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Show GOLLJTIiM Kjraud, the Strnngler, ;iaid the, J'enallyof lib Crimes at r4 7.IJO this Morning. . k His Iron Will Unshaken Even in the O Presence of the Given Instru- CO ment of Death- jj HE DIED WITHOUT FLINCHING Z o lie Angrily IJefused the Iteli- r geous Ministration of the l'rison Chaplin. Q Q His Neck Once Beneath the Uprights tha C4 Action of the Guillotine was y InstantaDeoas. f' m HIS HEAD SEVERED FROM HIS BODY. A Rolled Into tha Sawdiut-rilled Keep, tecla Prepared to Kacelve It Tha , Ilody l.lian to III. rrleada. Paiiis, Feb. 3. Michael Eyrand, tha murderer of the notary, B. (iouffe, was guillotined at 7:','0 this morning. Kyratid met his fate with fortitude and resignation. There were but fow witnesses of the execution owing to tha fact that the lime it was to take place was not generally known. ' When the governor of the prison of La Rotpiette and the prison chaplain, L'Abbe Eatire, were ushered into Ey rauil's cell a short time previous to the hour fixed for the condemned man's ex-crution, ex-crution, they found he was already up and dressed, evidently rewarned, con- trary to the rules, by some kind hearted official. Eyraud declined a glass of cognao which was tendered him, and in spite of the earnest solicitation of L'Abbe $ " Enure, the murderer positively, even '.' , angrily refused to listen to the priest's prayers; to pray himself, or to have any religious rites performed in his behalf Eyraud's iron wilt was not shaken even in presence of death, and ho con ; tinned impatiently to refuse religious consolation while on the death 'march t to the guillotine, which had beoJ erect-ed erect-ed during the night on the pla 'ede la Koquette. f The action of the guillotine, onca Eyraud's neck was well beneath the up- rights, was instantaneous. There was a Hash, and all was over, Fyraud'i bead had fallen into the sawdust-tilled receptacle which awaited it. Then followed the usual funeral and the body of Oouffe's murderer waa t handed over to his (Eyraud's) relations J and acquaintances. |