"GLAD To SEE HIM HANGED."
An account of the execution of six of the raeu concerned in the murder. of th&'Fijenfh and German Consuls at Salonica is sent by. a correspondent of the Daily News) T*hey tfSre undoubtedly (the writer says) among the murderers of the Consuls, but they were notorious as assassins, aud consequently nieu inuH likely to be employed by others than to originate such a deed. The wite of one, as he struggled iv the air, expressed her pleasure at his death, rejoicing at uer freedom trom such a monster. Another had recently extorted money from his own mother with a violeuce which caused bet death. wfouem dle'dwith a.faW-itOTOfom wmch great brutality seems" to give,- Thty were executed by the seashore., Eaeh'of ituom, as his turn came, refused the assistance of the officials, and placing the rope around his neck, kicked the stool fruni under iiis feet. In a later letter the same correspondent states that the Commisionors are still pursuing thoir investigations into the murder ot the Consuls, but they have not .beeuvtry successful, Wiqa io tJie difficulty of oiitaiu'ing evidence.' Mftdy persons who wtre arrested have been discharged because no one would come forward and speak against them.
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Evening Post, Volume XIV, Issue 45, 22 August 1876, Page 2
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203"GLAD To SEE HIM HANGED." Evening Post, Volume XIV, Issue 45, 22 August 1876, Page 2
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