The Red Cloud chief., 1882-08-10

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Wssk. Tor cords hsd bssn twisted around
sad under tAs body. connected with .
pair Of hooks d the neck. and
IN concealed under . doubls
shift and . flowing periwix. Bat
the cunning waa frustrated. despits
the weakness It the Sheriff. ~ Johnson
showed signs Of life eveu after hanging
half IN hour. An examination was
made. the apparatus discovered. and
the msn Ma c~iectualiy and finally
hanged on the following day. Whether
any tube was inserted we are not told,
but there was evident COLLISION in the
case Of the man hanged At Cork in 1867.
His body was carried BY his friends 20 Q
predetermined spot. where . surgeon
made m incisiou In the windpipe, sEd
resuscitated the man In six hours. Let
~ hope that the rest Of the story ID noe
quite true. % the effect that the fellow
went TO the theafer the same evening.
The William Dueil who was hanged In
1740. and who came To himself again
when Just about 10 be dissected at Sur
geon's Hall. may. like Ann Green. have
survived through some peculiarly in
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Of the executioner. without any collu-
sion or cunning among his friends. In
1887 . man named Kelly was sentenced
TO execution 1t Trim. in Ireland. On
the early morning Of the day intended
10 be his last he contriyed TO cut
his blanket into strips about four
inches wide. join them together with
strong wooden threads, and form q
double sling. This he passed under his
arms. fastened the ends at his neck. and
there provided an iron hook TO receive
the halter. Thus accoutered. he pro-
ceeded 10 the place Of execution. IL Is
supposed that he had found al TO
bride the hangman. 10 whom he made q
request TO draw up close to the pulley.
and lower him gently when dead. But
the crafty did not succeed.
Kelley had not allowed for the stretch
ing Of the strips OF blanket by his own
weight. the point OF the hook fastened
into his windpipe. and gave him so
much pain that he struggled violently.
He was, however, allowed to hang until
he was really dead. when the sling ap-
paratus was discovered. A successful
attempt to cheat the gallows once
brought an Under Sheriff into trouble.
William Barrett. executed in Tyrone in
1859. contrived to wear some kind Of
concealed collar. which prevented stran-
gulation; he was cut down. apparently
dead, but afierward recovered. Mr..
Annsley. Under Sheriff, rs a punish
mcnt for allowing Barrett thus TO evade
the law. was fined flW aud imprison-
ment for two years.
In former times the mode in which
the dismal operations Of the gallows
were conducted led occasionally to q
Illustration of The laws intention. The
unhappy culprit, after the halter was
adjusted round his neck was pushed SO
rs to slip or slide from q ladder. As
phyxia was sometimes produced with
out any dislocation. Under the modern
arrangement q trap-door opens in .
platform on which the culprit stands,
occasioning q sudden and considerable
fall. from which recovery is much less
probable. This change led to the frus.
tration Of . plan that might possibly
have been successful under the old sys-
TEN. William Brodic was exec,..sd at
Edinburg in 1898. His friends had pre-
arranged for his resuscitation, but the
fall or drop was greater than had been
expected, and he was quite dead when
taken down. There is nm old Scotch
saying: "Brodie's drap was too much
for Brodie," which, We believe, refers
TO the case of this same William Brodie,
for the ..drap'' or drop was too great
for the vital organism to resist.
A reprieve has sometimes arrived too
late to save the poor wretch in whose
behalf it had been obtained. More fort
innate was a burglar who was hanged
in l7O5, for the reprieve arrived when
life was only half extinct. He was
quickly cut down. placed under medical
care, and restored. A eprieve of an
other kind from the effects Of q fool
hardy trick came a little too late. In
1906 a youth, aged seventeen. and
named Matthew Watson. resolved to
make q small attempt ut hanging him
self Ito see how it felt" He went into
a cellar and succeeded more completely
than he had intended. for he was found
hanging with life quite extinct. A
strange mania this, but the examples to
illustrate il are more numerous than
most of us would suppose.
A question arises which very few liv-
ing persons are in a position to answer.
viz: What are the sensations experienced
during hanging? Some Of the few who
have been able to give any accoun of
their consciousness at so critical n mo-
ment say that, after one instant of pain.
the chief sensation Is that of q mass Of
brilliant colors filling the eyeballs. The
Quarterly RerieW. volume IS. treating
on this matter. says: IAN acquaintance
Of Lord Bacon, who meant to hang him.
self partially. lost his footing. and was
cut down at the last extremity, having
nearly paid for his curiosity with his
life. He declared that he felt no pain,
and his only sensations were of fire be-
fore his eyes. which changed first to
black and then TO sky blue" These col
ors are even q source of pleasure.
A Captain Montagnac, who was exc
cuted in France during the religious
wars, but was rescued from the gibbet
ut the in~tercessiOn of Marshall Torrene,
that, having lost all pain in
an instant. he had been taken from q
light of which the charm defied descrip-
ton. Another criminal. who escaped
through the breaking of the halter. said
after . second or two of suffering alight
appeared. and across il q most beautiful
avenue Of trees. All agree that the N
is quite momentary, that .
pleasurable feeling Immediately sue
ceeds, that colors OF various huvs start
up before the eyes. and that these hav-
ing been CARED at for q limited space the
rest is oblivion. The mind. averted
from the reality of the situation. is en-.
gagged in enc the most remote from
which fills the eye of the spectator. |
Medical men have paid much atten.
lion to the anatomy Of the neck and
throat in regard TO the circumstances
bring about Asphyxia. sufFocation
or choking, and they say that some
necks possess . power Of resisting these
Effects to a very remarkable dcgrse-
Brookiys Eagle.
Why JeAnsea Stayed . Week.
Last August Mr.. johnson with his
wife, who had been doing the pleasure
resorts for two months, arrived ut the
quiet town of X. in New Hampshire,