Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1916 — Execution of Casement to Have Taken Place This Morning. [ARTICLE]

Execution of Casement to Have Taken Place This Morning.

According to London reports, the execution of Sir Roger Casement, the leader of the Irish rebellion, was to have taken place this morning at 2 o’clock, at the Pentonville prison. Lord Robert Cecil, minister of war trade, made it known to the Associated Press that it was the British government’s determination not to reprieve Sir Roger. Beyond the statement of Lord Robert, which was in defense of the government’s determination, no formal announcement to the effect that the execution will be - carried out today has been made public. Officials intimated to the Associated Press, however, that this is quite the usual custom as a sentence on such a charge carried with it the natural supposition of execution, the only occasion for an official announcement being the granting of a reprieve or a commutation of sentence.