Show the th victim of f the hi lair fuu bonn doom with WOODSTOCK ont nov 14 at this ru morning orning reginald birchell Birc bell belI wag was launched into eternity for the murder of his fellow countryman F OBon odonwell 0 benwell Cen well he partook sparingly of breakfast at six then he began dogan to prepare for the final ordeal he ile pat put on a white flannel shirt with coat and vest but asked the turnkey to see that this was replaced by an ordinary white shirt with starched collar and tie ile lie ile would not wear a starched collar at the execution he be said because it might interfere with the placing of the rope around his neck nee at halt half past six and from then on a crowd began to collect ia in front of the jail chiefly newspaper men from all over canada and the united states staten at hak half past seven atie it a doors were all opened and the ere crowd w d admitted to pass through the yard in which h t the he a scaffold ca ff 0 I 1 d w was as erect erected e d about fifty were admitted the executioner appeared on the cene at about minutes before eight rope T in n band hand and began begin to put things in order birchell Birc bell did not bay say one word after leaving the cell except it might have been to mutter a word to wertham or wede wade when he bade them goodbye with a kiss at six minutes after he the procession had started from the corridor at the words deliver us from evil a dignal was given and a quick poll pull on the small rope b by th the executioner who stood behin behind tho the laws victim released the immense weight it troyed dropped with the rapidity of thought an and sank fix rit or eight inches in the ground by the force of its weight borchelt Bar chell had been placed close to one no of the uprights and the jerk j e r k of 0 f the t h e noose n 0 0 ee drew his h ts body i 0 o d y first obliquely 0 b 1 iq n e 1 y then t h e n up the tb e body b 0 d y wag was jerked op up into the air about five feet and then fell to within two eel feet of the crould the convulsions commenced half halt a minute were not at all violent more representing heavy breathing brea thice with a slight twitching twi ching of the thelinda binds hinda and stall legs at 8 tho the convulsions had bad ceased at dr ir chamberlain declared life ifo extinct he said the neck bad had been broken mrs birchell remained in the cell with her husband till 1 this morning when she was led away weeping birchell birchall slept very little but bis his demeanor daring during the night remained unchanged changed on he lie bad had an impression that some one would publish a bogus confession as by him BO so he prepared the following as his final statement WOODSTOCK JAIL nov I 1 10 80 it after my death there shall appear in the press or in ln any other manner whatsoever any bonfe confession aslon that I 1 bad had any hand band in the murder ot of F 0 benwell or any personal knowledge ct of aid said murder with intent or malice aforethought or any personal connection with the murder on the I 1 ith of fennary or other days or any knowledge that any such murder was likely to be committed or any statement further than any that 1 I may have made public previous to this date I 1 hand this statement to the care of 0 george perry ot of woodstock ontario that be he may know that any confes contusions ions or partial con entirely fictitious and were in no way ever written by me neither have they been demanded from BBB me in any form whatsoever by any ny person and the whole is fictitious and nd without a word of truth this likewise applies to my story in the jai 1 l in which I 1 have made no such confession or partial confession conf ossion thia this holda holds rood good throughout signed KEO rea HALL |