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Brisbane Tragedy.
•WHARTON HANGED. |BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION] Brisbane, July 17. James Wharton, who murdered Wm. Munday, was hanged at Brisbane this morning. He slept well and had a hearty breakfast. ;On the scaffold he expressed his sorrow, and hoped if there was a Heaven he would receive mercy. He was greatly agitated. When the lever was drawn blood spurted from his neck and ran in a stream on the floor. The head was almost torn from the body. He made no reference to his Hew Zealand identity.
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Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42749, 18 July 1905, Page 2
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87Brisbane Tragedy. Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42749, 18 July 1905, Page 2
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