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Show I leenlriirjrllilritar Cuiinisall, Otil., lA'C. 10. James Hlavlu, alias McMatioit, was executed this innrnlng lu the prisenco of about tllty wllmtsis. Thu exeiutlou was by the counterweight method nuil thu body was quUkly Jerked up when the wilghtu as released. In ten minutes he was pronounced dead. The crime for which hu was haugtd wis the murder on tho last of Hoptember of Constable J, II, l.AVey, while trjlng In arrest him for the shooting nnd wounding ol two other men. Hlavln was u generally rough character. He irtsorved a Btolo demeanor to tho end aud refused the consolation of religion. |