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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1905
Page
4
Mary Rogers, age 22, prepared for execution after being found guilty of murder in Vermont. The article recounts her motive linked to an affair, the plot to kill Marcus Rogers, and the cast involved including Morris Knapp, Eli and Leon Perham.
The report recounts Mary Mabel Rogers accused of murdering her husband for money to aid her lover. Despite early sympathy, public opinion shifts against her as she is to hang, with Vermont Governor Bell reportedly declining clemency. The tale notes repeated prior sins and the role public mercy played in past inmates.
Windsor Vermont December reports a death watch at the state prison as Mary Mabel Rogers prepares for her execution tomorrow. A priest grants last rites and the bell tolls mark time before the 1 to 2 pm hanging. Governor Bell maintains no reprieve. supporters gather signatures, ferrying to Montpelier.
An advertisement extols taking a break for a tired stomach by using Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a substitute that digests food and rests the stomach. A Chicago lawyer shares a testimonial about relief, improved vigor, and maintaining work during a demanding coalition pursuit. Tablets priced at 50 cents per box.
Final attempt to delay Mary Mabel Rogers execution set for tomorrow as Governor Bell travels from Montreal to White River Junction to hear last plea. Attorney Flinn, Charles McCarthy, and state officials plan to present affidavits on alleged insanity in Rogers family to seek a hearing on newly discovered evidence.
Windsor Vermont December 7 The Rev William Hayes Windsor prison chaplain speaking to a Post representative states that sentiment should not influence the Mary Rogers case Officials recognize no sexual distinction in applying the law Justice is meted out to a criminal who has broken the most sacred law of God and man He says the people of Vermont are satisfied death should be the punishment and legislative interference could not be secured even if the execution were delayed by a technicality
Sheriff Peck argues the death will serve as atonement for taking a life. He frames the incident as a grave judgment and emphasizes moral consequence and public accountability.
Mary Rogers faces a death sentence in a case framed as justice for taking a life. The speaker vows to oversee final preparations at the jail, citing heart disease as the reason for an execution to occur soon. The sheriff expresses the sorrow and duty involved in carrying out the act.
Windsor Vt Dec 8 A man says the state stains its name by the execution of a woman. He notes the case weighs on justice and questions the state’s moral authority, while her attorneys reflect on the broader implications of the punishment.
Court records note the defendants’ sustained efforts to rescue the prisoner as key actions in the unfolding case. Legal teams emphasize the attempt to secure safety while addressing charges related to detention and custody.
Preparations completed as a morbid crowd gathers while deputies are coached in their duties for an upcoming public hanging.
Governor Bell and Sheriff Peck advance plans for the Mary Rogers execution with a gallows scaffold erected by 10 a.m. Deputies, witnesses, and doctors assemble as the public gathers for the looming death. Delaney administers last rites while hopes for a reprieve fade.
Bellows Falls Vermont December 7 Attorney General Clark C Fitts arrived to confer with Sheriff Peck before the scheduled Mary Rogers execution He said he did not anticipate any interruption in carrying out the sentence and is registered at the Wyndham House.
Providence R I Dec 7 Appealed to ascertain if Alesandro Marino and Teresina Toselli of Milford Massachusetts reported missing from that place have obtained a marriage license here. City registrar searched records but found no data. Today Lorin Badger Dudley 26 of Concord New Hampshire electrician with Emily Tilley 22 of Lynn Massachusetts applied for a license and Charles Augustus Coleman 42 Boston real estate dealer and Adella Murray 42 Rockport Massachusetts also appeared.
Rutland Vt Dec 7 A Wallingford man Charles Hawkins 40 was jailed after a shooting last night in Wallingford in which he allegedly fired two shots at his brother in law one striking an unknown Italian passerby and possibly causing a fatal injury local police said
Josiah Burnham, 66, general manager of Burnham Morrill Co and pioneer canner, died in Portland. Born locally he later worked in West Indian trade and the packing business. He was a Mason and Civil War veteran.
In the Boston Superior Court Beatrice Preston sues the city for 2000 for injuries from an icy sidewalk. Her husband sues for 5000 for loss of her services. The action began in Municipal Court and was joined later in the Superior Court.
Pittsburg Dec. 7 The club plans to send Beaumont to a noted specialist in the West for treatment. President Dreyfuss says the injured outfielder cannot gain relief from rest and the tendon in his heel causes severe pain on sprinting. Beaumont, living on a Wis farm, is valued as a key baseball asset and every effort will be made to restore him.
Rumor links ex mayor John H. H. Mc Namee to Charles H. Thurston as a campaign booster. He had been thought to go South but has attended nearly all Thurston rallies and follows the race closely.
Jack London war correspondent and president of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society will address Harvard students Wednesday evening in the Harvard Union on Steady Socialism. He will be introduced by Colonel T W Higginson.
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