(07-26-2012, 07:19 AM)RJNorton Wrote: Betty, I am guessing this was Dr. Francis Tumblety's idea...perhaps an early, crude form of artificial respiration in an effort to "bring JWB back to life" for trial.
Maybe Dr. Houmes will chime in on what happens when a dead person is hanged...
Dr. Francis Tumblety
Good old Dr. Tumblety....he's also a suspect in the Jack the Ripper case....
I have some eBooks regarding Tumblety if ya'll are interested - they are either in Epub or PDF format...but I have a couple of them -
(07-27-2012, 07:01 AM)Thomas Thorne Wrote: There is a famous historical example of "execution" after death. Oliver Cromwell died of cancer in 1658. In 1660 after the restoration of Charles II, Cromwell,who was the the principal regicide in the beheading of Charles I, was dug up and beheaded.
In "Hogan's Heroes" the German characters were always being threatened with being "court martialed,shot and sent to the Russian front."
Tom
Wonder if that's why Lew Powell's skull was taken by Gawler ?!? I've always wondered just why he wanted so gruesome a relic! Today, that would be desecration of human remains - and carries a prison sentence!
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