THE CONDEMNED BURGLARS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4735, 1 June 1894, Page 2

THE CONDEMNED BURGLARS.

tireat Excitement in Sydney. .%} Extraordinaiy Public Demon- 4 strations. 1 Sydney, Wodnesday. i The Executive, after deliberato ' consideration, to nllo>v ,"4 'Montgomery Itflf Williams, tho •*' Bridge-street burglars, to appeal to the Privy Council against the sen- , » tence of death passed upon them. ' ; There is great oxcitemenfciu the f l | city to-night over the decision, and ,c|| a mass meeting, attended by fully ~%f, 15,000 people, was held, ■ when' 1 eso- $? lutions wero carried condemning M the action of the Govemmont, and a deputation was appointed to wait / 1' on the Premier. . .■ v j A detachment of troops prevented : y|H, i tho crowd from assembling in front '' ; |ff; of Parliament house. : ' ; !M ! . In tho Legislative Assembly Mr t'4si. '• Haynes moved the adjournment of ,■. >^|t; the House in order to call attention. '-V:f | to the action of the Executive re- \:'i*ls garding the condemned men, .'. '?WL The Spoakor ruled that previously moved t.lin .•tfjtfWßpaiSHßi on the samo not again be discussed this session, Mr Haynes then moved the adjourmuent of the House with a view W 'ff | to calling the attention of members 1M? to the refusal of the Executive to al- ;';J4 low an appeal to the Privy Coun- -:%f, oil. ' : ;.oi The Speaker allowed this motion, ■■■.- :'• : $ and the debate is proceeding. '■*s Mr Fitzgerald, one of the Labour ; : '■■& leaders, characterised the action of Hft tho Government as shameful. : ; '■ Sir Henry Parkes opposed Pnrlia-. :.■■:'■% I mentary interference with Courts of -i's i Justice, or the Executive,but pressod ■-.'■- : > ?■ On tho Government the necessity of '>:.i£ reconsidering its decision. _ . , "'■ % } A deputation from a mass meet- r : -£# ingis now (11 p.m.) endeavouring, to : : : • | sec tho Premier. , V',; 1 - Later, : i S The Premier declined to licar tho '■s] representations of the deputation re- - : '■: /pi garding tho condemned men, point- . ■'■■' ii ing out that (ho representatives in '"M Parliament were now (11.30 p.m) ■ discussing the Latest ' '; I A Woman sent to an Asylum, ..:.'■ I| ' The Prisoners executed. :;i ; Single by. the Hangman. Sydney. Thursday ': ;;: | i Replying to several of tho speakers .A? i the Premier said tho members of 'Vi? ! the Government had tho samo feel- , ; ; |: , ings of humanity as other mombers : ''| sof tho House. Instead of pandering ; ■s. I to the mob there should bo sym- v'-ii . pathy with tho Executive in fulfill- ' : l i ing its duty. If the law under wliich ; >| ; the execution was to bo carried out ; ..'I ■ was bad then Parliament ought to i'V 1 amend it, « ■:>■£ 1 Both Mr Reid and Mv Barton, ' % I leading Oppositionists, agreed as to ;| ■ the absolute legality of the sentence, •:■'! ) but on tho grouuds of mercy np- :i 1 pealed for a reprieve. --■'■) . The woman who mote to the :-| i papers, finding the i would not entertain her , act as a substitute f men, went to a ■■. J E Redfern quarter of Sydney and . .'■ .') s wished to oiler herself as a sacrifice. ■ " ■ , She was arrested, and committed to • an asylum, t Later, j Montgomery and Williams wore i executed this morning. 3 Owing to a bunglo on tho part of , the hangman, Williams, the lighter ' man of tho two, was given a shorter 3 rope. Just beforo the bolt was drawn » • lie fainted, and falling on one side, ' s caught tho rope under his arm. ■';■ 'I He did not got tho benefit of. oven - : | ; a short drop, and was practically •" \ . strangled, Ho was, however, uncon--1 scious. I Montgomery met his death with r > coni'ago, and died instantaneously,