The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-03-07

In 1894 there was . woman nsmst
lestta Dc Balsham, cesdsa ned u
Death for collision with robt,sru sh>
ives k,sRsd, AID rs~ainsa on tho
gibhss IL The records n tho time arr
TO 10 trustsd) 40 lssp tAaa thrcs
days and yet sls survived 10 receive
Psrdoa ftsa Hsssy III. In 1919,
Mathew Of ksasrAy was hanged for
sows esins Of which Ae hsd been
eoa vieted he vas oct down, and n.
vivsd jsst hsssss The body Va. A3cut
70 - isass+s.i. IL 1919, Ws!.m
Wynkeburns was hanged At Lsicos.
Tor when cat down, he was carried
In car 10 tho cenetsry Of the holy
sepulchre in that city he gradually
regaincd srnsibility while tho cart
wa rumbling along, and escaped
with life SiMilsr cares occurred in
the fifteenth sni sixteenth centuries
The seventeenth century was ex.
cep,ionslly full Of instances. Dr..
Blot mentions tho strange lot Of a
Swiss on the authority OF DR.. Oba.
diah Walker, master Of the Univcr.
sity College; this man is said 10 have
been hung no less than thirteen
times without losing his life his
windpipe having been converted BY
dscsse into substance slmost rs hard
asa bone No instance has been 80
much discussed and written about as
that Of Ammo Green, which took
place during the time ~ the Com.
mcnweslth Judges and physis..ss
alike referred to Il, As ahording II.
lustrssions for or ngsins; legal and
medical testimony. This poor girl
was executed At Marston, ia Oxford.
shire, on December llsh, 1850, for
infsntieidc. a charge which could
only DO proved against her by much
straiuing Of tho law this severity,
and knowledge Of the wrong she
had suffered in other waya, made her
an objcc, a much public sympathy.
Tho hanging was accompa nicd BY
certain coarse and shocking pullings
and strikingu Of the body and limbs
which IN those days were supposed
to insure more e6cc.ually tho death
Of tho victim, and to ls~ssn the period
Of suffering Aftsr hanging the usual
time she was cut down, actually
on while PROSTATE, aud len
with tho rops unslscksncd round her
mock. She was put into a cofhn, and
10 tho doctors TO the
surprise Of I'll when tho coikn war
opened the bosom war seen gently
to heavc, upon which, brutal blows |
and pressure were brought into re-
quisition. The incident wins too 70.
however, TO remain con-
ccalcd and men Of superior position
took up the matter. Sir William
Petty, Dr.. Wallis and DR.. Clarke,
Who At that time SLED the thrss
Offices Of professor anatomy, prcsi. !
dent Of Magdslcn College. and vice
huncellor Of Oxford University, |
being present Al the Intended dissco !
lion, perceived that the hcsving Of /
Tho bosom was followed BY slight
ra,,liag 10 her throat. Ilcrcnpoa,'
.sid Or Blot, desistinc from their |
Ior,ner purpose, they presently upsd
mcnes for her recovery by opening .
.u,u, laying her IN u warm bed, SGD
,sipg divers remedics respecting her
Icnse lesseess, head. throat and chest;
uso.snch that within fourteen hours
he began ~ speak, snd the nsxt
lay talked and prayed heartily
During the time Of this, her recov.
ring, the officers concerned ia hsr
execution would needs have had hss
'way again 10 have il completed on
nor; but BY the mediation of the
worthy doctors and some other friends
With tho then governor Of tho city,
Col. Kelsey, there wss = guard NJ
apoa hor 10 hinder al further die
lurbancs till BE- had sued out her
pardon from the povsrs then il
seisg, thousands Of people in the
coming to 500 her, ssd
The just providence Of
sesves 10 ths' ~sssrting her isso-
,eses Of usrds
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