Telegram-herald., 1890-11-15
The LAWS HAND.
By II BrehAll's Murder oi Bsn-
vel Is Avenged.
fis Ekpl4tss the Foui Crime on ths
se4ft0ld st Woodstock. ont.-
ne Faces Death C4ln.i,.


fooDsTsck, Ont, Not. Ia Reginald
BirchAll. wss aeooyea Irsaer.ck c Ben
well a fellow oounuymaR. trom Eng
land on q pretense 81 helping kim 10
learn farming in Canada And murdered
hin IN sNamp near here. wGs hanged
IN the pail yard at this place al Is.s0 - ~.
he fulfilled g The letter HE pgonlss
tc die Eame The deemed nan uttered
not = word frosr he ume 81 leaving ais
cell on he march - The scsrola up g
The moment ben the drop fell, lis
death. So fsT As o4ala be sseertsinea, wAs
painless STA IniRasss after the great
weight ierksd his body into tie ar, the
rhvsloisns pronounced hlu dead. The
tost-uaortem discovered th&t death had
been caused by strsngulEtion The
usual statutory verdict Was foaad ~
the ooroner's jury.
TEe hanging Was nrst set down for
O'Clock, but by Birchslls own guest d
y as done half an hour earlier At.ef
lie had hreskfastsd he Eat la lis ca
smoking cigars and chatting with ole
Sheriff Perry. The lattef VAS solemn
Birchsl MAS not lie seemed 10 fms
amusement IN the fact 81 the oio sner
IA 5 sorrow for him
bire hall Was dressed in whito
flannel shirt, dark striped trousers and
slippers. AT his throat he wore a
tasty black tie The criminal was ao-
o0mpsnied 10 the scafoId by Rev.
Wade who has been constant in his at
tendance on the prisoner since The Trial
49,
George Perry, Birchalls guari, sul
PrisoH Inspector ham bcrlain. Birrhau
Was perfectly calm and oheerily sR-
luted each mem Der OF the party as they
entered his cell Among the spec
tators Was Arthur LesihRm of
MoRtrsal. . friend Of BirohEu al
Oxford Leetham ssluted ths pris-
oner, who advanced and kissed hin fUA
on the lips. the tears running down
Leetham's cheeks. while BlrchaA d-d
not change q muscle Of bis oountenSnce.
birchall mounted the steps % the scat
fold with an unfsltsriAr tread. When
the religious exercises we're begun
Birchall joined heartily. being particu-
lsrly emphatic IN bis "amsnG" On
the surrounding buildings overlooking
the Jail yard were hundreds Of people
who we're thus enabled 10 witness
the last act OF the Benwel trGg-
edy. Birchsu repeated the Lord
PRAYER after Rev. Wade while the moose
Was being put around his meek He sub
uitted 10 the hsngnSn IN his usual
mstter-oi-f2ct way. There WA = slight
ly wearied look in his eyes, While the
With strap Birchsl stood with
his head erect looking straight
before him, and Offering no OBJ
lection 20 the bGhgmsns op-
erations Toward the conclusion Of the
Lords prayer Rev. DR.. Naces voice
was filled with deepest AHgsish and
broke. be stepped forward and kissed
Birchsll saying: May God have mercy
on you" and retired few PAGES The
supreme moment was at hand.
When Radcliffe. the Toronto Thang-
man, pulled the black cap over Birch
+ all's face the latter said. loud enough
for every one 20 hear: We'll. won't you
shake hands before ] go?" This rather
dumfounded Radcliffe FOR q moment
Then he thrust forth his hand and
shook Birehzlps hand.
Then stepping back be took bold o.
the cord connecting with the latch %
the weight above John Perry. the son
Of the sheriff. and acting for bis father.
was standing three or four steps 90
the left he gave the sigrsl and
the bolt vst drawn out The bod Y
WAS jerked in an 0blioue oirec-
ton 1t moved around for = few teo.
onds with it's own momentum sne fnsl.
~ hung straight down. A conrulsive
shudder ran through the frame. Then
a blood -curdling sight was witnessed.
The hands clasp and unclssped con-
vulsiyely. the nails entering the fesh
and causing the blood 20 Gov.
the legs drew up and str1ightened out
There was every indication that the man
was being slowly strangled. His neck
was not broken. Two minutes after the
Dol. was Withdrawn Birchall's pulse vns
sixty strokes per minute. Al the end -
six minutes be wss pronounced dead.
Radcliffe. the erccutioner. sEi6
Birchail was without exception the
coolest subject be ever dealt with He
has offers Of SO per foot Tor the rope.
which with Bircballs clothing is his
perouisite. and both q which be has
sola 20 Nne 1usssu6 % London.
Bircbsl viii be buried Ia the prison
yard
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