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Las Vegas Daily Gazette
Las Vegas, San Miguel County, New Mexico
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Michael Fagan, convicted of murdering Burke, was hanged in Dublin's Kilmainham jail on May 28. He professed innocence to relatives and his mother appealed to the queen without response. Attended by Canon Kennedy, he died instantaneously before a small crowd.
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DUBLIN, May 28.—Michael Fagan convicted of the murder of Burke, was hanged in Kilmainham jail this morning. Fagan, since serving his sentence, has been very attentive to the instructions of the priest, who visited him. In an interview recently with a relative he declared that he had not hurt a hair of Burke's head. His mother, confident of the innocence of her son, wrote to the queen repeating this declaration, but the letter was not answered. Canon Kennedy attended the condemned man this morning. The black flag announcing the execution had taken place was hoisted over the jail at 8 o'clock A. M. A strong force of police and military were present, and a small crowd of persons collected outside of the prison, a few of whom knelt in prayer for the repose of his soul. Fagan appeared resigned to his fate. Death was instantaneous.
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Dublin
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May 28
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Michael Fagan convicted of the murder of Burke, was hanged in Kilmainham jail this morning. Fagan, since serving his sentence, has been very attentive to the instructions of the priest, who visited him. In an interview recently with a relative he declared that he had not hurt a hair of Burke's head. His mother, confident of the innocence of her son, wrote to the queen repeating this declaration, but the letter was not answered. Canon Kennedy attended the condemned man this morning. The black flag announcing the execution had taken place was hoisted over the jail at 8 o'clock A. M. A strong force of police and military were present, and a small crowd of persons collected outside of the prison, a few of whom knelt in prayer for the repose of his soul. Fagan appeared resigned to his fate.