The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-09
PASSING OF MARY ROGERS
YOUNG WOMAN MEETS DEATH
 WITHOUT 4 TREMoR

Walks Bravely and Unaided to Her End
 No Sensational Incidents Connected
 With the AfFaIr-NecIS Broken at the
 Second Ceryical Vertebrae-LOst Com
 scIousness Instantly - Feet Barely
 Touch Floor and Body Has to be
 Raised.
 Windsor, Vt, Dec. S.-Without tre- nor and without murrnur, Mrs. Ma bel Rogers to-day marched uncon~ cernedly to her death. Holding her head high in the air, this woman, one of Vermont's most celebrated prison- CTS, bravely mounted the gallows un- aided and paid the penalty of murder ing her husband, Marcus Rogers, at Bennington, on August ls, 1902. To all appearances Mrs. Rogers was the calmest person in the chamber of death She faced her ignominious end with the same stoical indifference that had marked her demeanor ever since her arrest, more than three years ago.
 Greatly to the relief of those officials who were assisting in executing the death sentence, Mary Rogers last hour on earth was remarkably free from narrowing incidents. It had been feared that the woman's wonderful nerve would desert her at the final mo- ment and that she would be carried to s,, r,e Tr- stead, however, Mrs. Rogers met death bravely.
 There were no sensational incidents in connection with the hanging. AL though the woman was not officially pronounced dead until fourteen min~ utes and thirty seconds after the trap was sprung, she evidently suffered no pain. Her neck was broken at the second cervical vertebrae by the fall and she lost consciousness instantly. A few feeble convulsive movements of her pinioned hands were the only evil dence that vitality had survived the first shock.
 The drop fell at 1:13 p. m., and Mrs. Rogers was pronounced dead by the ate tendant physician at 1:27 1-2 The wo- mans feet barely touched the floor for an instant, but the deputies on the platform of the scaffold immediately frightened the rope and raised the un- conscious form a eou2le of inches.
 Although Mrs. Rogers remained calm until the end she had no desire for food to-day and ate nothing. Prison ma- tron Durkee prepared breakfast and carried it to Mrs. Rogers cell, 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- lished about ten days ago Mrs. Rogers had eaten heartily and slept soundly. Last night she retired at eleven o'clock and awoke this morning at 5. MT. and Mrs. M. H. Loukes, of the prison staff, comprised 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 spent a great deal of time in crocheting tokens for rela- tives and friends. Every night her crochet hooks were taken from her for fear that she might do herself some in- jury, but were returned to her the next morning. She read the Bible a great deal and received a number of calls from Rev. MT. Hayes, the prison chap lain, 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.
 It was shortly after ten this morning when she was informed that Governor Bell had denied her a third reprieve. A final effort was begun yesterday by Mrs. Rogers attorneys to persuade Governor Bell to grant a reprieve on the ground of newly discovered evi- ...- (Continueti on2 Page Three!1