O'FARRELL'S EXECUTION.
From Sydney Telegrams, published in the Hokitika Evening Star of May 4th, we glean the ' particulars of O'Farrell's execution, which took place on the 21st ult., the date originally announced. On the previous day the Sheriff's office was besieged by applicants for tickets of admission to Darlinghurst gaol, to view the execution, which took place at nine o'clock, on Tuesday morning. There was a large number of persons present to witness the execution. O'Farrell prayed fervently at the foot of the ladder leading to the scaffold with Father John O'Dwyer. He walked up rapidly and firmly. He made no remarks to the spectators, and died without any struggling. He sent a letter to the Colonial Secretary, which he requested should be opened after his death. It is reported that O'Far^ell said privately before his death that he was glad the Prince escaped, and that he was glad he had avoided New Zealand, where his life might have been in danger. The Colonial Secretary stated in the Assembly the same evening, that the Government had received another important communication from another quarter, but declined to state the particulars. O'Farrell's body was interred the same evening at the Cemetery at Haslam's Creek, near Sydney.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 107, 7 May 1868, Page 2
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204O'FARRELL'S EXECUTION. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 107, 7 May 1868, Page 2
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