Execution Tales Chapter 50 Part 5 Revision 2
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[I came across an account of the these two cases in a True Crime magazine which had article describing the history of female killers in South Africa & thought it would be a good idea to combine them]
Unlike the first executions which she had read about which were based on real cases the next story which Alyssia found fascinating was a fictionalised tale inspired by two actual events.
It was based on the South African cases of Daisy de Melker who was hanged for murder in 1932 & Marlene Lehnberg who was convicted & sentenced to death in 1970, however her sentence was later commuted to life in prison.
The author set the story in 1970 & substituted Marlene for Daisy in the descriptions of the trial & execution which were updated versions of what had happened to Daisy in the 1930’s
Marlene Lehnberg [Adapted from the case of Daisy de Melker]
On September the 16th in Johannesburg’s central criminal court the beautiful 19 year old white girl Marlene Lehnberg sobbed as the jury foreman rose & announced the guilty verdict.
She had hired a black man Marthinus Choegoe to murder her lover’s wife. Choegoe had been shot dead by police while trying to escape. Marlene wept as the judge placed the black cap on his head & intoned the dread sentence
“Marlene Lehnberg you have been found guilty of premediated murder. It is the sentence of this court that you will be taken from here to a place of lawful execution & there be hanged by the neck until you are dead. I can hold out no hope to you that the sentence of this court will not be carried out”.
Sobbing hysterically Marlene was taken to the court cells & then she was transferred to the main prison in Johannesburg to await execution
The prospect of the hangman’s rope being placed around the neck of a girl who was young, beautiful & white attracted much publicity, not only in South Africa, but also in the rest of the English speaking world & continental Europe.
Pictures of the lovely blonde dressed in the tight tops & short mini-skirts she customarily wore were plastered across the front pages of newspapers across the globe
On November the 23rd Marlene learned that her appeal had been rejected & on the 26th of November her lawyer made an 11th hour appeal to the Minister of Justice for a postponement of sentence which was also unsuccessful.
Since the rejection of her appeal Marlene had been permitted to wear her own clothes & so early in the morning of November 27th when the execution party come for her she met them wearing a tight white blouse, black mini-skirt & tan pantyhose.
She recoiled from the hangman & was restrained by having her hands tied behind her back. Marlene screamed & struggled & had to be half carried from the death cell.
The small procession with the wriggling, wailing girl in the middle made its way to the white washed death chamber in the men’s section of the prison.
From a beam near the ceiling, six chains hung each culminating in a large metal ring. From one of these dangled a noose. Beneath it on the floor were the painted imprint of human feet.
Marlene is propelled forward whimpering & stood on top of these diagrams & the rope coils around her throat. As she feels the hangman’s noose tighten around her slender white neck Marlene realizes that lust & love can sometimes lead to terror.
She screams loudly, the sound reverberates around the death chamber. The noise is quickly muffled by the hood pulled down over her head & face.
The hangman quickly straps her trembling nylon clad ankles & knees together. Her legs squirm & rub together beneath her black mini-skirt & her breasts move quickly in & out beneath the tight white blouse as she breathes quicker & quicker.
The trapdoor crashes open & the doomed girl plunges downwards her descent being brought to an abrupt halt & an audible crack is clearly heard as her neck fractures
However the murderesses that fascinated Alyssia the most were the 19th Century American mass killers, Doctor Jane Edwards & the College Girl Killers, Cheryl Barnes, April Jones & Beth Slade.
She went on to read everything she could get hold of on the four American female killers, including a transcription of Jane Edwards final confession entitled “Awakening” & a book by the 19th Century Chicago journalist Charlie Henry based on his interviews with Chery Barnes in Cook County Jail & his subsequent articles in the Chicago Tribune.
She rubbed herself raw each night fantasising about the behaviour & pleasure of the killers & the terror of their victims
Unlike the first executions which she had read about which were based on real cases the next story which Alyssia found fascinating was a fictionalised tale inspired by two actual events.
It was based on the South African cases of Daisy de Melker who was hanged for murder in 1932 & Marlene Lehnberg who was convicted & sentenced to death in 1970, however her sentence was later commuted to life in prison.
The author set the story in 1970 & substituted Marlene for Daisy in the descriptions of the trial & execution which were updated versions of what had happened to Daisy in the 1930’s
Marlene Lehnberg [Adapted from the case of Daisy de Melker]
On September the 16th in Johannesburg’s central criminal court the beautiful 19 year old white girl Marlene Lehnberg sobbed as the jury foreman rose & announced the guilty verdict.
She had hired a black man Marthinus Choegoe to murder her lover’s wife. Choegoe had been shot dead by police while trying to escape. Marlene wept as the judge placed the black cap on his head & intoned the dread sentence
“Marlene Lehnberg you have been found guilty of premediated murder. It is the sentence of this court that you will be taken from here to a place of lawful execution & there be hanged by the neck until you are dead. I can hold out no hope to you that the sentence of this court will not be carried out”.
Sobbing hysterically Marlene was taken to the court cells & then she was transferred to the main prison in Johannesburg to await execution
The prospect of the hangman’s rope being placed around the neck of a girl who was young, beautiful & white attracted much publicity, not only in South Africa, but also in the rest of the English speaking world & continental Europe.
Pictures of the lovely blonde dressed in the tight tops & short mini-skirts she customarily wore were plastered across the front pages of newspapers across the globe
On November the 23rd Marlene learned that her appeal had been rejected & on the 26th of November her lawyer made an 11th hour appeal to the Minister of Justice for a postponement of sentence which was also unsuccessful.
Since the rejection of her appeal Marlene had been permitted to wear her own clothes & so early in the morning of November 27th when the execution party come for her she met them wearing a tight white blouse, black mini-skirt & tan pantyhose.
She recoiled from the hangman & was restrained by having her hands tied behind her back. Marlene screamed & struggled & had to be half carried from the death cell.
The small procession with the wriggling, wailing girl in the middle made its way to the white washed death chamber in the men’s section of the prison.
From a beam near the ceiling, six chains hung each culminating in a large metal ring. From one of these dangled a noose. Beneath it on the floor were the painted imprint of human feet.
Marlene is propelled forward whimpering & stood on top of these diagrams & the rope coils around her throat. As she feels the hangman’s noose tighten around her slender white neck Marlene realizes that lust & love can sometimes lead to terror.
She screams loudly, the sound reverberates around the death chamber. The noise is quickly muffled by the hood pulled down over her head & face.
The hangman quickly straps her trembling nylon clad ankles & knees together. Her legs squirm & rub together beneath her black mini-skirt & her breasts move quickly in & out beneath the tight white blouse as she breathes quicker & quicker.
The trapdoor crashes open & the doomed girl plunges downwards her descent being brought to an abrupt halt & an audible crack is clearly heard as her neck fractures
However the murderesses that fascinated Alyssia the most were the 19th Century American mass killers, Doctor Jane Edwards & the College Girl Killers, Cheryl Barnes, April Jones & Beth Slade.
She went on to read everything she could get hold of on the four American female killers, including a transcription of Jane Edwards final confession entitled “Awakening” & a book by the 19th Century Chicago journalist Charlie Henry based on his interviews with Chery Barnes in Cook County Jail & his subsequent articles in the Chicago Tribune.
She rubbed herself raw each night fantasising about the behaviour & pleasure of the killers & the terror of their victims
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