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Show ROBBING GIBBET 01 ITS IGNOMINY. The following notable story is related by Father Fa-ther Walsh, S. J., in a publication of the Irish Catholic Truth Society: "More than 50 years ago an Irishman was hanged for an attempted murder, then a capital offense. of-fense. I myself remember the circumstances of the case, but I have the facts from the priest who prepared the convicted but innocent man for death. This man was arrested, tried, found guilty and sentenced to be hanged. A strong effort was made to get a commutation, but in vain; the government would not yield. When the effort to secure commutation com-mutation was being made the only one who wished it not to succeed was the condemned man himself. He was a man of simple faith, who had the habit for years of reading portions of the New Testa- ; ment every Sunday; and therefore came, as a matter mat-ter of course, to have great admiration and love of our Lord, the divine Model. Hence he said to the priest who prepared him for death: "'I could never be made so like Christ as I should be if put to death as a criminal and yet innocent in-nocent and resigned.' " i |
