Horrible Scene at an Execution
(FEB FBBSS ASSOCIATIONS ' Sydney July 11. The man Archer, a groom, convicted of murdering Miss Harrison, who lived in the same house as he and his wife, was executed to-day. He made a short speech declaring he was not guilty. A terrible bungle, which resulted in a shocking scene, was' made by the hangman. The noose slipped under the unfortunate man's ohm, and six minutes elapsed before he died. Archer was groaning dreadfully all the while, and altogether it was the most fearful scene ever witnessed in Darlinghurst gaol. A medical inspection afterwards showed tbat neither the neck nor the windpipe were broken, and that the convict was really slowly strangled to death. •' - mmmmaammmmSßMmaism '
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 10, 12 July 1893, Page 2
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