Execution of Caffrey and Penn.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2034, 23 February 1887, Page 2

Execution of Caffrey and Penn.

jTbe execution of Uatlrey nod Penn tor the Qpat Barrier murder took place at 8 o'clock ©•Monday tnormn" at the Auckland Gun'Abbw minutes bvfuio « the gaoi hell sound)d. a# the procession of warders and the conj&iaed men and chaplains passed from toe ■Zactory yard. The prisoners, after taking their positions upon the scaffold, kiased •Ah other, and then the church service bc«n. As it concluded, the executioner eAipleted bis pinioning of the coulemucd n2t> end drew t!l * w| iite c’P» over ,heir heads, finishing up by adjusting the hollers teftnd their necks. The prisoners appui. •mly died without a struggle, and the eatcotiqn was carried out without auy incident to heighten the horror inseparable from the sudden launching of two human beings into etarnity. No statement or address of any kiad was made from the scaffold. Penn wa prepared first, and Caffrey standing opposite to him awaited hia turn without tremor. Almost before the eneclators had time to draw breath the drop door swung back with a creaking noise, and Hie piisoners disappeared from view into the enclosure beneath, due ropes stiffened, and then, almost without a tremor, the execution was complete.