DOUMER ASSASSIN

Northern Advocate, 15 September 1932, Page 6

DOUMER ASSASSIN

-"death penalty paid "-OOUGOLOFF GUILLOTINED. ■ very short warning. (United Press Association—By Electric • Telegraph—Copyright.) ' - (Received 9 a.m.) ■ PARIS, September 14. . "The Russian, Gougoloff, assassin of the . late President Doumer, was guillotined at dawn today. ■Growds of people last evening paraded the Boulevard Arago, overlooking, the spot in front of the Santo Pri- ' sonj“ where, in the dead of night, the gtullotirie was erected. The condemned man was given no warning of tlie -imminence of his death until half am- hour previously. His wife had ’ ca\led to pay her usual Tuesday visit, "bdt'.'was refused admission to the ;gh!Sl- . spent his last night on 'eay|h sleeping handcuffed in his coll, which he shared with another prisonef;».The light in the cell was never extinguished. ' -The Russian's counsel, M. Henri Giraud, entered the prison before dawn with a Russian priest and interpretHe said the condemned man’s wife would claim his body. .'A .great crowd had gathered in the •vicinity by midnight, but only sol•diers, police and officials and those ' connected with the case saw the grue•sqffie scene at close .quarters. HIS LAST WORDS. ,s:' PLEA FOR FORGIVENESS. (Received 9.30 a.m.) ■ ■- ■. ■ . PARIS,' September 14. ! ■ .ffliixn neither a Monarchist nor a Communist. I have nothing against ••France nor President Doumer. I hope the child, shortly expected to my wife,' will be trained to follow his principles. Forgive me everyone. Oh," Russia, my country, I die courageous-" ly! '” 1 .