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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 656, 31 December 1880, Page 2

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|FROMOpOWOOKKPfiPOJfpBJ(T| ' W E L LIB G;T ON.' • ' " 'This Day.' J 'ln the cricket match Nelffon v Wellingtmi,tlio:funiier:iii theMnt:inniugs.inade> JlO, and tlje latter 45. Play continues '° d4y ' OHRISTCHUiIOH, : , - 30ih. ' Heavy hailstorms; passed .over the plains, doing'uredt 'damagd to crops. ' • f 23 cases on,trial at the Supreme Court. 5. .THE EXECUTIONiOF. ; TUHIL_i Taa'| i. f y v h V* nA* Hi ' :' (Frimrthe N^ZuTimes.)■ \ l c ■! mJ'\V '>£/

li®^BipsiSi lilii(iPiPiSffi|p|^ piissiiiiip® flooring, of'iron.' JJeiii]3 l "by ,t single the oxeeu,, '•fl,t|ii),!viif tfw drop to lie removed, aoilial' hum which ilia,mpe and' iiouae" 'hung. stone in woiylitv, vvaa «iveii H dn»j» ofsoiglit: feet, In case of heaviernien ilia di«[i i« '.proportional ely■■less.-- Tim persons ;it tlie execution cotisisted of tlio shentf, S.' Allen, t£nq,, Mr Head, the'governor of the "hoI; i)i';7Giil''ii, : ther,reprefeiitives-of tliO'PieMf'Aicl'ileaiMi Stuck, 1 Suuerm« teiuleiu Bhu.iiiiiaii, Mr Fumed,''the prisoner's counsel,; Sergeants -Anderson-; anil Bur/enshawptwiV constables,one : or tivo of the pulilic admitted; iis^peuUtors.;

. At three, minutes'to.eiulit o'clock ilie; sliuiitt, accompanied by the governor, i>f the gaol, went throtigh.-the rind approached the door oM'uln's rived; -i here,the sliferiif producing his' warrant ■ and duinrtiided- frooi: - the governor that he should deliver up the con vict Tuhi to be handed .over -to the executioner. 1 The; governor thenentered the cell, and presently brought out Tuhi - with hia arms pinoned at the elbonrs with? a ■ strap« Then a .sort of procession '.was i formed . in - 'the . following:; order:—The itjovtsrnor of the gaol led, followed by'Dr Gillon and ; the chief , warder; 'then * cameTulii pinioned/ closely followed by Mar*, jaiialltlie hangmiiiii; Archdeacon Stock, reading the-burial 'service.,-..Tuhi walked. steadily along.the 1 easy, 'lounging stride, ;aud Btolid-un'concerued. face, .;.passed ,' through the narrow door on the' left, 'mounted, the steps;: and directed' by;the. old v. grey bearded and; thin pittlenian,^witba.- curious, puckered,face'placed himself on the very'centre of ; "the drop." ;to ' tlie' platform} cdiitinued to. read , the [solemn words of, tHe.bunal. services -Then\ •the hangman,' pulled; out some . leather straps, deftly • bound the legs of Tuhi, pulled the! white cap"over his face and jtHen tlia preparationa were'ccJinplete. But at this 1 supreme'moriient, had . evi-: jdehtljf'something on his;miiidr j He lifted ' .his baud, and, despite. tl)e pinionjiigflf hia elbows, pushed up the white frbhj hia face, and essaying to speak. The:Yener-able.-.Archdeacon JdiSsuadedsTuhvifroni-: 'speaking, as the time had passed for<that, ! ; and at this moment, thp-haigman:again approaching the doomed" man-, pulled'the jwhite cap over his faci*, mid finally, adjust: ed his position on the drop, looking speseethatthesplicfid_ knotof "the [uboße,!:';";had not "shifted l from : its" proper position on the left side of the neck/ khushed silence ensued as Tuhi etood alone, ■•pa the <JF'ip._ The han»m;m had. dissap-' peare'd;%hi^d"i^^^ iof'-the; clergyraant : -w44;': jitijl reading the buri#ftrvicevwlwi the leyer was depressed, the lips .of tlio. drop fell with a loud'ciash ;. there was 'a kind of "boom" or. ( !pihg" of the straightened rope, and Tuhi hung suspended; a . !dead man. He died in a tan tan eo ut sly, T lie thespjefjtiflgadiusttueaL.of.the rope,and the long fall di§ 1 ()o^tec| t I}e vertebraa, Qpn» •hecfi'tig"•»lie brain. and neijk'/fiU) : the. : spinal column. The criminal did not.die bf.pphyxia,"'. or- • brain scougestionror .'pressure (if t|)p fope on the wind-pipe. He died the. monjent the-drop fell,- because Ins neck, was broken. A post n)orteip expinatiqii of the neolj: of-'jihe criipinal ghmys thi? to be beygnd. In many sages of the execuhoj) of crinunals, thp shock of "tho fall" to the system causes uncoiisqiuusqess, bqt the ,nack' -isnut.broken,' Strangulation then completes the.extiiiction o| life, - The exeoutioa was. quickly carried out, as Tuhi left his cell at eight o'clock to.mount the sciffold, and at ft ur minutes past that hour was'dead. •At 20 minutes past eight, your reporter yisite# t|jo uijtjer of the; scaffold. Tuhi Ij.ung sijspjijdgd al)(tijt two feet from the ground. The splice holq of the noose justed between the throat and chin ot of.the criminal;-had shifted with the height of tlje fajl tq tender tl)e left ear, and the head was slightly bent to the left side! The":body Ijungliiiipand motionlessr The hands' were not clenched, and' the , legs were perfectly straight. When the body. was.cut down, and the rope removed'/.here'was. only a slight depression and abrasion of the skin'to show the mark of the noose. . • - -

