Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1900 — A Poetic Han[?]man. [ARTICLE]

A Poetic Han[?]man.

In bis recently published “Recollections’’ Sir Algernon West tells a story of Marwood, the executioner, who preceded Bllllngton, which will bear retelling. One of the officials at the colonial office had occasion to consult Marwood as to the most rapid way of putting a man out qf existence. Mar wood expressed himself in favor of what he professionally called “the long drop,” and drove home his argument by remarking: “There was a Mr. Peace, now, a small man; I gave him a six-foot drop, and I hassure yon, sir, he passed hoff like a summer here.”—Collier’s Weekly.