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The Detroit Tribune
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
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In London, priest Fr. Joseph Francis refuses to reveal if he heard the last confession of John Timothy Evans, hanged four years ago for his daughter's murder, amid admissions of a probable execution error after another man was convicted of related killings.
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LONDON— A priest here has refused to disclose whether he heard the last confession of a Londoner hanged four years ago for a murder he may not have committed.
Fr. Joseph Francis, pastor of Northwood, visited condemned man, John Timothy Evans, while he was awaiting hanging for the murder of his infant daughter.
A sensation was caused in a recent parliamentary debate on capital punishment here when the home secretary at the time, Chuter Ede, who was responsible for the final decision on Evans' execution, admitted a mistake was probably made.
After Evans' death another man living in the same house was found guilty and executed for murdering six women.
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London
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Four Years Ago
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john timothy evans was hanged for the murder of his infant daughter; later, another man in the same house was found guilty and executed for murdering six women; home secretary admitted a probable mistake in evans' execution
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A priest, Fr. Joseph Francis, pastor of Northwood, visited condemned man John Timothy Evans awaiting hanging for murdering his infant daughter and has refused to disclose if he heard Evans' last confession. In a recent parliamentary debate on capital punishment, home secretary Chuter Ede admitted a mistake was probably made in Evans' execution.