HC Deb 28 May 1902 vol 108 c782
MR. SWIFT MACNEILL

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he is now able to state the circumstances attending the execution of Commander Scheepers at Graft Reinet on the 18th of January last.

MR. BRODRICK

I have made inquiries, and find that the execution of Commander Scheepers was carried out in the usual manner. Lord Kitchener telegraphed to me on 5th April— The prisoner was most composed; he walked absolutely unaided to the chair, where he was fastened, as is always done. From the time he stepped from the ambulance till he was dead barely one minute elapsed. There were no piteous scenes, and no hitch of any sort.

MR. SWIFT MACNEILL

Did he ask to be allowed to face death, and was he after that bandaged and tied in a chair?

[No answer was returned.]

MR. SWIFT MACNEILL

You know it was so.