THE RUAHINE MURDER.
ROTTMAN EXECUTED. WELLINGTON, March 8,
Arthur Rottman, the young German who was sentenced to death at Wanganui on February 13 for the murders of‘Joseph M'Cann’ Lucy Mary M'Cann, and John Joseph M'Caiin, an 'infant, at Ruahine on December 28, was executed in the Terraco Gaol at 8 a.m. to-day. The arrangements, which were supervised by the sheriff (Mr W. A. Hawkins), were carried out without a hitch, and death was instantaneous. On the scaffold, when asked by the sheriff if he had anything to say, Rottman, in a firm, low voice, remarked: “ I know nothing of -what I have dona to these poor people. I am willing to pay the penalty of the crime. It does not appear to me like fi horrible sentence, but a great relief. I will die happy, facing the great entrance into a better life, and may God forgive the man that caused my death and a great many more deaths. II this war had never taken place I would still be a free man. I say good-bye to you all, and God be with you till we meet again.”
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Otago Witness, Issue 3183, 17 March 1915, Page 63
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188THE RUAHINE MURDER. Otago Witness, Issue 3183, 17 March 1915, Page 63
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