EXECUTIONS IN IRELAND.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2134, 13 March 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)

EXECUTIONS IN IRELAND.

Jons 1 Ckom.n was executed in MuUinger oh tho 11th Jnnuury, for tho murder of hin father, in Longford, in Oatober Inst. Several memoi i>il.<* were presented for the commutation of tho sentence, but without avail. Berry wai the executioner. Death wiii instantaneous. A lar^e crowd assembled outside the gaol till tho blnc.k fln«r was hoisted. This was th«» first execution that hat ttiken place nt Mullin-sf«-r for neirly 40 year*. The Roman Catholic chaplain of MuUinger gaol subsequently wrote to the Lord-lieutenant compbiininjr that bufjro Cronin wns executed h»» occupied a cell the window of which overlooked tho scaffold when in ooutnc of erection, The convict heard tho hammering, and was thrown into a Mt.-itc of trenzy and desperation. In conbequence of what he saw he often abandoned himself to irritation and revolt, and the chaplain had difficulty in calming him. The writer btate d that Cronin, as a soldier, assisted tho BritUh in smashing Arabi, and fought on tho memorable night of Tel -el Kcbir. The public ohould know this when they come to consider the treatment which this soldier got in tho day of his sorrow from Her Majesty, in whoso defence he faced death on some bloody fields. In reply to this letter the Irish Under-Secretary wrote that the Lord -lieutenant at onoe instituted inquiry, and found that there was no ground for complm nt.