Word: hangman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Baron Constantin von Neurath, 83, onetime (1932-38) German Foreign Minister, who became "Protector" of Bohemia and Moravia in 1939, was replaced by Reinhard ("The Hangman") Heydrich (1941) after a wave of unrest; of a heart ailment; at Enzweihingen, Germany...
Behind the yellow stone walls of Nicosia's Central Prison last week, three young Greek Cypriots in their early 20s awaited the hangman. Andreas Zakos and Charilaos Mikhail, condemned for ambushing a British army jeep and killing its driver, lay placidly on their cots and listened to records of Bach and Beethoven. Iacovos Patatsou, who had been condemned for killing a Turkish Cypriot policeman (out of uniform), accepted the farewell of his widowed mother: "Face death with courage...
...clock one morning last week the three Greek Cypriots were led out of their cells, amid the uncontrolled shouting of their fellow prisoners. They mounted gallows fitted for a simultaneous triple drop and manned by a hangman flown in especially from England for the job. At 1:05 a.m., the farewells of their comrades still dinning in their ears and the Greek national anthem on their lips, they died...
...Herst, an English farmer, was hanged for murder in 1628 when an officer arresting him (for refusing to attend Church of England services) fell down, broke his leg and died of gangrene. "He spent some time in prayer at the foot of the scaffold and then, seeing that the hangman was fumbling over fixing the rope, called up to him, 'Tom, I think I must come up and help thee...
Should Canada abolish the death penalty for murder, treason and piracy? A special committee of the House of Commons and Senate has been studying the question for the past two years, listening to a parade of witnesses that included Canada's official hangman, U.S. and British penologists, physicians, psychiatrists, chemists, lawyers, policemen and assorted humanitarians. Last week the committee made its final report to Parliament. Its net: capital punishment should be kept. Only change recommended: condemned criminals should be executed by electrocution or gas instead of hanging...