had some troue
IN ble with Grant in Tennessee years before and that when they met, they
had gotten into an argument and Grant had been killed when he fell
‘Y8rom the automobile. The Grant family said that Grant had never been
Tennessee but Berryman persisted in his story. His aged father
made the trip from Dyersburg to Sacramento where he joined in a plea
for clemency for his son which the Governor declined to grant. One
Nweek before his execution, both Berryman and the woman with whom he
‘phad lived for twelve years asked for permission: to be married before
his death. This was refused and he KMHX@XEKY then directed that all
of his possessions and his veterans’ bonus be erg to ie on ea :
e e ang &
SEFStson e808 a tr alae! : Oke witness fain ed during the
execution,
SACRAMENTO BEE, Sacramento, Calif., 7-9 & 7-10-1935; 8-7, 8-8 & Sats
In spite of the fact that he was positively identied by Mrs, Grant
and three others ha having last been seen with Mr. Grant and by the
man who had driven him to Sacramento, he denied that he had ever seen
Grant and said that he had never been in either Oak Grove or Wilton,
Additional evidence introduced against him at his trial where he did
not take the stand in his qu behalf were his bloodstained trousers
}Sand his fingerprints found on a whiskey bottle in Grant's car. His
conviction was unsuccessfully appealed to the California Supreme
/\ court. He then changed his story and claimed that he had some trou-
N ble with Grant in Tennessee years before and that when they met, they
had gotten into an argument and Grant had been killed when he fell
|¥@rom the automobile, The Grant family said that Grant had never been
Tennessee but Berryman persisted in his story, His aged father
made the trip from Dyersburg to Sacramento where he joined in a plea
‘Nor clemency for his son which the Governor declined to grant, One
INweek before his execution, both Berryman and the woman with whom he
Nohad lived for twelve years asked for permission to be married before
his death, This was refused and he pi then directed that all
of his possessions and his veterans’ bonus be paid to her on his
it offering no resistance, he was hanged
Seb rak Asad SELB PY Ge Oke witness tainted during the
execution,
son on
SACRAMENTO BEE, Sacramento, Calif., 7-9 & 7-10-1935; 8-7, 8-8 & Sats
Berryman, alias Jack Floyd, a lleyear-old white HHAXHMH native of
Dyersburg, Tenne, had served in the U, S. Army during World War I,
An XXRMKKK itinerant laborer, he had worked for some time as a life
guard on a Los Angeles Co,, Calif., beach, MMXXWX and in December,
1934, he had served &ime in the Sacramento Co, Jail for vagrancy.
On July 8, 1935, he was given a ride by JohnG, Grant, a 7l-year-old
turkey producer who lived near Wilton, Sacramento Co,, and when Grant,
who had been drinking, offered him a few days' employment, Berryman
accepted. The two men went by the Grant house and when Mrs, Grant
asked her husband to obtain a battery for their railio, he and Berry-~
man left in Grant's car with Berryman driving. They were subsequently
seen together at a service station where Grant purchased gasoline,
the place where he purchased the battergxes, and an automobile repair
shop where he had his radiator checked. Around eight o'clock that
evening, Grant's body, bludgeoned to death with a tire iron, was
found on a back road between Wilton and Dillon School and his automo=-
bile was found abandoned in Oak Grove. When Berryman's description
ident notified police that he had driven
him te eset aia. of dacvanentey receiving $250 for doing so, He
accompanied officers to Sacramento and Berryman was arrested on the
streets near the beer hall where the Oak Grove man had left him,
BERRYMAN, John D.
Berryman, alias Jack Floyd, a hleyear-old white MHAXHMH native of
Dyersburg, Tenne, had served in the U, S. Army during World War I,
An XX#MK&K itinerant laborer, he had worked for some time as a life
guard on a Los Angeles Co,, Calif., beachy GAXSHX and in Decenber,
1934, he had served &ime in the Sacramento Co, Jail for vagrancye
On July 8, 1935, he was given a ride by John G,. Grant, a 7hi=-year-old
turkey producer who lived near Wilton, Sacramento Co., and when Grant,
who had been drinking, offered him a few days' employment, Berryman
accepted, The two men went by the Grant house and when Mrs, Grant
asked her husband to obtain a battery for their railio, he and Berry-
man left in Grant's car with Berryman driving. They were subsequently
seen together at a service station where Grant purchased gasoline,
the place where he purchased the batterges, and an automobile repair
shop where he had his radiator checked. Around eight o'clock that
evening, Grant's body, bludgeoned to death with a tire iron, was
found on a back road between Wilton and Dillon School and his automo=
bile was found abandoned in Oak Grove. ‘When Berryman's description
ident notified police that he had drtven
hin Ee ine stch oiae Se Meera aaatpy pedsivirig $2.50 for doing so, He
accompanied officers to Sacramento and Berryman was arrested on the
streets near the beer hall where the Oak Grove man had left him,
| BERRYMAN, John D,
Berryman, alias Jack Floyd, a Bega white HHUXHM native of
Dyersburg, Tenn,, had served in the U, S. Army during Vorld lar I,
An XKMNKMX itinerant laborer, he had worked for some time as a life
guard on a Los Angeles Co,, Calif,, beach, {MXXWX and in December,
153i, he had served fime in the Sacramento Co, Jail for vagrancy,
On July 8, 1935, he was given a ride by JohnG, Grant, a 7li-year-old
turkey producer who lived near Wilton, Sacranento Co., and when Grant,
who had been drinking, offered him a few days' employment, Berryman
accepted, The two men went by the Grant house and when Mrs, Grant
asked her husband to obtain a battery for their railio, he and Berry-
man left in Grant's car with Berryman driving. They were subsequently,
seen together at a service station where Grant purchased gasoline,
the place vhere he purchased the batterges, and an automobile repair
shop where he had his radiator checked, Around eight o'clock that
evening, Grant's body, bludgeoned to death with a tire iron, was
found on a back road between Wilton and Dillon School and his automo=
bile was found abandoned in Oak Grove. When Berryman's discription
¥38 released, an Oak Grove resident notified pelice that he had dritven|
him to the west side of Sacramento, receiving $2.50 for doing so, He
accompanied officers to Sacramento and Berryman fe Geers Ae
streets near the beer hall where the Oak Grove man had left him,
