EXECUTION OF SUB-INSPECTOR MONTGOMERY.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume I, Issue 29, 15 November 1873, Page 11

EXECUTION OF SUB-INSPECTOR MONTGOMERY.

The sub-mspector, Thomas Hartley Montgomery, was executed in Omagh Gaol on August 25, for the murder of Mr Glasse, cashier of the bank in Newto irnstewart. The culprit was attended by three clergymen — two Church of England and one Methodist— who sat up with him until a late hoar 5 and they were impressed with a strong belief in his sincere penitence. He wrote a letter to Mrs Glasse come days ago, deploring his crime and asking her forgiveness. None of his relatives visited him. At half-past six o'clock in the morning he breakfasted, and afterwards received the Sacratneafc. At eight o'clock the preparations for the execution were made, and the culprit walked with a calm and steady step upon the scaffold. He retained his:selfpossession to the last, exclaiming with great fervour as he stepped upon tlie drop, " Lord, have mercy upon me ! " Two minutes alter the drop fell he was dead . < 1