New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-04
coes with Calm Courage
10 His Death as a
Traitor.
orOUEST OF KIN
FOR BODY REFUSED
. ..;ne British Knight Buried
!, ouicklime-Growd Cheers
as Prison Bell Tolls.
By ARTHUR $. DRAPER

L By ARTHUR >. DNAi In
London. Aug. 3.-In a narrow grave ''
Z =, prison yard Of Pentonville jail
-.,k.5 only by the roughly cut ini-
~. @R. c." and the date August
l ,o,sr hewn in the wall above there
-. ,o.nicht. buried in quicklime, the
~ - Roger Easement, once Brit
q l,ieht and consul, now recorded
Il 80 annals Of Great Britain as a
l traitor.
whatever may be Easements proper
/ .,..s IN history. he went to his death
!, ,be seaf!o,d this morning with calm
.n-,cc While the heavy prison bell
.on.s ia solemn dirse Of death above
hs heads Of the jeering, grooming
49, outside the prison walls, Case
4 -. voice rose calm and clear from
4 the scaGold:
Unto Thy hands, o Lord, l commend
~ shirt. Jesus. receive my soul.
Tho -efusal Of the prison authorities
% turn over the body of the Irish rebel
% his relatives was bitterly denounced
.odsv rs an outrage by Solicitor Cav
=. duffy who was Easements coun-
sell
representing the deceased's rela-
,ives at the inquest he said, i ap-
,icd 70 the Home Office for the pos
session Of the body. Their refusal to
,urn f., over to me vas a monstrous
act Of indeccacy.'
Authorities Followed Custom.
Il was said in support Of the prison
authorities attitude that it was the
custom fo- the bodies Of all prisoners
hanged for crimes similar 20 that Of
Easement 10 be buried in quicklime in
the prison yard
At the INQUEST into Easements death
This afternoon. DR.. P. R. Mander, the
prison surgeon, was asked whether
there was any truth in the statement
that Easement had been insane.
81 saw no evidence Of insanity" he
replied He acted in a sane manner %
the end
The governor Of the prison and the
chief warden testified that death had
been instantaneous, and the coroner'S
jury found the death sentence had been
carried out in q humane manner and in
accordance with law
81 die for my country" we're the last
words uttered by Easement, excepting
the brief prayer that fell from his lips
a moment before the hangman's moose
silenced them forever.
Up % the vcrv last Easement had be
lieyed he would be reprieved. He knew
powerful friends were at work seeking
10 save his life. and even as the houl
oihs doom drew near he found IL i'm
possible to make himself believe they
would fail in their efforts. The con
tenned mans friends lost their las
hope. however. when Lord Robert Cecil
Minister Of War Trade. announces
Wednesday that the British govern
nent was determined not TO grant re
preve.
Justice, Says English Press.
Most Of the morning papers to-da!
dealt with the execution of Casemen
IN the briefest and most matter of fac
way. but the general consensus Of tn
press seemed most adequately eX
pressed i'm the phrase, Justice was &C
eomplshed" The only editorial RET
,rence 20 the execution was that o.
The Daily News" which reafhrmed it'
: conviction that "the government ex
hbiied grave unwisdom in exacting the
death penalty
The shooting in Germany Of two
lrish prisoners who had refused TO Joir
easement had dispelled any lingering
sot,ness toward the condemned man IT
TIE minds Of the British general public
Only one favor was asked of th'
prison officials by Easement. AS ms
end approached he expressed a desire
to die in his citizens clothing, and ms
request was granted. He was Invested
Of his conyict's garb and clad in the
garments he had worn when committed
70 prison, but he was not permitted te
wear collar.
Easements last hours were dra-
matte. He arose about $3.50 o'clock on
the last morning of his life. Father
James McCarrell. under whose guild
snce Easement, a member of family
o. lifelong Protestants, had become a
convert TO Roman Catholicism during
ee last few weeks, came to him at q
The interim the condemned man had
spent in reading the instructions OF
The Church for assisting at mass and
The taking Of the first communion
After mass he ate a very light break
last Of bread. butter and water.
For time Easement and the priest
talked Of the immortality of the soul
ne condemned man appeared, Father
AeCarrell later said. like one who bad