Biography
Herman O'Rear was a farmer from Tyler, Texas. Herman O'Rear served in Atlanta Penitentiary.
1920s release-date review: Released on parole September 16, 1920. April 13, 1921 is the listed term expiration, not the physical release.
Source: Amnesty and Pardon for Political Prisoners (1921), printed page 194, Attorney General's January 20, 1921 report, list of persons paroled. The original table was visually checked; sentence expiration and parole approval are distinguished from release.
1920s remaining-entry review: The earlier admission value (1918-09-20) was imported from the Offense column of the 1921 Senate hearing, pages 194-195. That table separately supplies parole dates but does not identify prison admission. The source-to-import mapping has been checked. Admission and the resulting exact duration are therefore left blank; the independently supported parole date is retained. Dates for adjacent prisoners are not substituted.
The March1922 official report lists Will O’Rear in List1 of convicted prisoners or parolees. The government entry reports Conspiracy to oppose by force the enforcement of the selective-service act in violation of section 6 of the United States Criminal Code. a sentence of September 20, 1918, 3 years, Atlanta.. Imposed terms, projected term-expiration dates, parole eligibility and intervals on bond are different measures; none is entered as a complete actual custody total. This attributed government entry is retained alongside the independently established individual chronology. [PDF15]
Government Prosecutions under the Espionage Act, Senate Document159 (March1922), PDF page 15.
