Telegraphic News.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 1974, 13 August 1895, Page 2

Telegraphic News.

[By EtißOTiiio Telegraph.J

[From our Spkckial Corrspokdknt.]

Chiustohui'csh, August 12. The second day's races took place yesterday. The weather was cold and rainy and the course sodden. August Handicap Flat—Boadonwell 1, Marino 2, Lord oi Misrule 3. Dividend £15 18s and £14 9s Id. Christcharch Hunt Clhb Cop—The Bng 1, Victor 2, Pastime 3. Divider.d £7 7s and. £7 ss. New Zealand (Jrand National Handicap Hurdle Race—Donald M'Kinnon 1, Barnardo 2, Couronto 3. Dividend £6 5s and £3 13s. Beaufort Handicap Steeplechase—Roscins 1, Marechal Neil 2, Chrystaii 3. Dividend £3 6s 6d aud £3 3s. Second Hunterß* Handicap---Gillie 1, Repo 2, Armstrong 3 Fin»l Hunters' Handicap—Brin 1, War Dance 2, King John 3. Ladies' Bracelet—

Rotoma 1, Tavistock 2, Pilgrim 8

Ait the Supreme Court before Justice Denhiston, Robert Carlyle was sentenced to 2 years' imprisonment for house breaking. James Red was acquitted on a charge of stealing gold from the Museum. Three Bills '.were found against all the accused except Otene Kukn Karahiana for attempted -bUicide and Thomas Kennedy for theft.

Ikvicrcagill, August 12.

Minnie Dean was executed this morning. She _l»pt from 11 30 last night till 3 o'clock. She took no breakfast nnd only a sip from a glass of spirit, given her by the gaoler's surgeon, At throe minutes to eight the Sheriff demanded tbe body, and at two minutes pant eight Minnie Dean was dead. " Don't let them keep me in agony Doctor," wero her parting worda to the .Surgeon. She marched from the cell wi'.h her arms pinioned behind her and up the steps of the scaffold on to the trap door, apparently the most seUpossessed of tho dismal procession. She stood ba'tl ss and. erect, facing the west, a ' black board marking tbe grave of Walsh, Uie Wainawa murderer, being directly in front of her, while tbe hangman adjusted the rope and placed the white cap on her ; then her legs were pinioned, and for the first time the marvellous will power of the woman to a certain extent gave way. She swayed to and fro, holding firmly the warder's hand. In reply to the question of the Sheriff, " Do you wish te say anything before you leave this world ?" she said " No, except that I am innocent." After her legs were .pinioned she 'said, «■* Oh God, let mo not suff r." Tbe hangman drew tho Wer, and all was over, death being 'instantaneous. The drop allowed wjs- 7ft 9in, and the ecajßpld used was the one built for the 'execution bf Captain J'arvey, bf Dunedin, who poisoned bis wife about a quarter of a century ago To ihe Rev. Mr Liridnay, Minnie Dean stated that as far as the evidence was concerned, the sentence, was justified - , but _he protested her innocence as regarded inteniion and forethought. The only persons present besides the gaol officers were the sheriff, the doctor, the magistrate and tbe Press reporters. The body of Mrs Dean has been claimed' by her husband, be buried in the Winton Cemetery. It is understood that Minnie Dean left a written statement, which will be forwarded to the Government, placing a different aspect on the case from that inferred from tbe trisl. T)uring the execution, a boy fell from the roof A a building''tn the ground, a dista_i_e of 30ft, fracturing his skull