WHARTON EXECUTED.
A REPORTED CONFESSION. [press association.] (Received July 17, 10.30 a.m.) BRISBANE, This Day. Wharton, "Jvho 'is under sentence ol death on a •charge of murder, has, it as said, admitted 'his identity as Butter, who made himself notorious in 'Dunedin Gom© years ago. (Received July 17, 12.3 p.m.) BRISBANE, This Day. James Wharton, th© murderer of William Munday, was hanged at Brisbane this morning. The condemned man slept well, and ate a hearty breakfast. On the scaffold he expressed sorrow for the deed, and said he hoped that if there was a heaven he would receive mercy. WKarton -was greatly agitated. His head was almost torn from the body. He mad© no reference to his supposed identity with Butler.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19050717.2.42
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 14, 17 July 1905, Page 5
Word Count
121WHARTON EXECUTED. Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 14, 17 July 1905, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in