This may be more than you were thinking, but what about also including bios and data about those who he sentenced. Also perhaps include some details about the gallows (or whatever other means) were used. On all of my states, I am trying to include details about executions, and when I can find the data, lynchings. Most people don't like to think about those things, but they are a real part of our history. I've been gathering some data about Frankie Silver(s). She was a young mountain girl in Burke County, NC. She married the son of a well-to-do family. They had a daughter. She was probably illiterate. But she put hemlock or witchbane in a drink for her husband (from all accounts, it seems he abused her) so that he wouldn't wake up while she murdered him. Then she dismembered him. She was convicted of murder and hung in the middle of summer. The family wanted to take her to the family burial ground, but with it being so hot, they had three graves dug along the way (just in case). For many years, people didn't know where she was buried. There was a marker put up at one, but that's not where she was really buried. Today, there is a marker on her real grave. It seems kind of macabre, but she had a daughter. His family took her daughter to Florida and kept her away from her mother's family. At some point, I believe that someone in that line will want to know the truth. I have some friends who were related to Frankie (she was the first woman in North Carolina to be executed, early 1800s). They have some very interesting tales to tell. There are times I really wish I could travel back in time.... Jeanne/jmh --- On Thu, 9/29/11, Billie Walsh <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Billie Walsh <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [TTTP] Judge Isaac Parker > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, September 29, 2011, 12:42 PM > Linda and Colleen: > > Lets say you *HAD* to post it on one or the other, which > would you pick? > > The reason I say that is because I set all external links, > links not > within that particular site, to open in a new window/tab, > depending on > the visitors browser and/or settings. That way the visitor > doesn't > navigate away from my site and forget to come back to > explore more. I > also make extensive use of relative links for navigation > within a site. > The Parker pages would be hosted on one site and cross > linked on the other. > > I would rather not post the complete work on both sites > because I would > have to go back and reformat the pages to better fit in > with the design > of each site. I would much rather just format it for one > site. > > On 09/29/2011 09:19 AM, Colleen wrote: > > Billie, > > > > Why not in both????  Seems logical to me. > > > > C~ > > > > On 9/28/2011 9:42 PM, Billie Walsh wrote: > >> I've had it in the back of my mind for some time > to do a page for Judge > >> Isaac Parker, "The Hanging Judge". He was the > judge for Indian Territory > >> and western Arkansas in Fort Smith Arkansas. Most > of his dealings were > >> with issues in Indian Territory, or, the outlaws > that ran to Indian > >> Territory to hide out. He was the judge in the > John Wayne True Grit > >> movies and the one the judge in Clint Eastwood's > Hang 'Em High was > >> patterned after. > >> > >> My dilemma is where to put the page. Should I put > it in Arkansas or > >> Indian Territory > >> > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > > > > > -- > > "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have > for dinner. > Liberty is a well-armed lamb."     - > Benjamin Franklin - > > _ _...  ..._ _ > _._  ._  .....  ._..  ...  .._ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >

This is a bit that I found in the book I'm working on right now. How to properly hang someone. "The big knot is the secret of a good execution," Maledon once said. "The right way and the humane way to hang a man is to break his neck, not to strangle him to death. It takes a long time to strangle a man to death, and it isn't pretty to look at, for he kicks a good deal. But if you break his neck there are no contortions. He is unconscious the instant the neck breaks, and he hangs motionless. It is a painless death, and as instantaneous as any death can be. . . . "You put the rope around the neck, draw it up just tight enough to touch the skin all around without choking or interfering with the cir culation of the blood, and put the big knot right under the left ear . . . so it lies in the hollow back of the jawbone. Then, here's a little secret the most of them don't know: to keep the knot from slipping out of position below the ear, you bring the rope up . . . over the top of the head and let it hang down in a curve on the other side. That holds the knot steady under the ear, and when you spring the trap the man drops through, and when the rope snaps taut that big knot throws his head sidewise and cracks his neck in a jiffy. It always works that way for me. That's why they call me the 'Prince of Hangmen.'" (A. B. MacDonald, Hands Up!, pp. 155-156.) On 09/30/2011 10:19 AM, Jeanne Hicks wrote: > This may be more than you were thinking, but what about also including bios and data about those who he sentenced. Also perhaps include some details about the gallows (or whatever other means) were used. -- "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb." - Benjamin Franklin - _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._

Forgot to mention that George Maledon was the executioner for most of Judge Parkers 21 years as Judge. On 09/30/2011 04:01 PM, Billie Walsh wrote: > This is a bit that I found in the book I'm working on right now. How to > properly hang someone. > > "The big knot is the secret of a good execution," Maledon once > said. "The right way and the humane way to hang a man is to break his > neck, not to strangle him to death. It takes a long time to strangle a > man to death, and it isn't pretty to look at, for he kicks a good deal. > But if you break his neck there are no contortions. He is unconscious > the instant the neck breaks, and he hangs motionless. It is a painless > death, and as instantaneous as any death can be. . . . > "You put the rope around the neck, draw it up just tight enough to > touch the skin all around without choking or interfering with the cir > culation of the blood, and put the big knot right under the left ear . . > . so it lies in the hollow back of the jawbone. Then, here's a little > secret the most of them don't know: to keep the knot from slipping out > of position below the ear, you bring the rope up . . . over the top of > the head and let it hang down in a curve on the other side. That holds > the knot steady under the ear, and when you spring the trap the man > drops through, and when the rope snaps taut that big knot throws his > head sidewise and cracks his neck in a jiffy. It always works that way > for me. That's why they call me the 'Prince of Hangmen.'" > (A. B. MacDonald, Hands Up!, pp. 155-156.) > > On 09/30/2011 10:19 AM, Jeanne Hicks wrote: >> This may be more than you were thinking, but what about also including bios and data about those who he sentenced. Also perhaps include some details about the gallows (or whatever other means) were used. > > -- "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb." - Benjamin Franklin - _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._