... walked firmly to the scaffold, which wan crecud in the treadmill house, the trap platform being level with the floor. Formerly the gallows were erected in the open air, and the criminal had to walk a considerable dieta,:ce with the scaffold full in view, but ...

... 2 Pit, the property of Mr. Samuel Minton, at 1 urner's Hill, and whilst picking up a scaffold he fell through a distance of 20 yards, and was instantaneously killed. The jury returned a verdict of Aceid.-ntal death.- ...

... dissater S. gm fatal is its results. While 20 VW* 00101.49.1 on a scaffolding, ere, ting • county-court holm at Rockford, Illinois a isirtion of the gave and the scaffolding fell with • heavy killing 12 Men and injuring several others. ...

... on z the 28th ult. to got the top coal, and whilst at j work on a scaffold erected Sit. from the ground, the 3 roofing suddenly came down and fell upon the de- : ceased and killed him instantaneously, his head be- ' ing reduced to a pulp. In reply to ...

... THE BLACK COUNTRY. There are three men lying dead—two at Wolverhampton Hospital and one at 13ilston—who were killed by falling off a scaffold at Mr. Alfred Hickman's steel works. The deoeased, whose names are Thomas Bennett, Thomas Judson, and Richard ...

... some painting and was in the act of shifting some scaffolding, when he overbalanced himself and slipped over and fell a distance of 16 feet dislocating his neck, and sustaining a severe scalp wound, killing him instantly. The jury reurned a verdict of ...

... completion of the process the procession to the scaffold started, it being preceded by, the governor of the gaol, the under sheriff, and the chaplain, the latter reading the Burial Service. On arrival at the scaffold, Fordred, who exhibited remarkable firmness ...

... maiatatice, attracted by the woman's cries, when the fellow espreaaed hie regret that he had not killed his mother, as he would sooner be on the scaffold than .in the do.•k. ls was stated that the prisoner had been imprisoned three timer for amelte ...

... number dead upon the field of battle. The fugitives were pursued, and, up to the latest accounts, one inure of them had been killed and three wounded and captured, leaving eight of these fierce and desperate ruffians still at large for the benefit of the ...

... to another part of the gaol where the scaffold erected, the usual fuueral proces.ion being dispensed with. All the time he prayed fervently and incessantly, and to the last he denied that he ever intended to kill his mother, nor was he aware of what he ...

... apprehended some months ago in an attempt to rob the house of Captain Mentor, and, in endeavotuing to escape, shot at and killed that gentleman. Aboat 15,000 persou assembled to witness the execution. According to the reports, agglestoa, pallid and weak ...

... the possession to the scaffold, followed by Guiteau, with pallid face and the muscles about his mouth moving nervously, but otherwise showing no signs of faltering* His arms were pinioned. The procession moved quickly to the scaffold, Guiteau ascending the ...