Description
"Commuted to Life Imprisonment" - - Governor Stephen has commuted the sentence of Charles Grant, the negro murderer, who was to have been hanged at Platte City January 6 to 50 years in prison. Grant is 22 years old (born ~1878) and bore a good reputation before he killed his wife. Judge Herndon, who tried the case, and Senator Wilson, prosecutor, recommended executive clemency. Grant killed his wife in Parkville in 1897.Date(s) of Creation
1/4/1900
