Hanged

Famous quotes containing the word hanged:

“George Shears ... was hanged in a barn near the store. The rope was thrown over a beam, and he was asked to walk up a ladder to save the trouble of preparing a drop for him. “Gentlemen,” he said, “I am not used to this business. Shall I jump off or slide off?” He was told to jump.”
—For the State of Montana, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

“Fancy that thou deservest to be hanged ... thou wilt feel it happiness to be only shot: fancy that thou deservest to be hanged in a hair halter, it will be a luxury to die in hemp.”
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)

““Many men have been hanged on far slighter evidence,” I remarked.
“So they have. And many men have been wrongfully hanged.””
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)