NOT QUITE DEAD.
A man who had committed suicide by hanging himself in a village barn was found by a yokel on his return from a day’s work. An inquest was held on the deceased man, and the yokel was the chief witness. “Well,” said the coroner, “and where did you find this unfortunate man ?” “In a barn, ycr honour, hanging by a cord to one of the beams. So I ran and fetched the police.” “But,” asked the coroner, “why did you not cut him down first ?” “Well, you see, yer honour,” the yokel replied, confidentially, “’e wasn’t quite dead !”
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 2046, 24 June 1907, Page 2
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101NOT QUITE DEAD. Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 2046, 24 June 1907, Page 2
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