“This man was to have been hung, but they let him off because they thought it would hurt him, good Christians.”—MSS. Note attached to our copy of the above by the intended Printer and Publisher.
THE HEROES OF THE GUILLOTINE
AND GALLOWS,
OR, THE
AWFUL ADVENTURES
OF
Askern, Smith and Calcraft, the Three Rival Hangmen
Of York Castle, Stafford Gaol and Newgate;
And SANSON, the Executioner of Paris,
With his Cabinet of Murderer’s Curiosities.
FULL OF ASTONISHING DISCLOSURES
Concerning their Private and Public Lives, and Startling Incidents before and after the performance of their dreadful office.