THE DEATH PENALTY.
A FRUITLESS AGITATION, COLEMAN [EXECUTED. United Press Association. Copyright ADELAIDE, July 2. There is a great agitation to secure a reprieve For Coleman, who is to he hinged to-day. A crowd of £OOO waited at a late hour last night in front'of the Town Hall in the hope of presenting (lie Governor, who was attending a conceit, with a resolution in favor of mercy. Hut the effort to see tho Governor was unavailing. (Received Julv 2. 9.30 p.m.) ■ ADELAIDE, [July 2. Coleman was executed to-day. Death was instantaneous.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2233, 3 July 1908, Page 3
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