STRAND' THEATRE.
The Man They Could Not Hang," being the life-story of John Lee is again Being presented at the Strand Theatre to-day. The- doomed' - man is led to the scaffold, and, everything being ready, the hangman pulls the bolt. Nothing; happens. ;■; Another attempt is made, with ' the same astounding result as before, and then a third time the trap refused to plunge ■ John Lee to his death. He is then sentenced to imprisonment for life, but:-the real murderer confesses, and the wronged man is released. The ■ usual siippoits wiE be shown.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 140, 11 December 1923, Page 3
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92STRAND' THEATRE. Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 140, 11 December 1923, Page 3
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