Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-28
BY Way Oh the Guiiiotine.

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| PARIS, July 27-The execution of Young
| Berland ana Dore. TWO accomplices of Mere
| Berland in what is known as the Courbe-
vote murder. took place this morning on
| the Place de la Rouquetta. Bertrand walked
calmly to the guillotine, but desperate
struggle took place on the scaffold. Finally
! the eXecutioners succeed ed in forcing the
| criminal down upon the bascule. and from
/ there slid his head under the knife. Dore
! did not make any resistance.
| The execution Of the two men occupied
| only eight minutes. The usual crowds of
| people had gathered laSt night and very
early this morning on the famous Place de Ia
Rouquette, where all Paris executions by
gulllotine take place. The man about-town
and the woman-about-towu We're there in
force, regardless of the fact that they had
been anXiouSy waiting for the execution
for week past, and that they had haunted
| the neighbOrnood morning after morning,
daily expecting the feast of blood to which
| they had invited themselves. Eoyous and
gaminS, coquette and grizette were there
i'll force, filling the cabarats, gargottes and
cafes of the neighborhOod with their bdleful
songs and vile orgies. OF course SergeautS
de vile and agents de lurette. together with
imposing-looking gendarmes, had their
hands full iii keeping the crowds in order.
but by coaXing and humping, arguing and
pushing, cursing and threatening, the
officers managed to maintain order, although
there were only 300 post policemen, 80 in
fantry soldiers and 100 mounted police on
duty about the guillotine. so when it is re-
called that the Surging crowds numbered
many thousands of people it will be seen
that the city authorities, assisted by the
military, handled the mob with consider
able skill.
No sooner had the knife fallen and Ber-
lands head rolled into the basket, than the
crowd with combined mighty rush broke
through the line of troops and police and
rushing up to the Scaffold gloated over the
blood-stained apparatus, some of the most
horrible taking handfuls of sawdust away
with them as souvenirs of the execution.
Dore, when he was aroused from his APP
parently peaceful slumbers at an early
hour this morning, rubbed his eyes,
scowled at his visitors, and then guessing
the object of their coming, he relapsed
into state of stupid Indifference,
and seemed to outward appearance
to be utterly Indifferent as
to what was taking place. He dressed
himself calmly, and, under the circum-
stances, quickly, and thanked the prison
officials in a firm, low voice for the kind
ness they had extended to him during the
period of his confinement. Dore, however,
did not reply to the kind,
soothing words addressed him
by Able Fauer, sthe we'll
known prison chaplain, who has been pres
ent at the usheriug into eternity OF so many
blood-stained criminals, among the last be-
ing Eyraud, the murderer of GoufFe, whose
crime attracted the attention of the entire |
world.
Dore left his cell and prison a
few minutes later with extreme |
composure. He made no objections
as Diebler, Monsieur de Paris, chief execu-
toner, assisted by his son, attended |
TO the criminals toilet. But though |
he had thus far conducted him
self with wonderful courage, Dore |
faltered and trembled as he reached the |
shadow of the red painted uprights of the |
guillOtine and caught sight of the deadly |
knife. At sight of the instrument he
seemed to become dazed and helpless, and |
in this condition the executiouers helped |
him up stairs to the platform and quickly |;
threw him upon the baScule. strapped him |
down, slid his head in the lunette, and in 4 |
second the knife fell and Dore's head rolled |
into the sawdust-tilled basket awaiting it.
Young Bertrand died entirely differently. |
When awakened he showed considerable !
bravado, and remarked with hideous smile. |
No more card playing for me-
In conversation with the prison officials and |
eXecutioner while his toilet was being |
made, Berland showed that he resented mis-
mothers reprieve. and that he was very |
much disappointed that she was not to die |
with him. When all the preparations
for death We're made Berldnd walked |
jauntily across the prison yardEand main
tanned his air OF bravado until he reached
the platform. just as the executioners
We're upon the point of throwing
him upon the bascule or sliding
plank TO which he was TO be
strapped previous to being pushed
beneath the knife. Berlank made desper-
ate resistance, and I terrible scene took
place in full view of the thousands of spec
tators. In spite OF his struggles the eXecu-
TONERS and guards held him upon the
scaffold and eventually threw him upon the
fatal plank. slid him beneath the uprghts
and as the young criminal was writing the
knife fell and Berland's head rolled into
the basket
No sooner had this occurred than the
crowd yelled, ''Berland has sneezed into
the basket" and their songs
and ribaldry rent the morning air
Then the mob with Il combined
mighty rush broke through the Gordon of
troops1 and police and pushing up to the
scaffold gloated over the blood-stained APP
paratus, some of the most horrible taking
handfuls OF sawdust away with them as
of the execution.