Execution Tales Chapter 10 Revision 2
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10: Bridget Durgan
Over the next couple of weeks Mr & Mrs Edwards avidly followed in the New York Daily News the details of the trial of a 22 year old servant girl of Irish descent, Bridget Durgan, for the murder of her mistress, a Mrs Coriell, whom it was alleged she had stabbed to death.
Jane & Josiah were delighted when Bridget was convicted & sentenced to death. They were even more pleased when they learned that the Governor had refused to commute her sentence to life imprisonment
A week later they were in New Jersey, amongst a crowd of about 2000 waiting for Bridget to be brought to the gallows. Jane & Josiah arrived early to ensure that had a good close up view of the hanging & stood less than fifteen yards from the gallows. They also had with them the opera glasses they obtained in London for the hanging of Marie Manning.
The doomed girl was led trembling with fear to the scaffold. She was wearing an ankle length brown skirt & bootees, white blouse with a lace collar, white gloves & matching stockings.
On the gallows platform she was hooded, noosed & her hands were tied behind her. Jane & Josiah stared fascinated at the unusual execution mechanism. The hangman stood next to a lever, the Sheriff nodded & the executioner pulled it towards him.
Instead of falling through a trap Bridget is jerked upwards to a height of about twelve feet, the other end of the rope being attached to a heavy weight that had been released.
The prisoner struggles, she convulses & kicks madly, her bound hands flex & writhe, her back arches pushing out her breasts as she desperately pants for breath. The girl dies hard, the agonies of slow strangulation continue for a full thirteen minutes before Bridget Durgan hangs dead on the rope
Mr & Mrs Edwards are not alone in thoroughly relishing the spectacle. Several other couples rub their bodies against each other as Bridget dances on the gallows. As she is a good twenty feet in the air above the crowd, Jane & Josiah & the others at the front of the crowd are treated to highly stimulating “Upskirt” views of the dying girl. The Edwards both climax very satisfyingly as the struggles of the prisoner gradually slow & then cease
The next day Mr & Mrs Edwards are very disappointed to learn that due to the protracted suffering of Bridget Durgan during her hanging the authorities have decided to revert back to the traditional gallows for future executions
Over the next couple of weeks Mr & Mrs Edwards avidly followed in the New York Daily News the details of the trial of a 22 year old servant girl of Irish descent, Bridget Durgan, for the murder of her mistress, a Mrs Coriell, whom it was alleged she had stabbed to death.
Jane & Josiah were delighted when Bridget was convicted & sentenced to death. They were even more pleased when they learned that the Governor had refused to commute her sentence to life imprisonment
A week later they were in New Jersey, amongst a crowd of about 2000 waiting for Bridget to be brought to the gallows. Jane & Josiah arrived early to ensure that had a good close up view of the hanging & stood less than fifteen yards from the gallows. They also had with them the opera glasses they obtained in London for the hanging of Marie Manning.
The doomed girl was led trembling with fear to the scaffold. She was wearing an ankle length brown skirt & bootees, white blouse with a lace collar, white gloves & matching stockings.
On the gallows platform she was hooded, noosed & her hands were tied behind her. Jane & Josiah stared fascinated at the unusual execution mechanism. The hangman stood next to a lever, the Sheriff nodded & the executioner pulled it towards him.
Instead of falling through a trap Bridget is jerked upwards to a height of about twelve feet, the other end of the rope being attached to a heavy weight that had been released.
The prisoner struggles, she convulses & kicks madly, her bound hands flex & writhe, her back arches pushing out her breasts as she desperately pants for breath. The girl dies hard, the agonies of slow strangulation continue for a full thirteen minutes before Bridget Durgan hangs dead on the rope
Mr & Mrs Edwards are not alone in thoroughly relishing the spectacle. Several other couples rub their bodies against each other as Bridget dances on the gallows. As she is a good twenty feet in the air above the crowd, Jane & Josiah & the others at the front of the crowd are treated to highly stimulating “Upskirt” views of the dying girl. The Edwards both climax very satisfyingly as the struggles of the prisoner gradually slow & then cease
The next day Mr & Mrs Edwards are very disappointed to learn that due to the protracted suffering of Bridget Durgan during her hanging the authorities have decided to revert back to the traditional gallows for future executions
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