Vacation Thoughts on Capital Punishment
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ISBN13: 9781151700735
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857. Excerpt: ... another part of the State of Pennsylvania, where the people had not yet been indulged with such a spectacle. They therefore collected by thousands and tens of thousands. The victim--was brought out. All the eyes in the living hlass that surrounded the gibbet were fixed on his countenance, and they waited, with strong desire, the expected signal for launching hitn into eternity. There Was a delay. They grew impatient: it was prolonged, ahd they were outrageous; cries like those which precede the tardy rising of the Curtain in a theatre were heard. Impatient for the delight they expected in seeing a fellow creature die, they raised a ferocious cry. But when it was at last announced that a reprieve had left them no hope of witnessing his agonies, their fury knew no bounds; and the. poor maniac--for it Was discovered that he was insane---was with difficulty snatched-by the officers of justice from the fate which the most violent among them seemed determined to inflict." This most awful and humiliating instance of the degrading depth to AVhich human nature may descend, occurred at a place called Orwigsburgh, in Pennsylvania, and Mr. Livingston declares the picture by nb means overcharged The name of the poor rescued maniac was Zimmerman. This sad list might be indefinitely lengthened; but such details, so mournfully humiliating, may not be dwelt on longer than is necessary; one instance more Bhall close the catalogue: it is, really, too appalling to be surpassed, and too much in point to be omitted; we give it on the authority of Mr. Dymond, --On one occasion, when forgery Was capital, a criminal had been executed, ahd his body had been placed at the disposal of his friends; his wife pursued his trade of forging 1 notes, and a young man sought her house, ...
| ISBN-13 | 9781151700735 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1151700738 |
| Weight | 0.27 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.18 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 74 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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