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Show NEGRO MURDERER DIES ON GALLOWS Edwin J. Tapley Pays the Penalty for Killing His Wife. , NEW TORK. Dec 22. Edwin J. Tap- ley, a negre wife murderer, was hangeC. i at the county Jail In Jersey City today. It was said that Tapley had arranged r with a clergyman to signal with his hands, after the drop fell to show that he waa alive and realized what was r transpiring. Tapleys hands did twitch ! convulsively, but the Rev. Emll Meury, with whomlt was sail he had arranged ' to make the signals and who witnessed f the hanging, refused to say whether the I movements of the bands were like the ' ? prearranged signals. After the rope had been placed about ; Tapley's neck and he waa asked! whether he had anything to say, he re-' t plied: "Gentlemen. I am guilty of this crime, exceedingly guilty. I am awry f for It. She led me Into it by torturing - I me. I am sorry for It and sm Justly: 1 punished." . When the hangman stepped forward to tighten the rope. Tapley collapsed and fell to his knees. The doctors examined : i the body seven minutes after It had shot' . through the trap and found evidence of - life. The man waa pronounced dead' . : Just thirteen minutes after the trap was ' j sprung. j |