The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-28

PARIS, July 27.-lSpeciall-D and
and young Berland, the Courbevoie
murderers, were put to death at
o'clock this morning on the Place De
La Roquette.
An enormous crowd gathered in and
about the Place De La Rouquetto long
before sunrise this morning. Indeed,
many of the depraved throng slept all
night on the sidewalks and even in the
streets in order that they might be GER
tain to SEQ everything possible of tho
events of the day. Three hundred
policemen on foot, 25o infantrymen and
100 mounted officers surrounded the
guillotine.
Dore was asleep when tho guards en-
tered his cell to lead him to the place of
execution. When awakened he an.
peared stolid and Indifferent. lie
thanked tho prison officials for the
manner in which they had treated him,
but turned his back upon the priest who
attempted to administer spiritual con-
ISOLATION. When he arrived upon the
scatfold OF the guillotine Dorc fult ,red
and seemed dazcd. He was PROMPTLY
thrown under tho knife and died with
out movement
Berland was also asleep when tho
time arrived for him to leave his cell.
His manner was one of bravado. Turn
ing to the officers who wero waiting for
him to finish his toilet he remarked,
There is no moro card playing for me-"
lie then gave expression to his deep re-
sentiment at his mother being repricved
lie walked jauntily out of his cell and
m IN f0I r,fad l,s, !
saw the guillotine. Then began fear
full struggle.
Berland fought the prison guards and
tho excutioner's assistants like Is demon,
pounding. tearing and scratching them
every foot of the way from tho con-
demned cell TO where the shadow OF the
great knife fell upon the struggling
group. Even after the miserable wretch
had been forced into recumbent posi-
ton he made furious efforts to break
away The united efforts OF three as
sistants were necessary to hold the
-young murderer still long enough to
permit OF the eXecutioner doing his duty.
When the blade finally rushed down
ward it did so to send out of the world ono
who left 1T shrieking, cursing and strug-
Cling to the last.
No sooner had the heads of the MUIR
crowd surged forward and with n mighty
rush broke through tho Gordon of sol
diers and policemen stationed around
the ruillotine. This accomplished
there began a disgusting scramble
among tho vile mob for an opportunity
OF gloating over the horrible scene
General indignation exists in Paris
over the disgusting scenes which at
tended the morning executions. The
crowds were disorderly and the Place de
la Roquette has seldom witnessed such
utter disregard for decency. The many
nights that the rabblc had waited in
vain for the fatal event made them wild
and clamorous when the laws tragedy
was learned to be at hand, and even the
presence of the condemned did not pro-
duce that silence which usually prevails
at the supreme moment on such occa-
slons. Some of the crowd professed to
be very angry because tho woman Ber-
land had been reprioved.
There is no doubt that the curiosity
to SEQ the woman was the chief induce
ment for the greater number OF miser-
ables who have been making the drink
Ing shops o. the square their lodging
places for number OF nights past One
keeper OF a drinking shop claimed TO
have arrangements for special informa-
tion from the Jail as to when the execu-
tion would occur. His place was
thronged to sulfocation every night for
a week and he reaped rich harvest
10 people Of this kind an execution is
most fortunate occurrence and they arc
all supporters Of capital punishment
Among tho general public on the other
hand there is a growing feeling sainst
public executions.