The assassin, Harry Orchard, pleaded guilty in March 1908 and was sentenced to hang, but it was commuted to life imprisonment; Orchard died at the state penitentiary in 1954 at age 88.
The assassin, Harry Orchard, confessed in March 1908 and was sentenced to hang but received a life sentence instead; Orchard passed away at the state penitentiary in 1954 at age 88.