Triple execution

Three executions took place at the County Jail for Peel, which operated from 1867 to 1977. Stefan Swyryda was the first person executed at the jail in 1909, having murdered a young Polish man the previous year. He was hung on scaffolding in the yard. Two men were hung inside, where there was a trap door arrangement. Gordon Ross Matthew was hanged in 1941 for the murder of his wife, and Walter Zabolotny met the noose in 1946 for the murder of a woman. The spot where the trap door once was can be seen at the Peel Heritage Complex.