The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-06-13
WAS A TRIPLE HANGING
MIILsoM, FOWLER AND SEAMAN
EXECUTED IN LONDON.
All the Prisoners We're Desperate
Criminals and Guilty of Cold
FLOODED Murder.

New York June "a dispatch from |
London says:
triple hanging at the Newgate Jail to-
day sent into eternity three of the most
desperate criminals whose names have
adorned the modern records of the Scot
land Yard police.
Two of the number, Albert Millsom and
Henry Fowler, suffered the extreme pen
atty of the law for the murder on Sep
TENDER 13 of Henry Smith, a retired en-
gneer 80 years of age, and who occupied
a magnificent mansion on the outskirts OF
this city, known as Muswell lodge, stand
ing within spacious grounds 1t was the
common understanding in the neighbor-
hood that he kept in his house plate, jew
elry and money valued at a quarter of
million dollars, and some of this Nilsson
and Fowler. who were professional bur
glars, determined to secure. The victim
surprised them just as they had looted
the safe of bag containing 100000 in
bank notes and gold. and in the struggle
that followed his head was beaten TO
jelly with a chisel and his ribs and right
arm broken.
Before decamping, and for fear that
enough life might be left in him to enable
some clew to be whispered to the police,
they bound the arms and legs of the in
animate body and stuffed the mouth with
rags. After fleeing from London they
joined a travelling Punch and Judy and
ventriloquist show, and were assisting in
entertaining the country folk of the west
of England when captured by the detec-
tives. The trial, which took place two
weeks ago at the Central criminal court,
| was rendered sensational by Fowler at
| lacking and almost numbering his fellow
| prisoner in the dock.
Before going to the scaffold this morn
| ing, Fowler made a statement that two
men now awaiting trial at Lewisham for
| burglary and attempted murder on the
| last day of January were innocent, and
that he himself with an accomplce whom
| he would not name were the guilty par
| ties.
ton was william Seamon, who on April
IA last killed ]. G.. Levy, wealthy re-
| tired business man, 70 years of age, living
| on the Mile-End road, and his housekeep-
| er, Hannah Gale. In this case also the
murders grew out of an attempted bur-
glary. The heads of the victims were
battered beyond recognition and their
threats cut. Seaman was captured on the
roof, and made no defense.
All three men were hung al the same
moment, and from the same scaffold
John Ellington was the executioner. In
anticipation of possible scene OF VIC
lence, Fowler was carried to the scaffolc
with arms and legs tightly bound and
held in a standing position by wardenS
until the drop fell. The arrangements foi
the execution were supervised by Alder
man Faudel Phillips, high sheriff of Lon
don, and the undersheriff, Thomas Roder
lex An immense crowd was assembled
outside of the JAIL and cheers were givei
when the flag dropped to half-mast, indi
eating that the extreme penalty of tn
law had been carried into effect. 1t Il
noteworthy as indicating the swiftness o
English justice that only IA days hav
elapsed since the three men were con
victed and sentenced.
Unless there is no change in the ar
rangements, Mrs Dyer. baby farmer, VIII
has been convicted of numbering infants
will be hanged tomorrow.