LIEUTENANT SCHMIDT'S EXECUTION.
WHY HE WAS SHOT. St. Petersburg,* March 22. It is reported that Lieutenant Schmidt's sentence was commuted from hanging to shooting because no hangman could be persuaded to cany out the sentence.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13134, 24 March 1906, Page 5
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35LIEUTENANT SCHMIDT'S EXECUTION. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13134, 24 March 1906, Page 5
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