A BUNGLED HANGING.
VICTIM CUT DOWN LIVING. By Cable —Press Association —Copyright. New York, February 18. At Calgary, Alberta, an extraordinary incident marked the execution of Jasper Collins, a youth who was sentenced to death for the murder of a farmer named John Benson. Collins was unconscious in his cell before the execution. but revived sufficiently to be '.'allied in a chair to the scaffold. The drop fell, and the executioner cut down Ihe body before death had occurred. The shocked prison officials were preparing to hang Collins again when death supervened. The coroner's jury severely censured the hanging, demanding an investigation into the whole affair.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 199, 20 February 1914, Page 5
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106A BUNGLED HANGING. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 199, 20 February 1914, Page 5
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