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Show Heart Biirsts While on Scaffold Doomed Man Dies From Fright While Noose Is Being- Adjusted y Hangman. M'ONTREAli, Que.; Jllnb IS; Physicians Physi-cians claim that Thebpbllo tBe-ldnger, tBe-ldnger, 'wbd dlbd bii the' "ncaffold mat Friday whiib tbb nbd'se wn'9 being ajdusted, sustblned d brbften lieaft. Thbugli he' bad acknowledged r'ejlgldh dnd declared his readiness to 'die it was evident thdt from flve Jn.tho morning until tho last act o.f..,tho tragedy tra-gedy tli'6 riidrderer was bo frlghtone'd that thpr'o was a dahge'r at hny indment of a rupture of thb heart, and this was just, what happened. t w,t Piclanger walked nrmly up tp.e l--f9t high scaffold, and -wnHi rils nerves Wbrbed tb bb pKqtly well Under cdrttrol doctdrs saw Uiat thero ,was danger In the hedrt. RadclJfC, tho hangman pulled tho thick cap o.Vcr .Belanger'tf head as thp -prayers for the.dy.ln& w.ere finished and adjusted tho. nppse As .the hangman placed his foot upon the leyer there was a click which told that the trap was sprung-.. It was,,, that click which killed Belanger... Before the bpdy had reached the bottom of the Orfoot drop the heart had ceaspd to bct. Fright caused the rbpture and thougH the hdck was.bro.kcp death was .directly dde to the "stoppage pf the, peh-rt, DrR. Forget ahd. Oulmet Pnch grasped rt wrjst as the rope became . taut and for fifteen minutes they Eodght in. valri for pulsation. Thero was not even the remotest sign of circulation In tho velnp. Whep the body, was lowered fifteen minutes ldtcb art examination siidwe'd that thp nck was broken and hat. tbe-Jicart. had burst. .The phyeU clani wefe.sreatiy pd;zlgd until thp autopsy showed tlio cadse of Instant death. |