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work any more than most men do castor oil. and ho put it off until his credit was shot as full of holes as a printer's mealhowever, and in some way the story got around , that ho had been a prize fighter. Mope never made any claims to rccogni-were looking on agreed that Billy was n little dazed, and was not in a position to know just what struck him. Hope lt;lidsays lie will never forget the sensations tiiat stirred him as lie muglU that whiff of the bear’s breath, and thinks if theHENRY ROSE HANGED YESTERDAY FOR THE MUHenry Rose was hanged in the jail yard at Nelson yesterday morning at three minutes past 8 o'clock. The execution was witnessed by 30 people, including the sheriff and jail officials. Rose maintained that he was innocent of the crime for which he paid the extreme penalty of the law, and some of the jail officials seem to be of the same opinion; but if Rose did not kill Cole, who did?There was no hitch in the proceedings, Radcliffe. the profesisonal hangman of Canada, being the executioner. Rose left his cell at 7.57, and was accompanied to the scaffold by Rev. father Altlioff of the Catholic church, and by no outward sign did he show fear. The following statement, signed by Rose.was read on the scaffold by the reverend father:*'I die willingly, because it is God’s will. I have made my peace with Him. My innocence may be, I pray God, proved some day. For all that, I forgive those who are the cause of my being here. If I have offended anyone, I beg forgiveness. I bid good-bye to all. I would like to say more, but make it short, because it is hard to me to stand here longer. I thank all who have been kind to me in my last days.”This statement had been signed by Rose in the presence of warden Lemon and Rev. father Althoff.Besides Rose and the reverend father, sheriff Tuck, hangman Radcliffe andtwo jail guards were on the scaffold. Those present had a full view of the platform of the scaffold, but all below the platform was hid from view by canvas. Underneath the scaffold was a pit four feet deep. The drop was IV2 feet, and there was not a twitch on the rope after the body dropped.Twenty minutes after the trap was sprung the jail surgeon, Dr. G. A. B. Hall, pronounced life extinct, and the black flag was run up from the staff 011 the main portion of the jail building, and remained flying for an hour.The jurors who viewed the body after it had been cut down, were W. F. Hani-ford. Fred .Bosquet, Arthur Poole. A. Tregillus, A. J. Marks and II. H. Avery.They returned the usual verdict in such cases, and the certificate for the burial of the body was delivered to the sheriff and by him handed over to the warden of the jail.The burial, which took place within the jail enclosure, was conducted with the rites of the Roman Catholic church, and when the body had been lowered into the grave, the lid of the box containing it was removed, and 500 pounds of lime were packed around the remains j and the work of destruction was Viom-! menced. By 10.30 o’clock the grave had j been filled up and everything pertaining i to the execution had been cleared away, j Those who were present, at the burial v.’cic father Althoff, J. A. Patcnaude, J.
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Nelson Tribune
Nelson, British Columbia, CA
Sat, Nov 22, 1902
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