HANGMAN RESIGNS.
NOW TRAVELLER FOR BLANKETS.
ReceivecT“Mai'eh 20, 10.40 a.m. LONDON, March 19. John Ellis, tlie hangman, has resigned. He executed 200 persons, including Crippen and Sir Roger Casement, lie was formerly a barber, and is now a traveller for blankets. He is a sensitive, nervous man. "When ho kept fowls he got a friend to wring their necks.—A, and N.Z. cable.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 970, 20 March 1924, Page 5
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62HANGMAN RESIGNS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 970, 20 March 1924, Page 5
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