AUSTRALIA.
A TRIPLE EXECUTION. United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. (Received December 14, 11.20 p.m.) PERTH, December 14. Hagen, Espade and Marques were executed to-day for the murder of Liebglib. Hagen died protesting his innocence. The other two were hanged an hour later. Espade, who owned to his guilt on the scaffold, twice moved hifl pinioned arms, and held on to the slack of the rope. Chief Warder Webster was standing on the trap, to hold the rope free when the bolt was drawn, and fell with the convicts into the well, receiving severe injuries to his head, which necessitated his removal to the hospital. Death was instantaneous in tho case of the convicts. THE LATE LADY RAWSON. (Received December 15, 1.7 a.m.) SYDNEY, December 14. An impressive service in memory of Lady Rawson was held in St Andrew's Cathedral.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 13933, 15 December 1905, Page 5
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139AUSTRALIA. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 13933, 15 December 1905, Page 5
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