EX-MILITIAMAN HANGED AT PENTONVILLE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 138, 10 June 1905, Page 13

EX-MILITIAMAN HANGED AT PENTONVILLE.

I Albert Bridgemaji. the ' J was executed on May 26 at Pentoavii'o I for the murder of Catherine Rallard. fhe \ mother of hw sweetheart. iv ComptonI street. Bloomshury. imj March 4. Karly in rim year Bridgetnan was sent tn prisou. awl in consequence tn o engage- 1 I nient was broken «.rr. On >is release from j gaol Brideeman gave wiiy to drink. On 1 the day of tho murder he called on Mrs ■ Rnllard. and they wont nut drinking to-; j githor. apparently on pond terms. <>n her return home he attacked her' i with a poker, and afterwards rut her ) i throar. Ho madp his escape in a cab. bnt f was arrested the next dciv in Tho street ' 1 where ihe murder was committed. At j ibe trial the judge !i»ld out no hope of | reprieve. Since his condemnation Eridgcman sbow- ; eil signs of contrition, but assorted that Ihf was nit in his right mind at the time' jh« committed the murder. Heath is stat-1 ;ed to have been instantaneous, and the j I execution is said to have been carried ont ! ! without a hitch. An inquvst was held on the body I later In the Jay when the coroner observed that the convict ! attended tbe iuqnest of the murdered woman and made an absolute confession of : the crime, even to describing the last hlo;v. Dr. William C. SutlWan. assistant mcdiI cal officer. gay ■ evidence that death was Instantaneous, resulting from a fractured 1 spine, and added that no nmoward incid-: cut attended the execution. ' The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence. ———— ——— f