Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-12-14

siye twitches were noticed and then the
"ouy nuhg rleldly at the end Of the rope.
Pronounced Dead by Physicians.
AT l:275 O'Clock Drs. Dean Richmond
the prison physician, and o. w. Daley AZ
mhite River junction pronounced her
dead.
Under the provisions Of the statutes
Sheriff Henry II. Peck OF Hartford was ex-
ofhcio exeeutioner. AS a matter OF fact.
however, o"i ing TO the sheridis recent se-
we're illness, be did not take any part
whatever in the hanging itself, bat was
I present IN the prison and guarded the
4 door TO the execution room.
Among the witnesses at the foot OF the
seaitold were the twelve legal witnesses,
the physicians, the deputy sheriff., the
prison officials, Charles A. Mccarthy,
| counsel for Mrs. Rogers, and the military
guard. The statute requires that twelve
persons shall be present at the execution
to witness and certify that the sentence Of
the law has been duly carried out
The mother and sister OF Mrs. Rogers
claimed the body and an undertaken from
Hoosick Falls. y. Y, will take il to that
place on the afternoon train.
Story Of the Last Hours.
BY agreement between Governor Bell,
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three newspaper men, representing the
Vermont press and the nati0nsl press
associations, were admitted 10 the prison
this morning and furnished the following
official account Of Mrs. Rogers last DAYS
by the prison authorities and Mrs. 81. II.
Loukes, one OF tho death waich:--
The death watch began Nov % when
Mrs. Rogers was placed Ina solitary con-
finement in a cell on the southwest corner
~ rNRHUaUfa Aqraarf n ha I'd
floor Of the main building, over the guard
room. The death watch consisted Of Mr..
and Mrs 81. II. LOukes Of the prison staff
who have passed every hour OF the dgy and
night with Mrs. Rogers except for an oe-
casional brief relief by some other prison
official.
This room has contained two beds, cur
tanned OF from each other, and here Mrs.
Rogers and her death watch have slept
table they have eaten regularly together.
The windows overlooking the prison yard
are painted so that the inmates Of the
room have had absolutely no opportunity
TO see out OF IL. The only visitors 10 the
death cell since solitary confinement began
have been Superintendent Lowell, Warden
Palmer, Miss $. J. Durkee, the matron,
the prison chaplain, the Rev. Will m h.
Hayes. the Rev. Father G.. e. DelanY, and
the four year-old girl, Marguerite, the
daughter o. Mr.. and Mrs. Loukes, who
has from time TO time been Mrs. Rogers
companion and helped 10 divert her mind
BY her childish prattle.
Had Made GIFTS for Friends.
Mrs. Rogers had slept well most Of the
nights since the death watch began and
her appetite had not failed. Last night
she did not 90 10 bed without some urging
and then about II o'clock. She slept fairly
well until O'Clock this morning. Mrs.
Rogers had been Ia good spirits all the
time, considering, OF course, what might
have been passing in her mind in antici-
patton OF the hour OF execution. She had
visited with the death watch but had
talked but little OF her case except when
Superintendent Lowell was present. She
had occupied Der time 10 q great extent IN
erocheting lace for aprons TO be sent TO
relatives aud persons who had sent money
to her AT night her croeheting NEEDLES
we're regularly taken away from her. She
had read the Bible and had even com
mitted some passages to memory. she
bad written a few letters to relatives and
sympathiEing persons, but she had not
written any messages for any newspapers
nor had she received any messages from
any newspapers, and all reports to the
are false. She had never lost
hope that In some way her life might be