BLENHEIM.
Wednesday. ' Every arrangement was; made y.ester- Xj^ day for the execution of -IWqpdgate this morning. Sam .Chandler, ; was, engaged as hangman, but he .was driveirbutof Picton. The condemned man received the sacrament yesterdayy -Archdeacon Butt and the ' Rey Mr Ronaldson being present. .He niaintained his innocence till the last. The- sheriff- a_,d- gaoler refused to execute, tbe-sentience. Failing to find ..anyone_else.ythg7man remains unhung. v , dtas ,ppl¥.knowii. jwhe^Gi^_ow the sentt;hc ! e.7wiJt "bft" >jpa|sr^sW.)^ The
telegraph was" ejhplbyed until midnight m attempting to obtain a hangman from Wellington, but without success.
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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 29, 27 January 1877, Page 2
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