AGENCY: Board of Pardons and Parole
SERIES: 30683
TITLE: Arthur L. Flandro Records
DATES: 1952-1963.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by date.
DESCRIPTION: Colonel Arthur Louis Flandro was born July 28, 1892 in Wellington, Kansas. Born to Charles Ernest and Henrietta Ruth Woods Flandro, he married Mabel Claire Pendleton Oct. 14, 1920, in Salt Lake City. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in France during World War I and returned to service with the rank of major in 1940. He was a member of the Reserve Officers Association and a past president of the Utah Chapter, Association of the United States Army. He also was a member of Argenta Lodge of the Masonic Order, a 32nd Degree Mason, a Kiwanian since 1937 and treasurer of the Salt Lake Kiwanis Club. He retired in 1955 after 40 years of service with the Crane Co. He had been assistant manager. Col. Flandro served as an alternate member of the Utah State Board of Pardons from November of 1957 to July of 1958, after which he was named to a six-year term on the Board ("Crash claims Utahn," 1965). Flandro was serving as a member of the Board when Jesse Garcia's death row sentence was commuted in 1962.
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Jesse Garcia was born September 13, 1941 in Montrose, Colorado. At age 16, he confessed to dozens burglaries and car thefts, as well as the rape of his niece in Salt Lake City, Utah. Due to his criminal history and the nature of his crime, he was sentenced to 20 years in the Utah State n 1962.
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Jesse Garcia was born September 13, 1941 in Montrose, Colorado. At age 16, he confessed to dozens burglaries and car thefts, as well as the rape of his niece in Salt Lake City, Utah. Due to his criminal history and the nature of his crime, he was sentenced to 20 years in the Utah State Prison in May of 1958. Less than three months later, Garcia and two other men murdered a fellow inmate in a cell block attic. Garcia was found guilty and was the youngest criminal ever sentenced to death in Utah. He had just turned 17. His sentence was later commuted to life in prison in 1962 (Bernick, 1989). After Garcia's latest parole hearing in 1999, the parole board determined that he would live out his "natural life" in prison (Bryson, 1999).
References
Bernick, B., Jr. (1989, August 14). 30 of 46 years behind prison bars. Deseret News. https://www.deseret.com/1989/8/14/18819486/30-of-46-years-behind-prison-bars
Bryson, A. J. (1999, March 13). Rapist, killer to stay in prison: Parole board says it's too risky to release Garcia. Deseret News. https://www.deseret.com/1999/3/13/19434145/rapist-killer-to-stay-in-prison-br-parole-board-says-it-s-too-risky-to-release-garcia
Crash claims Utahn, 73, in Germany. (1965, September 22). The Salt Lake Tribune. https://www.findagrave.c role board says it's too risky to release Garcia. Deseret News. https://www.deseret.com/1999/3/13/19434145/rapist-killer-to-stay-in-prison-br-parole-board-says-it-s-too-risky-to-release-garcia
Crash claims Utahn, 73, in Germany. (1965, September 22). The Salt Lake Tribune. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/165351/arthur-louis-flandro
RETENTION
Retain permanently
DISPOSITION
Transfer to Archives.
RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION
These records are in Archives' permanent custody.
FORMAT MANAGEMENT
Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.
APPRAISAL
Historical
These records document historically important activities conducted by the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole.