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LIFE FOR LIFE
Emily Kaye Avenged.
MAHON EXECUTED.
LONDON, Wednesday. — Patrick
Mahon was executed to-day without a
hitch. He walked to the scaffold firm-
ly. He did not speak, but met death
stoically.
Mahon was found guilty of the mur-
der of Miss Emily Kaye at a bungalow,
situated, at Thc Crumbles, a lonely
stretch of sand near Eastbourne.
[Briefly told thc history of this re-
volting case, according to the evidence
is: Miss Emily Kaye, a very capable
book-keeper and typiste, of London,
met Mahon in thc course of business.
She fell passionately in love with the
man, and went to live with him at Thc
Crumbles. She is alleged to have been
aware of the fact that he was a married
man. She told a friend she would never
throw Mahon over. She thought she
must be living out of her time. She
belonged to the age of cave-dwellers.
After the murder Mahon locked the
place up and went to London. His
subsequent actions tell of a callous-
ness which is almost beyond belief. He
visited friends and engaged in game
of bowls. They noticed nothing to com-
ment on in his demeanor. He later re-
turned to The Crumbles, with a Miss
Emily Duncan, who lived with him
there for several days. During the time
he was in London he purchased—so he
told the police—a knife and saw. With
these instrumentss he cut up the body
of his victim. Portions he boiled; oth-
er portions were burned. Other parts
he placed in sacks and carried away.
The most careful search has failed to
discover more than the burnt fragments
of the dead woman's skull, and a few
ornaments which were recognised as
having belonged to her. The crime was
discovered when, after leaving a trunk
at a railway station, he returned to
claim it. During his absence an official
whose suspicions were aroused by an
offensive odor, caused the trunk to be
opened, when it was found to contain a
woman's blood-stained garment. The
police were communicated with and ar-
rested Mahon on his return.
During the course of the trial Mahon
admitted that he had bought the knife
and saw before—not after Miss Kaye's
death
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