Letter from Durand (former inmate) to Sweet January 6, 1925
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Title
Letter from Durand (former inmate) to Sweet January 6, 1925
Description
D.A Durand, a former inmate at the Colorado State Penitentiary, excused Warden Tynan of “moonshining” and he claimed Tynan stole things from the Penitentiary to use on his ranch.
Transcription:
Dear Sir,
I just read in the Rocky Mountain newspaper the Report of the changes against Mr. Thomas Tynan and I can sworn statements of witnesses against him as for him three years at Yampa Colo ranch no 1.-and ranch no. 2. And I can go to Yampa today and get Thos. J. Tynan moonshine and tell you all the things take from the prison to his ranch at yampa and I know lots things that make anybody sick to hear the story. So if you need have my address in Wellington Colo.
D.A Durand
Transcription:
Dear Sir,
I just read in the Rocky Mountain newspaper the Report of the changes against Mr. Thomas Tynan and I can sworn statements of witnesses against him as for him three years at Yampa Colo ranch no 1.-and ranch no. 2. And I can go to Yampa today and get Thos. J. Tynan moonshine and tell you all the things take from the prison to his ranch at yampa and I know lots things that make anybody sick to hear the story. So if you need have my address in Wellington Colo.
D.A Durand
Source
D.A Durand to William Sweet , 6 January 1925, box 1, FF 8, No. 12, William Elery Sweet Collection, MSS.613, History Colorado, Denver, Colorado.
Citation
“Letter from Durand (former inmate) to Sweet January 6, 1925,” Cañon City: Ku Klux Klan and Prisons , accessed November 15, 2026, https://coloradocollege.website/prison/items/show/37.