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Hanging has been the execution method of choice for murder in far more countries than just the UK. This section focuses on judicial hangings in the 20th century around the world.
Worldwide Hangings: June
June 5th
5/6/1951
George Rowe – Canada
“Take us to London,” George Rowe and his friend Russell Bechard told cabby John Jolly in Windsor, Ontario. “We haven’t any money on us now but we can pay you when we get there.” London, it should be explained, was London, Ontario.
Rowe and Bechard were making the trip because they wanted to sell guns they had stolen from a friend’s house.
Unable to find the right street, Mr. Jolly stopped at a petrol station, refusing to go farther without payment. When the two passengers became ugly the cabby picked up a phone and shouted, “Get me the police!”
George Rowe pulled out a Colt revolver and ordered everyone in the petrol station to leave the building by the rear door. “I wasn’t holding them up or intending to rob them,” he said later. “I didn’t intend to shoot anyone.”
There are various accounts of what happened next. Rowe claimed he slipped on some grease. The only certain thing is that his gun went off.
The .38 bullet ripped through the door of a nearby garage and struck Clare Galbraith, 20, who was working on his car unaware of what was happening. He died in hospital. Rowe and Bechard fled from the scene.
They were caught four days later, on November 24th, 1950. Despite Rowe’s claim that he didn’t know the gun was loaded and that it had discharged accidentally, he was found guilty of murder and sentenced to hang. Bechard was found not guilty.
“My lord, I’ve been given a fair trial,” said a resigned Rowe. “I didn’t intend to rob that gas station or shoot anyone. I slipped on the grease and the gun went off.” He was hanged on Tuesday, June 5th, 1951, in London Prison.
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