PATRICK KENNIFF’S EXECUTION.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 808, 24 January 1903, Page 1

PATRICK KENNIFF’S EXECUTION.

During the execution ol Patrick KennifT (for the murder of Mr Dalke and Constable Doyle), at the Boggcyroad gaol, Brisbane, a policeman who was in attendance was so powerfully affected by the tragic proceedings that he fainted. ~ , , , The funeral of Kenniff, whjch took place shortly after the execution, was attended by 400 persons, and thirty vehicles followed the licaise in .'procession through the crowds which assembled on the way to the cemeMr Kenniff, senior, father of the deceased, and a brother and sister,were (he chief mourners in attendance, and they were accompanied by a number oi friends of the family. A vehicle!' loaded with -.(> w tea Ills (forwarded bv friends and sympathisers) followed ’the cortege to the grave When placed on on the coffin, the wreaths completely hid it from view The Rev Michael Baldwin, who had remained with the doomed man until the holt was drawn, read 1 lie burial service, which was followed with strained attention by the concourse at the graveside. The father of the deceased bloke down entirely as the coffin was lowered, and many of those m the crowd were moved to tears by the old man’s grief. . , , Miss Kenniff. sister ol the dead man, fainted after the ceremony. KennifTs last words on flic scaffold were i have told you before twice that lam an innocent man. I call God to witness on the s[itf2r I stand on to-day that 1 am innocent I am as innocent of the crime as the fudge who sentenced me. I thank the warders for their kindness towards me and I thank my well-wishing friends. I say good-bye.”