HANGMAN TO. PREACHER.
The death is announced at Bradford (England) of James Berry, who was hangman of England from the death of jtfarwood in 1883 until 1892. After acting as a boot salesman and a policeman Berry carefully qualified for the new post, and wrote to the Edinburgh magistrates:—"l nave seen Mr Calcrarfc execute three convicts at Manchester thirteen years ago, and should you think fit to give mo the appointment I would endeavour to merit your approval." He executed over two hundred people, and made three vain attempts to hang J ohn Lee, who was condemned to death in 1884 for the murder of a woman at Babbacombe, near Torquay. Lee's sentence was then commuted to penal servitude for life, and he was afterwards released. Berry's appearance in no way 6nps;est<?d the executioner, and he was spoken of as a kind-hearted man. He turned evangelist after his retirement, which he said was due to the discovery that two.persons he had executed had been innocent. He acted as a lny preacher in his rativo town and started a poultry farm.
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14839, 3 December 1913, Page 9
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180HANGMAN TO. PREACHER. Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14839, 3 December 1913, Page 9
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