SECRETS OF THE GAOL
EX-GOVERNOR PROSECUTED. By Telegraph—Prase Aaen. —Copyright. London, Nov. 16. Major Blake, the retired Governor of Pentonville Prison, who recently wrote a series of articles in a London newspaper dealing with prominent murderers and inmates of Pentonville, was summoned at the Mansion House under tha Official Secrets Act in connection with i. conversation with Bywaters, who was executed on January 9, 1923, in which he alleged tho last thing By.waters said was that Mrs. Thompson was innocent, while in fact she was executed the same day. Prosecuting counsel said the Government hoped the prosecution would help to stop this kind of thing, because scores of people believed the last words a man spoke must be true. Major Blake was also not entitled to divulge Bywaters’ confession, namely: “I am sorry I murdered Thompson.” Major Blake was committed for trial.
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 November 1926, Page 10
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