My Experiences as an Executioner - James Berry

[Contents.]

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[Introduction]	7
[CHAPTER I.]
The Executioner at Home	11
[CHAPTER II.]
How I Became an Executioner	16
[CHAPTER III.]
My First Execution	23
[CHAPTER IV.]
My Method of Execution—Calculations and Apparatus	30
[CHAPTER V.]
My Method of Execution—The Proceedings	45
[CHAPTER VI.]
Other Methods of Execution	50
[CHAPTER VII.]
Two Terrible Experiences	59
[CHAPTER VIII.]
How Murderers Die	66
[CHAPTER IX.]
From the Murderer’s Point of View	95
[CHAPTER X.]
On Capital Punishment	106
[CHAPTER XI.]
Hanging: From a Business Point of View	117
[CHAPTER XII.]
The Press and the Public	124
[CHAPTER XIII.]
Incidents and Anecdotes	132
[APPENDIX].
The Trouble with “Answers” Limited	141

The intention of both the author and the editor of this little book has been to set forth, as plainly and as simply as possible, certain facts and opinions with regard to what is undoubtedly a most important subject—the carrying out of the ultimate sentence of the law. While facts have not been in any way shirked or misrepresented, much that is horrible in detail has been suppressed; so that people who may be tempted to take up the book in search of ghastly descriptive writing, are warned at the outset that they will be disappointed.

[APPENDIX].