KIDNAPPER EXECUTED
FINAL APPEAL FAILS (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) SAN QUENTIN (Calif.), 22nd May. Alexander McKay, a British subject, who had been sentenced to death for kidnapping, was hanged to-day. The prisoner had issued one more appeal to the British people, but the British authorities declined to intervene further. Joseph Kristy, of Cleveland, convicted of a similar offence, was hanged with McKay.
Governor Merriam, of California, on 25th April reprieved McKay an hour before the time of hanging for kidnapping prison officials in a futile attempt to escape from San Quentin Prison on 16th January, 1935. The action was taken in response to a request by the British Government. McKay’s case aroused considerable interest in Britain, where public opinion expressed itself against his execution. The Secretary of State, Mr Cordell Hull, stayed execution for thirty days.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 25 May 1936, Page 9
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