The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-21
SERVING MANY
BACK SENTENCES
Frank Edwards Win Have to Go
Back to Folsom Prison.
HAS HAD STRANGE CAREER
ONCE MADE ESCAPE WITH HAIR
ny TRACY.
HAS HAD STRANGE CAREER

George T., I.amphrey turnkey of the
Foslom penitentiary in California, ar
rived in Salt Lake yesterday TO take
back with him Frank Edwards, alias
Charles Kline alias Harry Garthside.
none of which is his true name Gov
error Cutler has received FequisitiOn
papers, and will honor them today
Edwards has earned a diploma and es-
tablished a good reputation while con-
fined in the penitentiary.
Edwards is not a casual penitentiary
Inmate, He has been in three and has
brokea out of two. yet he has so COM
ported himself In recent years that
penitentlary officials and peace officers
OF Utah believe he is a reformed man
and would make a good citizen IL Civ
en- another chance. He is Young
man still-not quite 80 years old-al-
though he has served part of a fifteen
years sentence in California, a three
years sentence ia Missouri and a ten
years sentence in Utah with the usual
allowance for good behavior. He es-
capped from the California penitentiary
at Folsom, escaped from the Utah pens
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most escaped from the Missouri peni-
tertiary. In addition to this he con-
eeeled himself IN the chapel of the
Utah pen for thirty hours IN 1901,
Now on "sack Track"
lie is now back tracking ''-paying
up for the uneXpired time he had
against him when he made his escapes.
When he completed his sentence at
Jacksonville, Mo, he was turned over
20 the Utah authorities and brought
back To serve the remaining portion
or his ten years sentence here. His
time in the Utah penitentiary expires
tomorrow
is an Electrical Engineer.
Edwards has improved his time since
he was brought to the Utah peniten-
tiary from Missouri. He has been
model prisoner and is now acting as
head waiter for Warden Arthur Pratts
charges. Edwards recentlv completed
a correspondence course in electrical
engineering and holds a diploma that
declares hi INTO be a qualified electrical
engineer.
so far as known. Edwards has never
pulled on anything without paying
for II by involuntary confinement, and
paying heavily, Burglary has been his
forte always, and he has been singu-
larry unfortunate. Although he has
escaned from two prisons, he has never
been a violent prisoner, but, on the
contrary has always stood back 81
the prison authorities in their efforts
to maintain discipline. Neither escape
was accompanied by violence. In each
instance he had a long period OF con-
hnement ahead of him and simply
availed himself of fortuitOus circum-
stances 10 make his git out" In one
escape, that from the Utah prison, he
had the distii suished Harry Tracy,
who came 20 grief in the northwest
afterward. as a companion, but Ed
wards took no part in sticking up"
the guard ON that occasion.
Criminal Since Youth.
Edwards criminal career began
when he was a lad. He served q year
IN the Illinois reformatory for burglary
before he went To the coast. He robbed
a store OF goods worth a tTining sum
early IN 1886. With the assurance that
he would get Il light sentence, Edwards
pleaded guilty. no his horror. "a SEN
tepce of fifteen years ia the Folsom
pcnitentiary was imposed upon him
ia February, 1896. lie was 70 years old
at the time. He went 10 Folsom and
until July l., 1897. Y favorable OppOr-
tuuity Tor escape was presented and
Edwards walked away. In five days
he had beat" his way 10 Ogden. He
dared not make himself conspicuous
IN route, as the California prison au-
thorities do not take kindly 10 pro-
lOnged absences on the part of guests
and make every effort 10 catch them.
Edwards was almost starved OUT
when he reached ogden. He broke
into 4 house and stole food To satisfy
his TaVcnous hunger. The value OF the
food. was shown later 20 have been go
cents.
For this he was sentenced 10 ten
years in the Utah ponitentiary. He
remained there. quietly until Oct S.
1897, when hc, with Harry Tracy, Da-
vid Liant and George Brown, a cOlOred
convict, were sent under the charge
OF n prison guard 20 dig a trench out
side the wall Tracy had 4 revolver
and held up the guard. The four men
escaped. Tracy 10 come to light later
as one Of the most desperate criminals
in history. Edwards left the other
three almost immediately. lie struck
hack into the mountains. secured a suit
Of clothes from a kind farmer and
reacled Missouri. There he was caught
for q bit of porch climbing and was
sentenced 10 three years in the Jeffer-
son city prison. He served mis- time
there. the chief Incident of his career
being an attempted escape that was
almost successful.
He was Identified in Missouri as tho
man wanted i'm Utah and was brought
back here March 9. 1900. 70 serve his
uneXplred time. lie was a quiet or
Derby pr soner but his previous record
made him the object of unceasing
watChfulness.
Hid In the Prison.
Despite this. lac managed 10 hide for
thirty hours in 1901. The convicts at
The peuitentiary were treated To
match game Of baseball Labor day
Sept ., 1901. All the convicts We're
mustered in the north ward To watch
the game. Guards We're stationed
among them and on the walls. as usual.
At that time Edwards was a member
Of the kitchen force and was accus-
snf,lal ~ mass i'm 4nl au- az the gffPHap