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WOMAN HANGED
KINGS OF KATDOM
THE HONGKONG⠀⠀ TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JANUARY, 18, 1935.
MURDERED HER HUSBAND
EFFORTS FOR
REPRIEVE
For the first time for more than -eight years, a woman was exeented in England recently. She was Mrs. Ethel Lille, Major (42), who was sentenced to death far polsoning her husband' with strychnine. The sentence was carried out at Hull, Pelsan.
The execution took place at 9 a.m., in accordance with the arrange- ments carried out by the prison authorities.
No signal was given recording the execution, and the crowd out- alde the prison, which numbered about 250, and which included nearly 100 women, had no Indien. tion of the moment of Mrs. Major's passing.
The first official Intimation that the law had taken its course whe given at 9.05, when the doors of three the prison opened and warders emerged, bearing a board. On the board were two documenta. One
was signed by the Under Sheriff, Mr. Reynolds Scorrer, who declared that judgment of death had been executed on Mra. Major in his presence and in the presence of others. Other signatures attached to this document were those of the Governor, Captain Roberts, and the Rov. 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 dend
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, Rave evidence of Identity, and said that the sentence was properly, carried out in his presence.
The Coroner-Was it carried oul In a humane and expeditious man- ner?
Captain Roberts--It was."
The Coroner-Was there any hitch 7-There was no hitch.
EFFORTS FOR REPRIEVE
It was on November 1 that Mrs.
ARISTOCRATS AT
ANNUAL SHOW
London. Aristocrats of the cat world gathered under are lights in a room marked "No dogs admitted" for the National Cat Club's forty-fifth Champlonship Show at the Crystal Palace recently. There were 1,000 entries-cats sombre, cats gay, cats bored and ents frisky. Siamese and Manx tailless cats are gaining in popularity; indeed, they may one day out the long-haired blue Persians. Smooth gingers have á large entry this year, also tortoise. shell-and-whites. The majority at the show wore Persiana,
A smooth silver tabby had green velvet to sleep on and peach silk curtains round to keep off the draught. Four blue Porsians have a cellophane wrapper round their enge to keep out dust. No food, thank you! There is a bl notice outside the enge "No Feeding. By Order" Mistresses say that ment and fish disarrange carefully groomed whiskers. A tip for owners of long-haired cats--clean them with a vacuum cleaner, the air through for about three minutes til it is warm and even the most obstinate cat will turn on its back and have its chest dry. cleaned. The championship of the how was won by Miss Audrey Steer, of Porchester Square, W. with her male chinchilla long-haired Champion Thistledown Carus,
Run
made to secure a 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- alon on Monday not to recommend a' reprieve, further efforts made, to induce him to alter his derision, without success.
were
Un a few minutes before the ime Axed for the execution, the Lord Mayor of Hull, Alderman A. Stark, was waiting and hoping for some communication from the Honio. Office which would say that Mrs. Major should not hamg.
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 pleaded that Her Majesty may use her influence in merey 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 the 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 Mrg. 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
was
The Lord Mayor of Hull 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 addition, there have been shoals of letters and telegrams, and scores of telephone calls, from various parts of the country, expressing support for our attempts to get a reprieve. "Many people in Hull fool very deeply about it. What seema make it even more tragic ls that it
to
Major, who lived at Kirkby-on-should have happened at this time
Bain, Lincolnshire, was sentenced to death at Lincoln Assizes, the jury adding a recommendation to
of the year-nt the season of pence, and goodwill. We asked for this spirt of goodwill to be put into
mercy, but it was not until just operation-and this is the result.
over a week ago that efforts were
It is a bitter disappointment,"
NEA
Lansing, Mich., authorities counted 22 dead and listed nearly 100 missing when smouldering ruïne
of Hotel Kerns cooled to permit search for bodies. More than 200 guests were asleep in the hotel when
Are trapped many. Many died when they jumped from windows,
Garbo May Marry
ROMANCE HINT HOLLYWOOD
Mr. George Brent, the divorced
| husband of Miss Ruth Chatterton,
The world's most famous fllm star and the English actor are close friends. So much, Hollywood re- Į ports. IN:
Later the report was that Miss Garbo had already left for Sweden.
However, an Inquisitive person saw the film star in her own home, and someone speaking on her behalf Miss Carbo's frenage is the most dented that Miss Garbo was leaving accretive in the world.
Hollywood.
Stories have been circulated that Is it marriage?
the Swedish actress has tired of Hollywood, ever on the watch for Hollywood and has planned to re romaner, is linking together the turn to her gwir country and act in names of Miss Greta Garbo and straight diganda.
Putting two and two together, Hollywood gossips uak if "romance" with Mr. Brent is the cause of her
change of plans,
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