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  2. LAST HOURS.

    MELBOURNE, Monday, 9 a.m.—The doomed man Deeming's last hours have been marked by a composure on his part that has considerably surprised the prison ...

    Article : 609 words
  3. ON THE SCAFFOLD.

    At three minutes to 10 the unhappy man was hurriedly brought from his cell. The fall front of the white cap being raised, exposed the livid pallor of his ...

    Article : 277 words
  4. THE MORNING OF THE DAY.

    At a very early hour on Monday morning crowds of people began to gather outside the gaol. The prison walls, which stood out gaunt and grim against the morning sky, seemed to possess ...

    Article : 246 words
  5. THE INQUEST.

    At half-past 11 o'clock the inquest was held in the inquest room inside the walls of the gaol by Mr. Candler, acting city coroner, and a jury of seven, with Michael Sheahan, grocery ...

    Article : 425 words
  6. A BAD NIGHT.

    The murderer, who has lately complained of sleeplessness, spent a bad night, and arose early. After making a scanty breakfast be was visited by the Bev. Mr. Scott, who found him in ...

    Article : 356 words
  7. LAST WORDS.

    The prisoner opened his mouth to speak, and the words came so faint and tremulous as to be scarcely audible, as though he was laboring under a tremendous emotion or like one in a dream, ...

    Article : 294 words
  8. HIS BEQUESTS.

    He spent all his spare time on Sunday in writing the statement that he intends, so he says, to bequeath to the newspapers, and inditing private letters to his friends. He ...

    Article : 600 words
  9. INTERVIEW WITH REV. MR. SCOTT.

    On being interviewed this morning Mr. Scott, the gaol chaplain, said that he saw Deeming yesterday afternoon, and under circumstances which led him fully to expect a free ...

    Article : 868 words
  10. AFTER HANGING.

    The horrible ceremony was performed with more dispatch than any that has yet been enacted within the Melbourne Gaol. I was permitted the grim privilege ot seeing the hanged ...

    Article : 343 words
  11. THE EXECUTION.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.—At 9.30 the gaol doors were opened to those whose unfortunate business required them to be present at the gruesome ceremony. About 60 persons, only 20 of ...

    Article : 433 words
  12. DEEMING'S PRAYER.

    The last hour of life, which Deeming spent in the Melbourne Gaol this morning, was a very bitter one in many respects. The Revs. Whitton and Forbes went into the cell at about 20 minutes ...

    Article : 194 words
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