The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-10-14 00:00:00

DOUBLE EXECUI lON di• NEWOATE.

The two mordorere, Thom.' H-nry Orrock and Thome,
Hard; .on. executed on hlooday m anion within the
promos of Newest*. Orroch eons coorocted of Ow niurier
of pdict-con•troble named Cole. In December, 11112, who
hod endeavourmd to +she him iota coat wly alter he had
bruko.n into a Barbi chapel in Dsletork by shoo' ins born
with • revolver, and the nth., prisoner, Harris, wee
convicted of the murder of hoe wife by nubs. her throe,
sootto a r•sor. When Orroch was eentencmd to die by Kr.
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Justice Hawkins, before whom be wan tried, he segerted
that he use innocent. F.l a considerable time afterwards
he persist ei in the seine denbill, but towards the clefte of
taut week he admitted to the Rev. Kr. Duffield, the
chaplain of Cletken sfl Neeegate prison, tha.. h.
wee the man who fired the revolver at the unfortunote
constable. altti melt he persisted to the lest In declaring
(hot the act wet not a premeditated one, sod that all be
woe esiwevouring to do was to make hie swaps The
prisoners wife, who is only II yea.. of age, took. pert ng
fereerell of hi r unhappy husils•nd last Baiarday. Toe
other prisoner. H.rris, who is IS years old, had repeatedly
tbreareited that he would murder his wife. He, ho never,
ass rting that he wag utterly unconacious of
what took piece ~n the night of the murder. The prisoner'.
moth, rand • sister irieited him several time' last wsek, and
once or twin they were angoolollll3illi by sums et hi,
younger children. The final interview took place on Friday.
It appear, that from the time of their conviction neither
of the prironer• ever entertained any hope that they
',waist °train mercy, and they appeared to he quite r. -
signed to their fate. The prisoners wont to bed &hint
ten o'clock on Sunday night, Mr. Duild hevins been
erith them alternately during the previous two hours
Orroek eippeared to be quite resigned. but Harris ex-
hibit •d the some callous demeanor that has eharacterieed
him since bia conviction. •oh prisoner, got up at six
o'clock on Monday morning, and very shortly afterwards
they were visited by the Rev. Mr. DuMe'd, to whom both
men renewed their gratitude for the kindness and anon-
, teen he had shown them. Mr. Shtriff Poilips. and Mealy
! Creator i and Whitehead, um tershertirs, arrived at the
Prison about half•paet seven, and they were received by
thiptoin K rkp.trick, he governor, who abortly after-
' wards accompanied them to the cells where the prisoners
had been brought. Berry. the executioner, was then
Introduced, sod the ceremony of pinioning was boldly
performed, Orrock was the dist who was I 'ought out.
He walked with a firm step, and h• was placed under the
beam and the rope put r mist his n eh before his unhappy
compani .n Harris had been placed by bit side. The Rev.
Mn. Dofdeld then read the Burial Service, and et a given
Signal tho drop fell a distance of seven feet five inches,
ath appeared to be I,stentaneous A considerable
crowd gathered outside the prison, and it was necestary
to have the attendances of police consiebles to keep the
roed cl tar.