Scene at an Execution. Writhing in Death Agonies for Twenty Minutes.
Conroy, who shot Councillor Snook while the latter was at a fancy dress ball, has been executed at Perth. Strenuous efforts had previously been made to obtain a reprieve on the ground of insanity, but they proved, fruitless. Afc the execution a terrible scene occurred. Conroy struggled for twenty minutes after the drop fell. Owing to the lightness of his body, the weight was insufficient to dislocate his neck.
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 232, 10 December 1887, Page 8
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80Scene at an Execution. Writhing in Death Agonies for Twenty Minutes. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 232, 10 December 1887, Page 8
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