The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-04-16
'H. t. BAILEY HANGED
 AT TIE STATE PRIS9N
WALKED TO EXECUTION WITH SELF-COMPOSURE AND
 HEAD ERECT.

Showed No Fear Whatever--Once in
 the Death Chamber He Stepped on
 the Spot Indicated, the Black Cap,
 Moose and Manacles Were Quickly
 Adjusted and in Less Than Half q
 Minute After He Entered the Room
 He Forfeited His Life.
 Wethersfield, April 16.-Henry c. Bailey, murderer of George H. Goodale, was led to his execution in the state prison at 12;O5 this morning and 19 seconds later he paid the penalty for his crime Bailey showed no fear and walked with head erect, and in self composed manner between the two prison attendants from his cell to the death chamber, the condemned man stepped on the spot indicated, the black cap, moose and manacles were quickly adjusted and less than half a minute after he had entered the room the signal was given, the drop fell and Bailey's life was forfeited for the killing in Middletown on July 6, last of his employer It was remarked thai Bailey had appeared in better health physically and mentally this morning than when he entered the prison.
 The hanging was witnessed by the prison directors, newspapermen and doctors according to the statutes. The body will be buried in the prison,
 No one was with Bailey before his execution except the prison chaplain to whom he expressed his repentance and stated that he was reconeiled to his doom,
 During the day Bailey's wife visited him and bade him goodbye.
 Henry c. Bailey, of Middletown, who was the first of the three murderers now under sentence in the state prison to suffer the penalty of murder killed George H. Goodale who employed him on a small farm on the boundary be- tween Middletown and Middlefield, on July last, with an axe. Lack of signs of life around the Goodale house led some of the neighbors, three days later, to investigate, and Goodale's body was found in a chair near window. He had died after being struck. Bailey 2 disappearance. and the fact that he was seen driving through Haddan in Good ale's wagon, which had been abandon ed, immediately led to search for him. He was located and arrested in l Pelham township, near Ontario, Can ada, and was brought back on July II and tried for murder at the fall sitting of the superior court.
 He pleaded self-defense but the jury found it necessary to be out but g short time to bring in a verdict ol guilty in the first degree. His counse argued an appeal before the superior court of Middlesex county on sixteen al. legged errors. From an adverse decision an appeal was taken to the supreme court of errors, but no error was found A week ago Bailey appeared before the state board of pardons and asked for g communication of sentence to life impris' onment. This was at once denied as nc extenuating facts were presented, and the chief excuse offered for the crimc was that Bailey had been on spree just before he committed the crime ant had no realization of the crime com. mitted. Bailey leaves a wife witt whom he has not lived for some time and family. Goodale was reputed tC have had some money and few days before his violent death had received money from sale of some property. IA part of this money Bailey probably got which he spent in going to Canada.