Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-12-09
PRISONER EXECUTED AT |.I3P. NJ,
Victim Walks to Her Doom With
out a Tremor===Story OF Her
Crime and Execution.

Windsor, VT, Dec. S.-Nrs. Mary
Mabel Rogers, today, marched uacon-
| cernedly to her death Holding he~
| head high i'll the air. this woman. one
OF Nclmont's most celebrated prisoners,
| braVcly mounted the galloWs unaided
and without murmur, raid the penal
| ty of numbering her husband Marcus
| liogers, at Bennington, Aug. 13, 1902 To
| all appearances, Mrs. Rogers was the
cdllncst person in the chamber of DEATH
She faced an ignOminous end on the
scaffold with the same stoical intiiffer-
ence that has marked her demeanor
ever since her arrest, more than three
years ago.
Greatly to the relief of those officials
who We're assisting in executing the
death sentence, Mary Rogers last hour
on earth was remarkably free from
narrowing incidents. 1t had been feared
| that the woman's wonderful nerve
would desert her at the last minute,
and that she would be carried to the
scaffold in state of collapse Instead,
however Mrs. Rogers met death brave
| ly.
There was no sensational incidents in
connection with the hanging. Although
the woman was not officially pro-
nounccd dead until II minutes and 80
seconds after the trap was sprung, she
evidently suffered no pain. Her neck
was broken by The fall and she lost
consciousness instantly. A feeble con-
vUlsive movements of her pinioneG
hands We're the only evidences that vi
| tality mad survived the first shock.
The drop fell at 1.13 p. NJ. and. Mrs.
Rogers was pronounced dead by the at
tendant physician at 1.21h. The
Nonlau's feet barely touched the floor
for IN instant, but the deputies on the
platform Of the scaffold Immediately
tic htoned the rope and raised the un-
conscious form a couple of inches.
Although Mrs. Rogers remained calm
until the end. she had no desire for
food. today. and ate nothing. Prison
Matron Durkee prepared an appetiZing
breakfast and carried it to Mrs. Rogers
cell in the morning, but the prisoner
had no appetite and the food remained
untasted.
AT noon. another meal was prepared
for Mrs. Rogers, and again she refused
to eat.
Since the death watch was estab-
had eaten heartily and slept soundly.
Last night, she retired a II o'clock and
awnke at 5, this morning. Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. II. Loukes of the prison staff. COM
prised the death watch, eating and
sleeping in the same room with the
Condemned woman. Margaret, the lit
tie child of the Loukes. was a frequent
visitor in the death cell. and her child
ish talk evidently eased many weary
hours during Mrs. Rogers last days
and helped her to keep her mind off her
own fate.
During her last days on earth, Mrs.
Rogers passed a great deal of time in
crocheting tokens for relatives and
friends She read the Bible a great deal
and received a number of calls from
Rev. Mr.. Hayes. the prison chaplain,
and Rev. Father c. c. Delaney, pastor
of the local Roman Catholic parish.
Up to within three hours of her
death, Mrs. Rogers consoled herself
with the hope that she would not be
executed. 1t was shortly after 10, this
morning. when she was informed that
Gov. Eel had denied her a third re-
prieve.
High Sheriff Henry II. Peck. who off