The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-05-02 00:00:00

THE EXECUTION,

Very wet end miserable in the extreme was Inlay
morning. When the execution Of the worth: L town for
the murder of his brotheeintaw, Percy Malcolm John,
book plain in Wthdaworth Gaol Rain bad poured bard
nearly all the night, sad In pouring rein the moraine
broke. At seven °clock, when the magma entered the
prison, them were only about a clomp policemen an I •
sprinkling of ordinary worthier. outside, but these wore
gradually recruited by stud strangers until, at the Ilia •
of the execution Want place, there were imam), lily
or city •rolune, most of Wboin were grows WI or yoLiog
men. misuse. of whom had jest been die bsrgrd irom
within the well.. Toe throe representotiro. of tho Prose
who were allowed by the authorities to be present wet•
invited fonds at half-met eight, and remained in the
waiting-room until ten minutes to nine. At a quarter to
the hoar the first auto of the funeral bell broke upon the
air, end this wee almost the only sound that disturbed the
Wane. At four minutes to nine the sad procession
emerged from the doorway of the prism into the execution
yet]. Find to spew were two warders, followed by the
chaplain. I inmedlately in the rear of toe reverend gen.
Wizen came the convict, supported on either rude by
warders, whose tight grip of his erase seemed noose-
eery to save him from falling to the ground.
Although his remota agony was apparent, be leaned fully
COGIKeOeII of hi. awful laminae. He was here-headed, and
&Weed in a black frock suit similar to that which he wore
at the poligeotioUrt examination, and which he we. allowed
to assume again on Friday moraine. The pottage down
the steps app fared • terrible indeed to him. Although not
&bib.] be staggered and stumbled, sad it was seemingly
only by the greauest effort he we. able to pull himself erect
and walk with a somewhat firmer step. Behind Lamson
and has supporters came the Deputy Governor, the surgeoe,
end the other offf oats of the prowth, together with • few
winders, melting about twenty Is ill. As the procession
erased the yard, the gates on the lent, loading te the exe-
cution yard, and which up to ttull time hail been closely
barred and guarded by a ivarda, were thrown Open for
them to pees through. Jost ins% e dool Illerwood,
ing-etrape in hand. Rtholly Ihrwood did his work, but
although it was only • matter of seconds, to time wooed
to the coil omen Interminable. The executioner wee
minted in this pert of his duty by two warders. When
all was completed, the signal was given for the promotion
' to move od t o wards the so iffold, which it did lo the same
order as when it einorge firm he gaol. The chapl sin be-
gan to read the rarrioe of the (llaurco for the burial of the
dead. As the trot words reached the ears of tee convict,
the doomed men dropped hie head forwent, but ammo-
distaly lifted it again, and endeavoured to &mum. an air of
meson% ; but ate effort was • wore tut o his powers.
As be reached the threshold of the scaffold, Lamson
paused fore moment and bade " (food-bye" to the chap-
lain in a tolerably firm voice. The rev. groutleman clasped
his pinioned bend, end then resumed the service, to none
of the matins of which the condemned man made
response. As he was placed under the beats by II .r-
-wood, who was assisted by the two warders, his eyes
iorenseel involuntarily to close with a startled Why.
and then rroopth while the mouth twitched in •
manner that revealed his extreme state of nervous
ten.ion. A moothut more, and the executioner had
fastened the straps around hie legs. Toe condemned
man lob one glance nervourly towards those who had
gathered to the front of the scaffold, and then dropped
his gee with • look of the most intense deepen. Nor-
wood having placed the white cap ever the convict's
fees and adjusted the rope, stepped &side and sig-
nalled the warders on either side to let go shit convict,
and as they relented their boll he primal the lever;
the trap opened, and in an instant, the g motet die'
appeared from view and wad launched into liter.
laity. Death mu“ have been instantaneous, all
there wee no permeable motion of the Moo,
beyond the ordinary swaying to be expected from
• drop of see,en feet and the hands of the dead man weever
Closed. At the COMMA the drop fell, the chaplain wee In
tie middle of the Lo P sae reverend
gentleman devoutly lialthed. and pronounced the beadle-
tioa befogs leaving the doorway im rug to the scaffold, In
eit oh he had remained stationed during the execution.
The surgeon of the gaol subteq toady inspected the body,
which was allowed to hang for the usual hour before heath
cut down and placed in tee shell, ready to be viewed by
the coroner's fury, orbu met in the afternoon to bold the
iaquest. No information whatever was given by the
&tabards.s auto anything in connection with the criminal,
egger is to hew he bed pored the night, or whether he
had made en, farther allusion to the offence for which
he was executed.

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doctors' bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles
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Huodred. of subtle meladies its llostang around us reedy
to &tie& wherever mire lii weak point. We may
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many a fatal stud by heelball ourselves well totalled sits
pure bloat sod • prolarit notiristad frante."—Civa
&ram Gegate—Mede supply .I,h boding water or intik.
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