A TRAITOR'S END

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2893, 4 October 1916, Page 5

A TRAITOR'S END

JTHE EXECUTION; OF, CASEMENT." Ifoger'ADavidA! Casement' L(as'.. "briefly. cabled at the time) was hanged in Pentonvillo Prison, .» for." minutes./after . nine o'clock in the morning. A large crowd stood outside, the prison gates in Caledonian Road, and ; when the bell was tolled many of tho orowd cheered Jtnd others groanodl ' .Up to the eve of his execution Casetaent had high hopes of being_reprieved. He chatted freely, and sometimes joked iwith his warders. He was particularly cheerful, and did not hide the fact that lie fully expected a free pardon. The A ■' night before he became' morose, EUid hardly spoke at all; but he did'inquire 'about' the Zeppelin raids, ' and asked 1 : if any of the Zeppelins had reached London; Ultimately'he became resign--1 A, ed to his fate, and after he had done ■ V a considerable amount of writing on the . last night ho retired to rest and slept soundly. .TVhen roitsed on. the morning, of his Execution, Casement showed considerable nervousness, but he was; quite collected, a'nd thanked ' his warders for many little. kindnesses shown to him ■whilst he ooonpied the condemned cell. One rema<rk he made as he the pell' an' a burst of sunshine "It is -'a-beauti-ful morning?':* .. Shortly before" Ckse* • tnent express^'a''desire^'bo ! received! into the Eflman Catholic . Church, ajid' la messenger was immediately dispatched to tho Catholic chaplain.', Two priests arrived quickly, and for about a quarter of an hour remained with him preparing him for the final scene. His confession was; hoard, and he was given • the Holy Communion. ; ; ' : The inquest was held at nooii, and the jury, after hearing all the evidence, ( fonhd that the sentence had been car-' A ried out acoording to law and in a, humane manner. . [The. last execution for treason in Britain was in connection with the Cato Street conspiracy, when .five men were tanged on May 1. 1820, for conspiring to assassinate Ministers of the Crown at a Cabinet dinner.] ■ ■■