Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-27
BEkLAND's FIERCE srRUooLE.
The Knife OF the Guillotiue Cuss short HI
shrieking and Cursing.

Inc hnife OF the Guillotine Cuss short HE
shrieking and Cursing.
PARIS, July T.-Dore and young Berland,
the Courbevoie murderers, were put TO death
at O'Clock this morning on the Place de la
Roquette. The scene AT the guiIlotine was an
exciting and horrible one. Berland fought the
prison guards and the executioue<'s assistants
like demon, pounding, tearing and scratching
them every foot Of the way from the condemned
cell 10 where the shadow Of the great knife fell
upon the still struggling group. Even after
the miserable wretch was forced into a
recumbent position he made furious efforts 20
break away. The united efforts of three as
sls-ants were necessary to hold the young mur-
derer still long enough to permit Of the exc
cutioner doing his cuty. When the blade finally
rushed downward il did so to send out OF the
world one who left il shrieking cursing and
struggling to the last Dore submitted quietly
10 his fate.
An enormous crowd gathered in and about
the Place de la Roquette long before sunrise,
indeed, many Of the deprayed tbrong slept all
night on the sidewalks and even in The streets
in order that they might be certain TO SEQ
everything possible of the events of the day.
Three hundred policemen on foot. $50 infantry
men and 100 mounted officers surrounded tie
guillotlne. Dore was asleep when tine guards
entered his cell to lead him TO the place of exc
cutlon. When awakened he appeared stplid
and Indifferent. lie thanked the prison Off
cials for the manner in which they had treated
him. but turned his back upon the priest VINO
attempted TO administer spiritual consolation.
When he arrived upon the scaffold of the
guIllotine Dore taltered and seemed dazed. He
was promptly thrown under the knife and died
without movement
Berland was also asleep when the time ar
rived for him to leave his cell His manner was
one of bravado. Turning to the officers Who
were waiting for him to finish his toilet, he rs-
ma rked: There is no more card playing for
ME. He then gave expression to his deep re-
sentiment al his mothers being reprieyed. He
walked jauntily out OF his cell snd main tanned
has ar OF bravado until he saw the guiliotine.
Then began the fearful struggle already de-
scribed.
No sooner had the heads Of the murderers
rolled into the basket than the crowd surgei
forward and with a mighty rush broke through
the Gordon OF soldiers and policemen stationed
around the guillotine 1Lis accomplished,
there began disgusting scramble among the
VIE mop for an opportunity OF gloat,ng over
the horrible scene.
ISDIGNATToN AT ThR scENRG
General indignation exists In Paris over the
disgusting scenes which attended this morn
ing executions. The crowds were disorderly
and the Place de Ia Roquette has seldom wit
messed such utter disregard for decency Ibs
many nights that the rabble had waited In vain
Tor the fatal event made them wild and clam
orous when the laws tragedy was learned TO be
at hand. and even the presence of the con-
demned did not produce the silence which usu-
ally prevails at the supreme moment on such
occasions.
Some Of the crowd professed to be very angry
because the woman Berland had been reprievei
There is no doubt that curiosity TO see the
woman was the chief induceme Mt for the greater
number Of miserables who have been making
the DRINKING shops OF the square their lodging
places for a number of nights past One
keeper of a drinking shop claimsd to have ar
rangements for special Information from the
jail as TO when the execution would occur His
place was thronged TO suffocation every night
for week. and he reaped . rich harvest 10
people Of this kind an execution IL a most for
tunate occurrence, and they are all strong sup
porters Of capital punishment Among the
general public, on the other hand, there il Q
growing feeling against public exec ations.