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EXECUTION IN A PLAY. REALISTICALLY CARRIED OUT. (Preso Association—By Telegraph Copyright.] LONDON, December 13. A professional hangman named John Ellis, who retired in 1924 because his nerve gave way after hanging Mrs Thomson, appeared at the Grand Theatre, Gravesend, in a melodrama entitled “ Life and Adventures of Charles Ho hud to execute Peace, which h© did in full view of an enthusiastically excited audience, with the promptness and expedition of long practice. . , Li an interview he said that he was more nervous than in a real execution. Ho had carried out 203 executions, for which he had received £lO each, plus travelling and other expenses. He was not pensioned, so he had to earn a living the best way offering. He added that this stage execution went beautifully. In view cf the comment aroused action is expected to be taken. —A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20282, 15 December 1927, Page 12
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