... the scaffold was at all in a dangerous state, being composed of strong upright poles, which are rendered secure by long cross pieces of timber firmly wedged to the brickwork and tied with thick cords. They were in the act of running the scaffold up some ...

... thought he might have fallen into the water, which was from six to seven feet deep, and nearly up to the scaffolding. He put his foot over the scaffolding, and came in contact with his brother's head in the water. He then called out Murder, which being heard ...

... formed in a hollow square about the gallows, while the prisoners ascended the scaffold, and took their seats with the sheriff. Several other gentlemen ascended the scaffold. I say olhei- gentlemen, for the prisoners appeared very much like gentlemen. ...

... became a priest, I never attended convicts on the scaffold, but one occasion. Two men were executed in Montreal in 1832 for the murder of a soldier The two were guilty ; one of them said nothing on the scaffold • the other declared his innocence, although ...

... have committed the act. He has all along declared that he could not tell what possessed him at the moment, but the thought to kill the deceased suddenly came across his mind and he could not resist it. The pri-oner, although only 24 years old, appears to ...

... that he was about to be shot down like a wild beast in his den,entreated the men to fire low, so as to disable, but not to kill him, in order that some chance might yet remain of repentance. A shot was fired, but it missed him. The ruffian fell back to ...

... retired Aqua Neuva. adistar.ee of 10 miles, leaving 4000 killed and wounded upon the field. Santa Anna's adjutant-general and many other officers and men are prisoners. The loss on our part was 00 killed and wounded. Santa Anna's force amounted to at least ...

... y character. It appears that the latter end last July her husband, Samuel Parsons, who was master mason, was accidentally killed by a stone falling on hitn from the top of quarry in which he was engaged work. The deceased administered the property, and ...

... the sentence of death was carried into effect. The avenues leading to the Place de la Barriere St Jacques, upon which the scaffold had been erected during the night, were occupied large force of Municipal Guards, and very few spectators were permitted ...

... tried, found guilty, punished: and there an end. But a criminal under sentence of death, or in great peril of death upon the scaffold, becomes immediately the town talk ■ the great subject ; the hero of the time. The demeanour in his' latter moments, of Sir ...

... arching, which consists of stone at the outer part and brick in the middle, is carried through from end to end, but the scaffolding and woodwork have not yet been removed. It happens, we presume more from accident than design, that the line of the tunnel ...

... short time, and seventeen have stopped. John Skii>way, the celebrated steeple climber, fell from scaffolding, feet high, Bristol, on Wednesday, and was I killed. has promised to build a Protestant chapel for the English workmen employed some iron-works near ...