Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
EXECUTED.
Bor1esson Hanged at Litchfeld, on
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 Andrew Borj-sson, who murdered Emma Anderson at Worthwhile, Conn August l. 1890. paid the penalty of his crime at Litcbfeld, last Friday fore noon. The execution took place in a temporary wooden building, about 40 X 75 feet in dimensions, erected in the rear of the jail. About 300 persons wit messed the execution. Borjesson' $ brother was also present and stood near the gallows during the execution. The gallows was plain structure with two nprights and cross piece, with steps in the rear. It was painted lead color. It was the same one on which Scheele and PsIladone were executed. It ar- rived from New Haven on Monday.
 Rev Mir Erickson, pastor of the Swedish church at Washington, Conn was Borjesson's spiritual adviser and he remained in the cell with Boriesson on Thursday evening until midnight. Bor- jesson slept from midnight until 5 o'clock Friday morning. At first he re. fused to eat any breakfast but was final ly persuaded to partake of a substantial meal. He then donned new suit of black clothes and prepared himself for the execution. Rev Mir Erickson arri- we'd about 9 o'clock and engaged in re- ligious exercises with the doomed man. At 10 30 Sheriff Allen entered the cell and read the death warrant to Borjes- son, after which the procession at once moved to the gallows and the drop fell at 1O.38.
 The order of the procession in the march from the cell to the gallows was as follows: Sheriff Allen and Jailor Sedgwick; Borjesson, accompanied by Rev Mir Erickson; Deputy Sheriff Frank Marble of New Hartford and Deputy Sheriff Fred Richmond of New Mil ford. Following them as they came in- to the execution room was, Warden Chamberlain of the Connecticut state prison, and the High sheriffs of other counties. No one ascended the plat form of the scaff i'd except the following named persons: Sheriff Allen and Jailor Sedgwick took their places at the front of the scaff,ld, and Borj-ss ,n took his place upon the trap while Rev Mir Ericson stood at one side; Deputy Sher- If Marble stood at the right rear corner of the platform, and Deputy F. $. Rich- mond stood at the left rear corner. Rev Mr Erickson offered a prayer in the Swedish language. At the close of said prayer. Borj-sson repeated with MT Erickson prayer in the Swedish lan- auage. Then B 'rj-sson made brief statement in the English language He acknowledged he had committed great crime, and that his punishment wss just. He then prayed for forgivness for it. Then Deputy Sheriff Marble stepped forward and quickly and deftly bound Buj-sson's legs above and below the knees. and placed the black cap over Borjesson's head. Deputy F. s. Richmond then adjusted the moose, placing the knot tightly under the left ear. He stepped back and waved his hand to Sheriff Allen and Ja1lor Sedg- wick who stood side by side at the front If the scaffold and facing Boriesson. The front of the scaffold was screened by black cloth, about three feet wide, SO it could not be seen who touched the spring. Instantly npon the waving of Deputy Richmond's hand, the drop fell. The fall was seven feet. The knot shifted from the left ear to the right ear in the fall. There were only three con- vulsive movements followed, and the physicians say that was the action of the respiratory muscles. Boriesson was pronounced dead at the end of seven minutes, and the body was lowered at the end of 32 minutes. It was immedi- ately placed in a coffin and taken to the West Cemetery. Sheriff Allen and Rev Mr Erickson accompanied the body to the cemetery where the last sad service were performed by MT Erickson.
 It is thought that Boriesson was the first murderer who has ever been hang d in Connecticut whose case was not brought before the Supreme court, at least within the last 100 years.
 Borjesson's confession is doubted in regard to his talking with Emma Ander- son in her room the night he murdered her. MT and Mrs Buckingham, whose room was immediately under the room occupied by Emma, swore the fall vas the first noise they heard. Borjes- 8 n could not have overpowered Emma as she was muscular and strongly built person while Borjessen WIS slim and weak, therefore, it Is believed that Borj 'sson climbed into the open window and cut Emma's throat while she was Jleep ping