Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-04-18 | Page 18 | Lucien Driskell Granted Pardon; Slew Policeman

lUCIEN DRISKELL GRANTED PARDON SLEW POliCEMAN I five Thirty Applications for Commutation Considered by hy State Board I LucIen E. E E Driskoll slayer of ot Poll Police co I Officer C. C C. C RIley RUey In Salt Lake Lako on tho nl night ht of or October 13 1909 and who was serving a lIfo imprisonment sentence I In the Utah state prison Is a free tree man I j the tho board of ot pardons grantinG him a full pardon effective at once Driskell Was iras arrested b by Detectives George o Chase an and l Special Officer C. C CRiley C C. Riley Hiley on suspicion of or having having- hold up upa a man near tho the Cathedral of ot the tho Mad Mad- n dome eleine Ho lie made no resistance until he was near the police station when he attempted to escapes escape and In trio the meleo mo- mo leo Ico shot ht and killed TIlle Riley l escaped going to O den no ho wa 15 y arr arrested a a. few days das later returned l to o I Salt Lake kc and on March 31 1910 wa was s I convicted con and sentenced by b Jud Judge o T T. S A. A Lewis to life liCe Imprisonment Four Pour years oars ago he escaped from the custo S of oC the tho and fled led to ArIzona Arizona Ari Art zona where hero ho he became manager of oC a ti restaurant In Tucson fell teU In love lovo wit with h tho cashier confessed to her his Identity Idon Iden and then married her One da day a deputy sheriff remarked cd about a peculiar peculiar peculiar liar scar on tho the mana managers manager's rs hand and d likened 1 It to a marl on the hand of ot an escaped murderer from the Utah prison pris pris- on Driskell a admitted that he he was va as s tho man Later a n. folder In tho the sheriffs sheriff's office was resurrected with a picture of or DrIskell lie Ire was i-as was taken Into custody custod cus cus- custody tod tody and returned here hero his wife nc- nc J ac-J hI I A t 11 upon prison I n l life Ills His r. r i o meanwhile ea hl secured a position and has waited since for tor his release front from tho the prison which she felt was sure to come Yesterday Yesterday Yes Yes- he was granted his his freedom Thirty five cases In all aJl were considered considered considered consid consid- ered by tho board at tho the session yesterday yes yes- es ester ter a The Tho application of Mike Finnan FInnan Finnan Fin FIn- nan convicted of or voluntary manslaughter manslaughter man man- slaughter and antl sentenced to an Indeterminate minate term for a pardon was de denied do- do nied and and like 1110 action taken on tho the application for tor a parole for Mike DaIch Davich Da- Da vich Ich who was convicted of inthe In Inthe Inthe the second degree and sentenced to the penitentiary on March 17 Ii 1917 to a term of twenty five years oars Eugene Bryant Brant convicted of second second- degree bur lary with intent to commit murder and sentenced March 15 1913 to ten years on burglary charge and twenty years on an assault charge applied ap- ap applied ap ap- plied for Cor commutation Commutation was as granted to take lake effect March 1 15 1923 Of or the tho remaining applicants eighteen ha had their applications denied five thc were paroled ono was n commuted three terminated at and one terminates terminates ter ter- May fay 16 15 One application was continued