Biography
Silas Saylor was an ordained preacher of the Pentecostal Church from Beverly, Kentucky. Silas Saylor was convicted because he told his congregation that he was "personally... dedicated... to the service of the Lord... and therefore cannot kill." He was sentenced to three years in prison and served in Atlanta Penitentiary. He had a wife and seven children.
The Kentucky row records the original three-year sentence on May 16, 1918, commutation to one year and one day on March 3, 1919, and actual departure at expiration on March 10, 1919. The former May 16, 1921 endpoint was unsupported full-sentence arithmetic. May 16 is a sentencing date, not independently established physical admission, so that start and the 1,096-day counter are removed.
1921 Senate amnesty hearings, printed page 92 (PDF page 99).
The presidential-clemency table in the 1921 Senate amnesty hearings records a sentence imposed May 16, 1918: Three years at Atlanta. Commuted March 3, 1919 to one year and one day. A pardon, commutation, nominal expiration or parole eligibility is not itself evidence of the day of physical release; the imposed or reduced term is not a measured time served.
Amnesty and Pardon for Political Prisoners, 1921 Senate hearings, printed page 179.