Word: roped
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...walls dirty grey), three black gallows had been erected with more attention to numerology than to efficiency. The platforms were eight feet apart, stood eight feet above the ground, measured eight feet square. From each platform rose two heavy beams, supporting a heavy crosspiece with a hook for the rope in the middle. An inconspicuous lever served to open the traps. The space beneath the traps was hidden by curtains. 1:11 a.m. Two white-helmeted guards led Joachim von Ribbentrop from his cell down the corridor and across the courtyard. He walked as in a trance, his eyes half...
...said: "My last wish ... is an understanding between East and West. . . ." All present removed their hats. The executioner tightened the noose. A chaplain standing beside him prayed. The assistant executioner pulled the lever, the trap dropped open with a rumbling noise, and Ribbentrop's hooded figure disappeared. The rope was suddenly taut, and swung back & forth, creaking audibly...
...Woods and his assistants seemed to be getting impatient as they moved from one scaffold to the other, using a new rope for each man. At 2:26 it was Fritz Sauckel's turn. When summoned for his last walk, he had refused to dress, so he went to the gallows coatless. He cried: "I am dying innocent. . . . I pay my respects to U.S. soldiers and officers, but not to U.S. justice." (Conflicting versions claimed that he did not mention "U.S. justice but "U.S. Jews.") Then Colonel General Alfred Jodl. Then, finally, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, who limped...
...pursuits-sometimes in romantic disguise-of ladies of fashion; once, even, there were three ecstatic days spent hidden in the pitch-black cellar of a chateau, while the loved one (whose husband had come home unexpectedly) periodically lowered food, a chamber pot, and herself on the end of a rope...
...Labor Government showed little desire to press damage charges against squatters or ask heavy sentences for the five Communists arrested on conspiracy charges during the squat. Meanwhile, the Communist Party line had become almost as occult as the Indian rope trick: to disclaim responsibility for inciting the squatters, while claiming credit for all progress made in the housing situation...