Word: gibbets
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...this there is naught that is novel. Old histories of Paris and London tell of the concourses which attended Charles Duval, Dick Turpin, Jack Sheppard and other criminal worthies on their way to the gibbet at Tyburn and Montfaucon as the case might be. More recently this country witnessed the public testimonials paid to the life and character of Jesse James, Civil War guerrilla and highwayman, whose dashing bank raids are now so much affected. James was shot from behind by a comrade, Bob Ford, as he lay concealed in his hiding place. The American public was angered...
Bagshot, companion to Gibbet, A. Potter '17 Tapster, C. H. Smith '15 Lady Boutiful, H. Francke '15 Dorinda, her daughter, R. H. Norris,, Jr., '17 Mistress Sullen, her daughter-in-law, F. Fremont-Smith '17 Gipsey, their maid, W. B. Breed '17 Cherry, the landlord's daughter, D. F. Fenn...