, 1870-12-15

Tho foIlowiug extracts aro from s:hele De
We're IN Applefors Journal for Decemher s.
under the csption OF "Hanging ~ Ono Of
tho Fine Atts."'. He aays:
Ing are perfectly veil known, and ae familiar
to The expert physician - the symptoms pre-
ceding and accompanying the final resnlt. So
many w1atchos have been called to life, after
having proved their uste1 ignorance Of tho srt
sf na8sPE s1a eo a T ssso a7s 7s se
perimented upon thensslvea 10 carefully,
in order to become themselves
conscious Of Ill the sansahpus up to
certain point atnothing is left in the dark
any iopger. At the nnonent Whan tho body
In tho head, the eaT hears loud noises, tho
eyes sec vivid t1Ashee Of light, the legs seem
u scquire N enormous weight, aud thon Ill
sensation is generally 1t an end In theae
cases syucope has taken .p1aee Immediately.
The vulgar error that in the hrst moments Of
hsssS 1.P hssn hssop'ueas enDs,ss sSp'.09 9s,o 7
Or tbs several hanafed per-
sons Who have bean cut down IN tfme and 70
etoredt to life, not uue has deposed to more th9o
mo1e feeling Of vague laoguor, such ~ ii.
moet alHayo p1ecedea the lvss Of conscious
ness.
"Then begins the second act in tina sad
dtama-convuiaions. spa8modio contrAotions
OF The face, the einking Of tho pupil, and vio-
lent oontoriions Of the eseb1i, which pro-
! duces hol1ible expression. It is for the
purpose Of hiding this hideoua apeetacls that
Ing etnl prnVsils, black cap Is drawn oyss
the face ssof the criminal. The conyulsise
movements extend gradually to tho whole
body, and finally reach the feet, 30 that many
= Aps,soner. tryiog to bang hirnself IL hia ee11,
OF his feet atgainst tho door. Generally daath
foltows eoop, although the presiso interval
depends very much upon tho place Of hang.
,ng, aud especially the poeition Of the rope
''s9GS aSnss M etsk; ssen whom experiments hav.
been mado Jor tie purpoee, die IN twelvo O,
twenty m,nutea; but there is evc1y reason tG
belisVs that ic man desth eusuea much mor<
promptly In rare casee only has It beer
possib1e to ASCERTAIN tho Tina with ezaesneea
VAS led to ee,tain cell 1t the striking Of The
hour; when the keeper returned te
him hanging from the window-grasint
and dead 4 woman, on the contrary, w
Glndos. blind; Ladder bud to b. brought up
but, exactly esven minutea After hhe h1d bee1
restored 10 iife.~ sho declared that abe has
no pain wbataver, having. lost her con
ssoS.ne', 9s,.at;esou ,es p1eftsss dtse,
. medical jurifpsadouee, declares lis conviction
| that resurrection is generally poaslbie afte
five minutes' hangtng. Our oW1 count1ym1n
Scott, 1t Ia we'll known, nearly became ! vic
Tin e ihis opinion, ae & wa in The ha1ss Q
PIT Tanied By an accident from releasing h1tu
self, tho spectators 9ancod he W.
| ! protopgtpg Els experiment for thei
amusement. But they let him hang for THU
teen minutes. and IT was only after more thu
| h-1f hS-z~ ~ hA hui tAA {A4 tr1
J hospital. that he received tho necessary assts
. tapce. Another xn1n, called NornahRx, wh
! pursued the came dangerous profession, IN
! been three times recalled to life attef BARN
! loet ali consciousness and power Of thinE1n
= finally fe1, victim TO similar aezadent-
] "Tbote experiment. are no. Of recent dAtt
: everybody vii recall Bacon's account, In b
8 bietory of Life and Death OF his fsisE
= who wished to aRcertafn II condemned c1iuil
> a,e suffered much, and banged himself, paAcs1
stand after hasiug satisfied his cu1lo4ity. II
t at Of hargpg was then In its infancy. II
o poor gerfleEnxn lost his oonscaouneas, u
. wonld havo pes'ahed victim Of hi. eenev
= l.noe, but for the oproEtnnt anvil Of fue'
+ who restored him to life.
n "It must not be forgotten, finally. th
= bstgng may be neither 1ha eject Of nurd
1t ror OF suiciJe, but tho xesult Of si1npfe aes
dert. caeea haro already been mcntl:n
u | whe 70 ut fortunate mem h1v~rocEles Ny play
3, i With death till the 20 called farsc VA. turn
h into terrible tragedy. But almost saddet .,
1t are the numerous ossea in which child1
hava played hanging" and heeorne !
N victims os tho dangerous sport Not unfl
Is quently such deaths result from mere .
III dent; but occasionally tho lne cannot
Ia drawn 80 exactly THIS .here il case
al record OF = boy 81 Il, who, sttet witns.si
ss ~ execution II nottingham, was heasd to
d thif b. would like to know how hanged C
Ut fs.t. Tho ssue dAy hs NRs found dssd. ha'