A Gallowa Scene.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 248, 21 September 1883, Page 2

A Gallowa Scene.

SHOCErING oaotrßf__"_^__*%#^ j -; : EXECUTION*, ia ">u. am?gq ' ; ' !_ ' •■■; •-•",'} .-,) f_;rp9 <ai?3 I .-( -' ■■■'* [European Mail. [|i ol) no qu - A sailor named J ames' Burton w.3_i« years of age, was executed within tho walk of-the Durham Gaol, on Augt_t 6, for the murder of Elizabeth •'■Sharp^o at funstill, near Sunderland -fob _fay>-> 8. When the drop fell! -a Violent Swmg- ' ing of the rope indicated that sometnittfcio was 'Wrong. Marwood caught -hoKt *' the' rope;: and with the assistance of <'*! s warder pulled it up* It w«» found that" the rope had slipped up frbm^betaatfc" pieck halfway over his face, pushing th»ii jvhite cap upwards, and had also got round' his arms. His race wore it fearful expression of pain. /The- rope' wait?* again' adjusted round ! his;' _eck ifcadN di awn tight, and the execotionerpuslted'b him down the pit.- One a<x»unt stated ihat this time death -ensued at once; another that the man struggled *ic-» jently for folly two minutes before he > Hied. Burton mode a hril eonfesskHiidfa his guilt on the previous morning. At the inqnest on the- body r was called^ and ; cin i answer 'to' 'questions, stated that the culprit .w«i fain tingjuat"; as- the leW was* abodt top be: raised,- and* that hit leaning overdone side-caused^ the slack of the 1 , rope to beoome^^entaii-^ glad i> with > his- arm, and lit rehired* a B sitting* position before .'the rope eottld he^ put right. The whole work he saioV. .did not occupy more than 'hatha) ajihute longer; thanjusual ; > ;A/simlla£ /accident might.be avoided m future by a couple bf planks^ing,pl|^goro^ i th.e;cj»vi((y_ P^fci??.?^:- re^*?l a -r"-|he t: .. üßuaL-io.maL verdict, and blamed no one for the pecurrence. _> ]j <{; > ; .jqt- i r s