DOUBLE BXECUTION AT HEREFORD.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 262, 9 May 1888, Page 5

DOUBLE BXECUTION AT HEREFORD.

The Scene on tlic Scaffold. Tin, execution ol James Jones ;ind Alfiod Heandiett for t,lio minder of Mr I'hilij) r.allani, at Tup'-loy, llerotoi tMiiie, i" Oetobei last, lon|. place on ]Miiroh iiLst fit lleieloid »!;iol. Tin. doiails of the cihno, tliouL'!) n t;i y <'k .ultnl, aio < scecdinidy .-imple. An old i^intl m.'ii ot erjhtv-emht, named i>a)!aid, ()\cd m a lonely count) y house til Tupsley with si;\D<i! smant. On iho lOth Ocloln 1 the hou.sdu-ld ictiied to lost, 'is iiiUiil, litit about two o'clock the Imu-ekeei.ci Wii ..awakened by '?\ oans. She niched into lit,! ma-lei'- loom, and was hoi i liv d to Inifl t h' 1 poo i old man unconscious . \v ii !i t\\ odi i .nil id wo.!- ds in hi 1 - lu-ud. He Imbued .• wtjti and died. The police M<iui((' (he oouutiy, bm. 1:1 \am, 'j h< y lane-ied .1 youn'j; man who I). id kept com I pair will) a s-os.ipl, bi.l h-'d no ca-e, ,"4.111. I him. Then a lei i.er e r.1.0 iiohl <i ),;.ui< h"-<( 1 tliiti to the !lcief>id. IFead ( oi,si.il)le, s.iyinf' the wiilei had h' aid Jones and Seandiett plan (heburd.uy in Vunuirk (;,m>l Th- men ueie aiie>( ( I, cou(o-."(! (In ( ii,Me, l»it pul the blame 0! miudei on ( . I<i i < > 1 1 1 1 . !''ii> \\ a (In (v< ciil i()iiei , and at fu<; j n. mules to ei'^hL h( cutend the ca\\ oc 1 upied ])\ ,lmn ', and then pioittdul to ;■](,' (I'll 1 tt ' rill, .mil ncco npli-licl 'i liko (ijiiali'ia. Tin '4'i()l (ha]il;'in (He\.(! L. Spe.icei) had li;en »\ii,h ( he li'en for linn pi(\iun- 'I'ln eonduintied men wciu biou'jhi oul am' pI.K 1 d buiutjiii w,nd c 'i-., !>, wh m I, n \ wen conducted to (In; 1 dli>ld. ;\u winpa.iied b\ I In; . haplaiu. 'io'i'i men wen <ili,i-(]) p.de tuul much a ( _ii.ded, \ml bi.u t henif-ei'. es w i(h Ir.mj i.( - , and walk< d w ithout .i--is'anu: Lo (he -( tuild, when they w ci( (juiekl\ -liapjiei b> tin hangman As the diop fell bolh men \\i_ie owdentl\ pia\mi;. ..^ then lip mo\ed. Death a])jiuiied m each (,i-e to be ni-iant.ineous, although the lope to w hieli Jones u,ii lian^!'i^ appealed to (junei loi a moment

Confessions ol the Criminals. \t the inijue-M, sub-equcntly, a loltei was lead tioin thu i h..|)l,iin, Mai my that he ie |c red \,.|\ -hoith aflei thoiuai, a con- - ti --lop iiom both tin cojid^ini'i d pii'-onein oi the hue i n eiMU-t'inee> ot the Clinic. •vandntt -Ii in k hoth Mow s which eati-oil Mi l -.ill nd diatli with. i liaU'hct, Jones lii'hii; i'lim' io him and ,in oye-witne— . The ii.d iln 1 had lemainodin Scandittf's pM--( ,siun the w hole lime. I.oth culpnts had Mihnultcd njadih to -pii it val mini-tia-hoii-. and the chaplain l)eln\ed they died penitent.

A Hangman s Reminiscences llciM, (1)' i\eeutioiK'i, affci having ( iiiuil out the (louMi execution at lleietoul, look ti.un tut !'>intiiii'_diam. and on flic wav, (onliil'"! In- leinim-cenecs to people in the - unc eoinp.u tment inawondciful maiiiiu ll' .-ud llia( when he w•. hi to ( -it k to haii'; l>i Cio--, in oidi'i to elude ihe nowd waitmu, on (he pi.ittoiui ],< made- lum-eli a Jian of I >l:i cis <\i- with ( li'iicoal and bound up in- In ad a- ii hi- -kuil w,i>> hioken, and put -omi' lioi-e hahei- loiuid hi- w.ii^l, rind 111 ii k patjie- on tlu 1 elbow- of in- coal \\ hi u he -U p)u d out ol I '.c i ' .till he asked w la.it the cioud si i c looking toi Someone told In in '. ',(_ i i \ \\ In. ti in hl l (\m k mt Iv nioi inn<; alti i th< emm ulion he v, .in di_ui-' da- an nlliet i . wil Ii coin pie to uniroi ni\<i pt -wonl 'lint, he added. 'I hid tin- in in\ | tot Xi t and l'en> puilt dmr a ie\ ol\ t i , ulm h hi- had ."lw a\ - ' u nul ■> ii Ii linn, and then letumed ii lo hi- poe.k"t l>in\, licinu (|u^- 1 > 'i l' 1 .i- to hieopdm t in ie\.ud to the iii(iue-t m (hi Cv- < ,d In did no( at Pnd lln u i lie > \ .«'< in • '\ i','l,| not hr. c luni i h d !;i had i ,o> ■ iii . Im- v, in m v- ( (he i 1 1 * nl\ i>i a- vi l ! i Iw (oi Id hiPi-ell, ,'- a j piii,iii!ioi» a^am-i i,in>jlu- lie did not like bin '_d 'i - lie leeuvi da <ai o\ el the i i Jit. (\ c ti on i on w aile in I lie polici fo. i c !Ji phiii'4 i) a Ii Ikiv iiavelKi, ilrin -aid hi- *a- a -<ionti!n mode ol hanojnu. lie ih [ nul appio\i ot (ho on! plan ot cjjvui'j. iiinnuaK a -hoii diop and let in<; them - 1 » » « _1 '_i I* * toi a ijiiai te'i ot an hum ITe. lnoki (hen neck, and the) sufleied nonioic pain than tin pink m a pin, thou<_di it nn:-l he a dieadtul tiling ioi them to toe 1 tin nwhe- uum-j eili the' (tap, not. knowing whole io !ie\\asvci\ paitieulai as to the' 0 iDjuii) he kept, am: Iv licked he wa-the onl\ o\e< 'if lene ) v. ho (\er mixeelwilhma ■ji-ti iv -, 'mi om t-, loi d-, e.u I-, an] (hike-. \\ neii Hid ud.n^ taii ' ai • \ ml in o\o(utioi> !m \, >- oMiuei' l(1 -'coji la lie h,d -Icml , i 'it' iv. i> pi l -on-. !n lib opiMi m. i, v mild In 1 !u(ie, lo -end all 1 i opli < o.i I nin d i' <ii i hio London aftei li a--i'e-(o In h.ni"i ! They riivjn be. |t,m,i d m hat» hi - i!i i ovid hanj; a dozen ' a- ea-ilv, <i (wo.