The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-29
SEEK PARDON FOR
TRACY DRISKELL
Application to be Filed for
Brother of Man Convicted
of Murder.
STILL HUNT FOR KENNEDY
sHERIFF's FORCES AFTER PAL
WHO is BADLY WANTED.

According to a statement made yes
terday by Dale II. Parke, associated
with Mathonihah Thomas in the defense
of l.. L. Driskell in his recent trial for
the murder of Special Officer c. c.
Riley, immediate steps viii be taken to
secure the pardon OF Tracy Driskeil,
brother of the convicted murderer
Tracy DriskeI is serving a term of
one year in the penitentiary for as
sisting in an effort to deliver his
brother and other prisoners from the
county Jail several months ago by
smuggling saws TO them III a package
OF breakfast food.
An application for Tracy Driskell will
shortly be filed with the state board of
pardons. MIR. Parke said that he had
reason to believe that the application
for pardon would not be resisted. Sher-
iff j. c. Sharpe is hot on the trail of
. R. e. Kennedy. L. e. DTiskeli, for
whom the gates of the penitentiary are
yawning to engulf him as a life con-
Wet, for the murder of Special Officer
Riley last October, has given the sheriff
information which will doubtless even
tually lead to the apprehension of his
pal.
Sheriff Sharp has satisfied himself
through convicts III the Utah peniteH-
tiary that Kennedy served term in
state penitentiary and he has the name
of the pen and information which will
give him Kennedys true name, his
photograph and record.
From statements made by Driskell it
appears that Kennedy is about 81 years
OLD and he begun q criminal career at
the tender age of IS; that his home was
in Wichita, Kan, where his parents
live; that Kennedy has not permitted
all of his alleged ill-begotten spOils to
slip through his fingers; that he has
made hay while the sun was in its zen
18th, and has a valuable investment in
the shape of real estate in a summer
resort on the Moffat road in Gunnison
county, Colorado.
1t is also known to the sheriff that
Kennedy has a strong liking for a GER
tain woman who lives in Cheyenne,
Wyoming.
With the information secured from
Driskell and other sources Sheriff
Sharp feels reasonably certain that he
will have Kennedy apprehended inside
of a week or two. In any event, if he
secures his photograph and record he
will be in a position to send out circu-
lars to the police departments and shir
ifs all over the country.
Mathonihah Thomas and Dale H
Parke, counsel for DriskeIl had a long
conference with their client at the eoun-
ty Jail last night in which Driskeli
gave them information concerning Ken
nedy's connection with the murder of
Riley and other crimes which he had
heretofore withheld.
Yesterday DriskelPs attorneys re-
ceived letters from two men who live
in the state who claim TO have wit
messed the murder of Riley and init |
mate that it was not Driskell. The ma |
ture of the conversation with Driskell |
last evening and the contents of the /
letters Attorneys Thomas and Parke |
decline at this time TO disclose.
Thursday is the day set by Judge T. |
d. Lewis for the formal sentencing of |
Driskell 1t is understood that Mr. /
Thomas will ask the court for a stay |
of execution for thirty days pending any |
motions for new trial he may make.
Firm in their belief that it was Ken |
nedy and not Drisken who shot and |
killed Riley, Attorneys Thomas and /
ParIe announce their intention of fight |
ing for their client to the last resort.