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Show OLDEST PRISONER W1LLBE FREED Denver, Nov. 12. Juan Duran, a Mexican, oldest prisoner In the state penitentiary, was granted a commutation commu-tation of sentence by tho state hoard of pardons yesterday, and will bo Riven Riv-en his liberty about January 1, 1'I1. Duran is 80 years old. Among those who pleaded for him was Kit Carson, a deputy sheriff of Ias AnimaB county, who aided In tho arrest of Duran. Carson Is a son of the noted scout. Kit Carson. Duran was ronlctod of the crime of murder. Evidence showed that he and three companions killed two policemen po-licemen at Trinidad, about 15 years ago, and burned their bodies to hide the crime. Duran was sentenced to be hanged, but the sentence was commuted com-muted to life Imprisonment. |