The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1877-08-03 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

THE EXECUTION.  Three Sundays after his sentence were allowed inst. After sentence had been passed upon him, the IthelThr:L.nhde ebeixecuugtec nodne uTi 'ned es doanyS day ,dathe July3lst is called the condemned cell, which lies near the thhi se cee ,w4aesh cohfane ugre dy if is•jotme fewt ll weeks neee khse aogcoc ,utpoi ewdhoant centre of a cruciform building, called "The Model." We believe the first to lie in this cell as a concessive murderers whose fate has brought them hdaesmnsiediimprtihsaotnetrimweasbeenWilloiecamupPiedalmbeyr,aalnldthtehasute.it to the gallows at Stafford. It is a cell about eleven feet by twelve, the walls not square with each other. It is furnished with a wooden bedstead and two chairs, the latter for the use of warders, who, two at a time, keep watch day and night that the prisoner does not escape, and does not anticipate by some violent or cunning means of suicide the vengeance waiting on :the appointed day. The bed provided was of a better class than for ordinary prisoners. Rogers being a Roman Catholic by religion, was attended by the Rev. Dr. Acton, the head of the Roman Catholics of Stafford, and a most estimable and kind-hearted man. His ministrations appear to have been of a most satisfactory character in bringing about a penitent state of mind in the culprit, and preparing him to face with resignation the terrible death before him. Dr. Acton has stated that he was perfectly satisfied from the way in which the convict received his ministrations that he was fully penitent, and quite prepared to meet his doom. During the time that has elapsed since his trial he has been visited by his mother and father, and also by two uncles. On these occasions he manifested perfect calmness. His child, which was taken into his cell when his mother visited him, he fondled with every indication of love, and begged his father's forgiveness for what he had said to him in court. At prisoner's earnest request the old man kissed him as he said for the last time. Inside the extensive gaol at Stafford there is a yard immediately opposite the carriage entrance from Gaol-street, and here the machine of death was erected. It is the old scaffold which has fcx many years provided the " fatal leap" at Stafford, but it is now so contrived that after the drop has fallen very little can be seen of the criminal. In fact, he is made to stand on the flat top of a small wooden room, and on the falling of the top he sinks down between the walls till only his head and shoulders are visible, and his death-struggles are unseen, or can only be inferred from the vibration of the rope. Eight o'clock was the hour for the execution, and shortly before that time the bell of Christ Church began to toll, and the prisoner emerged from his cell with his arms firmly pinioned to his sides. A procession was formed, which was led :by the acting undersheriff (Mr. M. F. Blakiston), with his deputy (Mr. J. Nevitt), Mr. Chidley, deputy-governor of the gaol, and various warders. Then came Rogers, walking between Dr. Acton and his curate. Behind these, at a short distance, followed the hangman, a powerful, lusty, middleaged man, named Incher, a cattle-drover, from Dudley, and then came a strong escort of prison warders. The Deputy-chief Constable (Mr. B. °swell), and the gaol surgeon and others joined the procession as it passed the lodge. On arriving at the gallows the prisoner ascended the steps, Mr. Plimmer, chief warder,holding his arm to sustain him in case he faltered. But there was no need of any assistance, for he walked from TICHBORNE DEMONSTRATION AT his cell to the platform with a firm, steady tread, and on arriving at the top took his place under