THE TE AWAITE MURDERER.
(Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Feb. 2». Although the day for the execution of Ellis i\s approaching, the condemned man maintains Ms undisjturbed and fearless bcarting, and appears to look forward to Ms terjrtble ordeal with surprising fortification. The erection of a gaClows in j the gnol yard, however, with its accompanying soundß of nails being .driven into the timbers from which he will look his last on earth, has ! caused him sou*; distress. Bo tough, | however > is the fibre of his composure that the dreadful sounds of doom in preparation;, which wouH afflict tMs |average man with the acutest agony, jhavc merely, as he told the Governor of the gaol, "got on his nerves.'!
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7747, 24 February 1905, Page 2
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118THE TE AWAITE MURDERER. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7747, 24 February 1905, Page 2
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