STAGE EXECUTION.
AN EXCITED AUDIENCE. (Received Wednesday, 5.25 a.m.) LONDON, Tuesday. The professional hangman, John Ellis, who retired in 1924 because his nerve gave way after hanging Mrs Thompson, appeared at the Grand Theatre at Gravesend in the melodrama, “ The Life and Adventures of Charles Peace.” He had to execute Peace, which he did in full view of an enthusiastically excited audience, with the promptness and expedition resulting from long practice. In an interview, Ellis said that he was more nervous than in a real execution. lie had carried out 203 executions, for which he had received £lO each, plus travelling and other expenses. He was not pensioned, so lie had to earn a living the best way offering, lie added: ‘‘This stage execution went beautifully.” In view of the comment that has been aroused, action is expected to be taken.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 14 December 1927, Page 5
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