Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-10
| ROGER DIES ON
CAFF0lO; BRAVE
IAN TO THE LAST
hutton in PentOnville Prison,
Fcording to Program
Crowd Outside Prison
Gates.

a." 49, --Eceer Easement was
cd for treason. according to 'he
&c OF the law. in rentonvillc iris
s morning. Easement was convi't
conspiring to cause an armed revolt
land and with having sought Ger
id to that end
hours before tho execution a crowd
n, women and children gathered he
he prison gates. Twenty minutes
Easement mounted the sCaffold the
prison he'll commenced to toll. The
was greeted with cheers from the
mingled with some groans At
o'clock the crowd had swollen 70
proportions that it extended for two
from the prison front. At one min
ter nine a single stroke on the big
nnounced that the trap had heen
II was the signal for a hooking.
veil from the crowd which sud-
died away into dead silence
ccording 10 eyewitnesses. Early IN
hornine two priests of the Roman
lie Church administered the last
In the cell Of the condemned man
hortly afterward n little procession
| by the Clereymen with Easement
ing a Varder on either side, pro-
to the execution shed, only sEe
away. The priests recited the lit
f the diving, Easement responding
tones: Lord have mercy on my
he PARTY reached the shed whore
lloWs was erected the special eXcCu-
a hair dresser named Ellis. APP
bed Easement and quickly pinioned
Tho two chaplains. the under she"-
London and the under sheriff Of
fsex. then took up their positions
nt of the scaffold. Easement mount.
Calows firmly and commended his
TO God as he stepped on the trap
nent later the lever was pulled
ediatclv after the trap was sprung
rjson engineer and physician de.
fd into the pit, where after the ap-
on Of the usual tests. Easement was
lnced dead al 900 o'clock. Accord
the custom in the case of prisoners
Il for crimes similar 10 that of Case
his body will he buried in quick lime
prison yard, but probably no deci-
IS to the burial Will he made until
the inquest.
hfectlng incident took place outside
rison wall as the execution was in
ess At the back Of the prison. lit
stance from the 1eerins crowd about
a'eS' was a group OF about j" Irish
ana women. When the dull clanG %
lSoh bell announced that the DOOM
had PAID the last penalty this lit
CUP 1el on their knees and with
heads renamed Tor some moments
praying Tor the renose or the soul
II uedd ieioW co"htrNmah'
eHieit showed not the sllshtest
III over ms late' Tie ate wei and
eu i'eeiN All" '"e'rlIy win TWO
rs IN ms concerned cell After
- '''e Nuflel ne NeS'eu 'li"-
VI '"e idS' '''h' VI ms 'o"Nict
ana went 10 oeu' ne was no.
that ne Woulo ne ailo"ed 10 wear
"h c'Nllldh 'lotileS LOT 'he eNecu-
'housh would not ne permitted TO
collar
'he members OF easement iam-
were irotestahts ana ne was
Eht up IN that falth' put became n
ri TO 'atholiclsm WITHIN the last
weeks. ON June - he was regis
as memher or tho Roman Cath
hurch ana since that time rain =
cCarreil ana corey oil Eden Grove
H. near the prison. nave been
|tering to him. He received his
ana only communion at seven
this morning when he assisted
ass IN his cell one or his attend
SAID that his oNorpoWerlns love
cd ana Ireland was most striking.
FdinS to this attendant the last
Of the condemned man, apart
his prayer. were: Il die for my
rN,'
ticallv n the very hours Of Roger
made by his friends and svmp0th-
n tho United states and Ireland. and
in England. TO secure renrieNe.
ons for mercy poured in upon the
h government and eff rts were made
ain action by President Wilson. Re
4 attempts to pass a resolution
eh the United States Senate reoue t
he President to urge Great Britain
end mercy IN easement failed. THIS
ion was finally ended on July y
the Senate committee on foreign re-
s ordered an adverse report on all
ltionc rroposine inrercession nv III
d States Government Tho only nc.
AIKEN I'm U.ashirrton vae tho nas..,e O.,
resolution hv tho sarata oel.iro the
dent IN ,eo bie oood oe7oo, vim ,bo
h authorities N obtai,, oler,erc, 70,
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