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(07-12-2012 03:27 PM)Dave Taylor Wrote:  In Alexander Gardner's image of the moment of the execution (named The Drop) you can see a man, assumed to be Rev. Olds, facing away:

Thanks, Dave. I'm sure that it was ghastly to feel the drop. One report I have stated that you could hear the gasps or rather choking sounds - apparently from Powell as he strangled. I'm sure the gyrations of both Herold and Powell (both of whom lived longest) made the scaffold shake as well....

Horrid indeed....