.;• r A.t'lO a;in., Mr Davy, R;M., held the formal iii«ije>t ?qi} Jlj'e body/ ;• A jury of |6 were present, t|ie inquiry bjin? ljeld (n tjie hospital room of the new portion of. the gaol. Mr Davy stated that, of course, the circumstances. of the death were notorious, but the law required a formal /verification as to the mode of death, and that }ts'Bei)ieuce bad been duly icarried out. The jury then viewed tlje body, -which laid in a. coftjii ii) the bqtlpom, Die features .of. the deceased were extremely placid,'and but for a ahght diacoloration of the necky, the body mijjht have .passed for- that of; a sleeping-man. The- witnesses tyere Air Allan (the s tariff), ilr Read (the -governor;- of the gaol), Dr. Gillon (acting for Dr Johnston; the medical officer; of.;•/ the _ gftol)i -and. Sergeant-: Burtenaliaw.-. Mr' Allan .produced the Governor's warrant, and .deposed to -seeing the sentence, exeouted.according-tovlawr Di' GiUon deposed to. witnessing the eje-_ cution, and: examining. the;body ; at ,9.15.; There* waa: complete,- of*, the • fanp'oi|B. Mr Rejd testified, to identity, find to' (yitii'ejsiijg the fxejjtjtjog.j and' Sergeant Burtensnaw - dejiospd been present. The jury furned averfhct I'. That the deceased earner to his death by lfanginV according' to Jaw." ' sr * ■■' „ i The'grav67.to receive: the.body.of the"; convict was dug dqriug ;the-forenoonsbyj: two prisoners. It is untlio front enclosure' iu q line ff|t}| the graves, of four executed mejij and ia C(j)lins, Jlip.bHrjaUpok p'fpotjgsen in the evening,'Archdeacon.StocEijjfficiSr-" tine. The others present were.only the Governor of the Gaol and several warders and prisoners. " ' >. ■ LETTER. FROTTUBI TO THE GOVERNOR ' - ' V - * j : x • & i * A letter, of .which the following ig | translation, was addressed bysuhisto his Excellency the * ft ' t -I . R * HS^rrAttfj Go, this letter of mine, rojft ' lam°msing'to fe tiavea word to say t o||jf

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