Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-12
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VI assassin, Peter Kuerten, was
1 Y executed IN the courtyard OF
the state prison at Cologne.
He was removed from the Jail in which
he was confined at DuesSeldorf-Behr-
endorf to Cologne, because in the
available for the final episode in this
mans career which could not be seen
into from the outside. Though con-
victed separately of nine different and
most atrocious murders, attorneys for
the defense had the audacity to petit
ton the court for clemency. This
petition refused, Kuerten was rushed
from Dusseldorf to Cologne for the
execution. at s o'clock in the morning
of the following day, according to the
humane custom in Germany, which
generally executes convicted murderers
within "a hours after plea for COM
clined. Kuerten did not know until
after his transfer to Cologne that ap-
plication had been rejected, and so had
mercifully only few hours to dwell
upon his fate. though sufficient to pre-
pare for eternity.
The method Of execution was the
guillotine in this case an instrument
actually dating in its construction from
the time of the French Revolution.
Punctually at 6 am. Kuerten entered
the courtyard Of the Klingelputz Prison
at Cologne, his hands tied behind his
back with a light cord. His feet were
similarly bound after he was placed
upon the sliding board, and he dis
played the utmost compoSure and in
difference to the very last. Besides
the guards and executioners, only Spe-
cial spectators and officials witnessed
the final punishment, though few
curious people gathered in the street
outside.
Among those present at the execu-
ton we're Herr Lamke, president OF
the Criminal Court; the chief prose-
cutor. DR.. Eich; DR.. Wettingen OF Ber-
lin. representing the Court of Appeal,
and II Cologne citizens of blameless
character. Thus ended one OF the most
morbid chapters in the criminal annals
of Germany.
Rhubarb as Shrubbery
Might Be Great Success.
Glasgow Herald-Rhubabb when
Young. tender and carefully cooked. is
a pleasant and wholesome food and
the pink of the Spring variety is at
tractive to the eye. But few observers
of nature have cared or dared to claim
the quality of beauty for q thicket or
plantation of rhubarb fiourishing in the
open air. Yet just outside Glasgow
there is, close to a railway line, rhu-
barb field we'll worthy to compare with
a daily paper as an attraction for trav-
elers :,
It is above a deep cutting so that
from the train the great broad leaves
nearest the fence are between the OBJ
servers eye and the sky, and have the
green, cool tranSlucence OF curling
breaker. The sun gildS the fringes OF
spires covered with the creamy flower
of the rhubarb rise above it with a
stately handsomeneSs of their own.
One who regards rhubarb with hor-
ror when it is served up as a sweet
expresses the view that as an orna-
mental shrubbery or grove 1t might be
great success.
Girls Pledge Themselves
To Avoid Smoking.
Irish Independent, Dublin.-A VOW
to refrain from smoking as a safe
guard to womanly virtue" was urged
by Most Rev. DR.. Duhig, Archbishop OF
Brisbane, when he addressed so girl
candidates for confirmation in Queens
land, says Reuters correspondent. His
grace delivered a vigorous attack on
women who smoked, and the girls
pledged themselves to avoid the habit.
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Army Reserve System
Changed Under New Regime.
A B c, Madrid-A decree of the pro-
visional government will abolish what
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