Trial Room at McNair

[John E.]

(01-21-2013 09:26 PM)J. Beckert Wrote:  Thanks John, for that side by side, but it made me think about something I read which said the conspirators were made to walk by their own graves. Unless I'm missing something in the photos, weren't the grave to the right of the scaffold? If that's the case, they would have come out of the building and immediately walked up the 13 steps.

Hi J, your eyes aren't deceiving you, the graves are indeed on the right side of the scaffold. The account you are referring to was from one of the prop-knockers named William Coxshall if I recall correctly. The prisoners could see their graves as they climbed the steps but did not walk past them. It makes for a better story though doesn't it?