ENGLISH WOMAN HANGED
MURDERED HER HUSBAND
EFFORTS FOR
REPRIEVE
For the Arst time for more than eight years, a woman was executed in England recently. She was Mrs. Ethel Lille Major (42), who was sentenced to death for poisoning her husband with strychnine. The sentence was carried out at Hull Prison,
The execution took place at 9 n.m., In accordance, with the arrange- ments carried out by the prison
authorities.
No signal was given recording the execution, and the crowd out- sido the prison, which numbered about 260, and which included nearly 100 women, had no indica, tion of the moment of Mrs. Major's passing.
The Brst official Intimation that the law had taken its course was given at 9.05, when the doors of the prison
three opened and warders emerged, bearing a board. On the board were two documents. One was signed by the Under- who Sheriff, Mr. Reynolds Scorrer, declared that judgment of death had been executed on Mrs. Major in his prosenco and in the presence of others. Other signatures attached to this document were those of the Governor, Captain Roberts, and the Rev. W. M. Fraser,
The other document was signed by the prison doctor, Dr. R. J.
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Barlowe, who declared that he had examined the body of Mrs. Major and found that she was dead,
THE INQUEST
The inquest on Mrs. Major was held later in the morning by the Hull Coroner. Dr. J. Divine, when the jury, who did not view the body, returned a verdict of "Death by Judicial hanging.“
Captain E. D. Roberts, Governor of the prison, gave evidence of Identity, and said that the sentence was properly carried out in hie presence.
The Coroner-Was it carried out In a humane and expeditious man- ner?
Captain Roberts-It was. The Coroner-Was there any hitch7--There was no hitch.
EFFORTS FOR REPRIEVE
It was on November 1 that Mrs. Major, who lived at Kirkby-on- Bain. Lincolnshire, was sentenced to death at Lincoln Assizes, the jury adding a recommendation to morey, but it was not unt) just over a week ago that efforts were
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KINGS OF
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ARISTOCRATS AT ANNUAL SHOW
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Aristocrats of the cat world gathered under are lights in a room marked "No dogs admitted" for the National Cat Club's forty-fifth Championship Show at the Crystal Palace recently. There were 1,000 entries cats nombre, cats gay, cats bored and cats Trisky. Siamese and Manx tailless cats are gaining in popularity; indeed, they may one day oust the long-haired blue Persians. Smooth gingers have a large entry this year. also tortoise- shell-and-whites. The majority at the show were Persians,
A smooth silver tabby had green velvet to aleap on and peach slik curtains round to keep of the draught. Four blue Poralans have a collophane wrapper round their cage to keep out dust. No food, thank you! There fan ble notice outside the cage-"No Feeding. By Order" Mistresses say that meat and fish disarrange carefully groomed whiskers, A tip for owners of long-haired cats-clean them with a vacuum cleaner. Run the air through for about three minutes till it is warm and even the most obstinate cat will turn on its back and have its chest dry, clanned. The championship of the show was won by Miss Audrey Steer, of Porchester Square, W. with her male chinchilla long-haired Champlon Thistledown Carus.
made to secure n reprieve. Then a petition was opened in the district, and 150 of the 205 inhabitants of the village signed it.
After the Home Secretary's deci- sion on Monday not to recommend a reprieve, further efforts were made to induce him to alter his decision, without suceers.
Until a few minutes before the time fixed for the execution, the Lord Mayor of ilul. Alderman A. Stark, was waiting and hoping for?" some communication from the Home Office which would say that Mrs. Major should not hang.
In a telegram to the King and Queen, Alderman Stark said: The impending execution is giving great distress to thousands of our women, and it is earnestly plended that Her Majesty may use her influence in mercy being shown at this eleventh hour to a woman and a mother." The telegram was transmitted to the Home Secretary,
It was learned in Hull that the Home Secretary had made every possible effort to find an adequate reason for giving effect to tho jury's recommendation to mercy. Before his decision had been given against reprieve on. Mon. day, two medical experts from the Home Office had visited the prison and spent a considerable period with Mrs. Major, In an endeavour to discover, grounds on
which they could certify her mental con- dition to be responsible for her actions. They were unable to find anything to support this view, and it was after their re- turn to London that the Home Secretary decided not to interfere with the due course of the law.
LORD MAYOR'S DISAPPOINTMENT
The Lord Mayor of Hull was deeply disappointed at the failure of his efforts to obtain a reprieve.
"I had the backing of all shades of opinion in Hull," he said. "In uddllion, there have been shoals of lettera and telegrams, and scores of Telephone calls, from various parts of the country, expressing support for our attempts to get a reprieve.
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"Many people in Hull feel very deeply about it. What seems make it even more tragic is that it should have happened at this time (of the year-at the season of peace and goodwill. We asked for this spirt of goodwill to be put into operation and this is the result. It is a bitter disappointment."
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Garbo May Marry
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Mr. George Brent, the divorced husband of Miss Ruth Chatterton.
The world's most famous film star and the English actor are 'clone friends. So much Hollywood re- ports.
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