The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-05-30 00:00:00

EXECUTION OF THE LENNIE MUTINEER&
The four Lennie mutineers, Matto. Carona, eiees
French Petit, Gioranni Carcaris alias Joe the Cook ;
Puscalds Caludis, aka Big Hal; George
KiddiN alias Lips, were executed wi •aln the prestnet.
of Moro*. Gaol Tuesday morning.
Outside tie gaol at seven o'clock very few pono,
had megninted, but as the hour of execution draw
ear, • considerable. crowd commenced to aseemble.
near,
a few polioemen were present on duty. At oigat
o'clock, when the black flag wag hoisted, aboot one
thousand people were present, but there was
ex no
; !vision of feeling of any kind.
'he representatives of the Press were admitted ' to
the prison athalf.pagt seven, there being &hog,
about 30 people present, many being special core,.
pondents of French newspapers,
Mr. Alderman Knight and the Sheriff were there in
their official capacity. At twenty minutes to eight
the spectators pawed through into the prison Ant
and took the stand opposite the permanent shed in
Which the scaffold is erected, and from the bears
which hung the four ropes with patent slip nooses,
neatly drawn up ready for use. A number of warden
were told off by the Deputy-Governor to rend,
assistance should any be required, ind these farmed
themselves into a double line from the prison door to
the scaffold shed.

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The time until eight o'clock was spent in d
waiting, acaroely a sound but the tolling a tbereab3
breaking the monotony of the oppressive stillness af
the prison yard.
At eight o'clock the Governor, Deprity-Goverare
and Idarwood entered the shed, and then prenci
Peter was led on to the scaffold by two wardr
e ,he
stood in his appointed position quietly and fir'n%je;
Big Harry was nekt led on in the seine manner,
looked at the spectators as he stood there, and wenn.'
his pinioned hands as much as be wae able, he laugh
merrily with the halter already round his neck, ejid
wished them good-bye. Then followed Lips, he
laughed also, and talked to Big Harry in apparetti,
a jocular strain, for both laughed until the hood
drawn over their face. Joe the Cook wad the iirt
victim, and he appeared to feel his position more
acutely than any of the others.
Before the drop fell he appeared to have fainted, oe
to be in a fainting condition.
The prisoners were led with the white hood, 4,...,4,,
on t.hr heads, but not drawn over their facee,-;4
their arms likewise already pinioned; but lisrwed
had so assistance in carrying out his work.
The burial service was read by the Rev. lie,
Melenthus, the Greek pastor, and all the domed mei
repeated the responses after him, Lips and Many g
once ceasing their unseemly conduct.
At this ,juncture Lips shook his head as the *get
hood had fallen over his eyes trying to shake it lack
The Greek pastor stepped forward and lifted the
so that the man was enabled to nee them, while the
praetor was still reading. The men, with the eirepnee
off Joe the cook, then hanging on the halter,
IneeirvromigssdPmdqhjekt to a corner of the shed,
and by a lever draws bolt. he treacherous
flooring falls away, and tine four wretched men disip.
pear from our view, the tightly-drawn ropes 'nuking
the spot where each had stood the second prerioudy
The ropes quivered for a little time, but soon all ea,
still, and the officers of the Lennie were area...ed.
The Sheriff afterwards stated that the men, with the
exception of Joe the Cook, had all acknowledzed
the justice of their sentence, but Joe said he had
committed the crimes laid to his charge under corn.
palsiofe. They all desired to thank the Sheriff and
the prison officials for their kindness to them. lien,
spiritual adviser was of opinion that they all died
sincerely penitent, but the unseemly levity of two of
their number on the scaffold rather contradicts that.
belief.