Execution of Mrs Dean.
(By Telegraph — Pr«s» Asgociaioß.) IntrkcargiiiL, This Day. Minnie Dean wis executed iat eight o'.cjoek. She walked firrniy to th« ricceiJty -Death was : instiiiJCa.Bi&bus. Hundreds aseemb'ed ontsids the gasl. She slept three ho ura last »ighi r J oud had no breakfast. Later, Minnie Dean's parting words to the surgeon were :-j'' Don't let them kei-p me in agony, doc'or." She went to the scaffold apparently self-possessed, but when her legs were pinioned she gave way somewhet and swayed backwards and forwards, holding the warder's hand. The drop was seven feet nine inches. Death was instantaneous. To the Rev, Lindsay she said as far as the evidence was concerned the sentenca was justified, but protested innocence as far as intention and forethought was concerned.
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Inangahua Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 508, 12 August 1895, Page 2
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