Denton Examiner, Audenshaw, Hooley Hill and Dukinfield Advertiser. — 1877-07-28 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

OOO. The fire lees silence, he touched the terrible spots one . broke nut in the warehouse of Messrs. Aitken and after the 'other. Of course no blood flowed Wright, provision dealers, Constitution-street, and so at the touch, and Jack moved on. The great rapidly did it spread that the whole building, which ' body of the amities at once cleared him of all is about sort. equare and five stories high, was in suspicion, the "trick" having settled the matter in flames in lees than an hour. The stock of Messrs. .their opinion. He afterwards, however, confessed the Aitken and Wright consisted of spirits, butter, be. The crime. At the execution the boy approtched the. fire is supposed to have originated in the third story, gibbet reluctantly, showing a great deal of agitation I which was used as a bonded warehouse, and contained and fear. During the religious services he became I a large quantity of liquor belonging to other persons. more composed, and the twitching of his has's The engines belonging to the Leith Town Council and showed that he was suffering acutely, and was making ' the Leith Dock Commiationers were noon in attendance, a desperate struggle to appear composed. Though . but the fire had got so firm a hold that nothing could be had repeatedly said he had nothing to say, woes I be done to save the building. Two explosions occurred the black cap was being adjusted he begged pertnis- I one of which blew out the east wall, which fell against! 'Mon to make his last talk on earth He said, in ailed- I the houses fronting the allot. Some of the houees in ing to the murder, "I don't know why I killed them. ' Constitution-street caught fire, and the offices of the I suppose the devil was in me" While he was ad- I German Consulate, Messrs. Oorrie, Hanson, and On, monishing his hearers, especially the boys, to let his and two dwelling- houses above were totally destroyed. fate be a warning to them, and that the wages of sin The office of the Leith kirghs Pilot was partially was death, be saw the father of the murdered chil- burnt. A large block of buildings in Quality-street, drab in the crowd, and, turning to him, entreated him occupied principally by commission agents and wine in a very pleading tone to forgive him, as Christ had, merchants, was destroyed. The fire was pretty sten The father, with some hesitancy and much emotion, I got under in the coulees of the afternoon, but it was said that he would. In speaking of spiritual I not entirely subdued till a late hour. It is estimatey matters, he said that he had put faith in Jerus, I that about 200,000 gallons of bonded spirits have been and he was saved; that he had no longer a dread I destroyed by the flee. A workman said to have been of a yawning hell, but that he was going to the , in the employment of Messrs. Aitken and Wright was happy and. He then said that he forgave everybollY burnt with the whisky which ran into the street, and —the judge, jury, gaolers, and everybody—and hoped he was removed to the infirmary. The flaming spirits to tweet, them all in heaven. He was then placed on destroyed a manual fire engine which was at work, the trap of the gibbet, the noose edjuated, the trigger D., UGS, PLEAS, MOTHS, 13116TWIS, and all other imeects sprung, and he was dangling at the end of the rope, are destroyed by KEATING'S INSECT DESTROYING As the trap fell he called out, "Meet me in heaven! ' POWDER, which is quite harmless to domestic anitimle The words had scarcely left his lips when the rope Sold in tina in. and 2a. lid. each by Teonne KEATING tightened about his neck. The fall of the drop wan London, and all Chemistm. six feet, hut his neck was not broken, and, as usual in , Georgie, be was strangled to death, he struggling