Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1912-12-25 | Page 2 | Parole Given Prisoner Who Frustrated Mutiny

PAROLE GIVEN PRISONER WHO FRUSTRATED MUTINY Topeka Ivan Ivan- Deo 24 Jerry Jerry Carpenter Car Car- penter a prisoner who frustrated a serious mutiny in the Kansas penitentiary penitentiary twelve years ears ago was paroled b by Governor Stubbs tonight Carpenter who is a n. negro 54 64 years old was sen sentenced sentenced sen- sen cn- cn to death for tor tho the murder of oC a white whito man in 1 1894 St Hi His sentence had been commuted to twenty five years' years Imprisonment b by former Governor Stanl Stanley At tho the time timo of ot the tho attempted mutiny Carpenter had hatI charge of or the tho powder magazine mag in the coal mines When the mutineers started to attack tho the guards Carpenter seized a stick of ot d dynamite and said If Ie you fellows go steps farther tarther farther far tar ther Ill I'll explode this dynamite and we wo will all die together The mutinous prisoners then dered 00