PARDON BQARQ FR ESS LAY E R Lucien Driskell Given His Liberty Lib-erty After Serving Nine Years of Term SALT LAKE, April 17 Sentenced to life imprisonment for slaying Patrolman Pa-trolman C. C. Riley In Salt Lake nine years ago, Lucion Driskell was given j hisx freedom today by the board of pardons, which commuted the sentience sen-tience to lake effect immediately. I The Lucien Driskell of today is a. dlfferenrmau than the one who en-tcred en-tcred the penitentiary In 1909, according ac-cording to Warden George Storrs. A Woman has accomplished a change in the man which is said to be re- j markable. She is waiting for him when ho emerges a free man. The crime for which Driskell was sontonced to serve a life term in prison pris-on was committed In Salt Lako on the night of October 13, 1909. Detectives De-tectives received word that a man had been held up on South Templo street near the Cathedral of the Madeleine, and Detective George Chaso and Special Officer C. C. RIloy were sent out to look for the holdup. Riley encountered Driskoll and placed him under arrest. Driskell did not resist until the patrolman brought him almost to the pollco station. Hero he turned to escape from the officer. Riley held him and in desperation Driskell opened fire from his revolver. Tho officer died Instantly and Driskoll Dris-koll mado his escape to Ogden. Hero ho was captured a few days later, returned re-turned to Salt Lake and soon convicted convict-ed of. murder. Ho entered upon his prison term March 3f, 1910. He was sullen at first liut soon became a model mod-el prisoner. About a year ago he despaired of. obtaining a pardon and escaped from a prison road camp in tho southern part of the state. He mado his way to Tucson, Ariz., by riding on freight trains. If ere he obtained now clothes. One day he fell in love at sight with the cashier of a large 'cafe. He obtained employment as a waiter wait-er and his popularity with the customers cus-tomers led to his being made manager. man-ager. He changed his character but l did not change his name. Ho hesitated hesitat-ed for a long time before telling tho cashier of his affection, but at last made a clean breast of it all and told her that ho was a fugitive from Justice, Jus-tice, an escaped murderer who might at any time be captured and returned to serve out the rest of his life In prison. pris-on. The girl did not hesitate, but told him she would share his fate. They were married and were apparently very happy. Driskell waited upon police po-lice and sheriffs of the town and county coun-ty every day, but no one recognized him. One day a young deputy noticed a peculiar scar on tho manager's hand. Ho remembered that an escaped convict con-vict from the Utah prison bore such a mark. He "kidded" the manager j about tho mark. Driskell laughingly i admitted that he was the , escaped murderer. The deputy would have forgotten the incident, but an old folder with Drlskell's picture was found in his defck and soon -the prisoner, pris-oner, was on hla way back to prison. Despite the expose, many friends accompanied ac-companied him to the station. True to her word, his wife accompanied accom-panied Warden Storrs and Driskell to Utah. She secured a position as cashier cash-ier In a local restaurant and resided I near the prison. She visited Driskell 1 Just as frequently as it was allowed, j She urged him to apply for a pardon. According to the warden, Driskell has I expressed repentance for his past life land a firm determination to make I amends for the sake of the woman j who loves him.