| Show Hanged CRAWFOBDSVILLE Ind October 16 John WCoffee was hanged here today He was executed for the murder of an old man named McMullen and his wife on January lastthe house being burned afterwards to hide his crime He made three confessions during his imprisonment imprison-ment implicating at various times several others On the strength of one of these James Dennis was also sentenced tenced to death but was given a new trial by the Supreme Court Coffee was utterly prostrated He refused food and had to be carried to the scaffold Before the drop fell he made a short speech The rope broke twice but was adjusted satisfactorily and in twelve minutes life was extinct |
