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Show Murderer Strangled to Death. Union, Mo. William Itudolph was hanged in tlio Jail yard nt 10:01 o'clock Monday. Ills neck was not broken and ho strangled thlrtocn minutes min-utes beforo being pronounced dead. His mother and step-father bade him farowoll In his cell, after which Rudolph Ru-dolph announced that ho was ready to go. Rudolph walkod to tho scaffold with a firm step and said nothing after leaving his cell. Sheriff Gehlort sprung tho trap. About 200 persons witnessed tho execution. |