BIDDLE EXECUTED.
'■ Tt Christchurch, December 10. Alfred Biddle, who murderea ■ .. Mrs Lilley at Mayfield, near Ash- ', ' ' burton, was hanged at 8 o'clock • . this morning in Lyttelton gaol. ■'■ Biddle'was very weak, and had, f /; ' to be supported to the scaffold by -two warders. The usual author- ' ised' persons' were present, in- '' eluding press representatives. Biddle said, "I thank the Lord, . ' Je3us is my Saviour. The hang- \ t % man did his work quietly, and \ death was instantaneous.
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Te Puke Times, Volume II, Issue II, 16 December 1913, Page 3
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75BIDDLE EXECUTED. Te Puke Times, Volume II, Issue II, 16 December 1913, Page 3
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