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Prisoners who subdued killer may get pardon
Gov Neely says Christmas pardons or paroles possible for the prisoners who restrained Brown Gibson after he killed Philip Ketchum, son of Warden Ketchum, and wounded guard Metz. Charles Fowler from Kanawha drew a chain to choke Gibson until others wrested away the gun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing Gibson
Howard Williams
Kanawha County
Charleston
W. Va
Brown Gibson
State Penitentiary
Neely
H. Clare Hess
Gibson
Moundsville
Philip Ketchum
M. E. Ketchum
Orville Metz
Kana County
Proctor
Wetzel
Marshall
Ketchum
Metz
L. H. Whitten
Charles Fowler
Claude Type
Raleigh County