A Brutal Hangman.
SCENE AT AN EXECUTiON. AN EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR, [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright,. [uwted preßß association.] (Received 8.15 a.in.) New York, February 18. At Calgary, Alberta, an extraordinary incident marked the execution of Jasper Collins, a youth, who was sentenced to death for murdering a farmer named John Benson. Collins, who was unconscious in his cell before the execution, revived sufficiently and was carried in a chair to the scaffold. The "drop" fell, but the executioner cut down the body before death occurred. He shocked the prison officials by preparing to hang him again when death supervented. The Coroner's jury severely censured the hangman, and demanded an investigation into the whole affair.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 42, 19 February 1914, Page 5
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112A Brutal Hangman. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 42, 19 February 1914, Page 5
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