ELECTRIC GUILLOTINE
MAY BE USED FOR WAR CRIMINALS London, Sept. 19 German war criminals may be executed with a new type of guillotine consl fueled bv American Army engineers. reports the "Daily Express.” The machine has aj ready carried out a number of executions, including several women. Dorth took place within two minutes of the condemned leaving •he coll. The machine, which Is elect-icallv operated, requires only two men to work it. and they need not be specially trained. General Eisenhower and Fiekl?»l;.r:hal Montgomery can order death ?ntene?s to be carried out in any wav they think fit. General Eisenhower • repo b' l o have already derided on ■ ’'? guillotine, and Field-MarMial ■'tenni- '• is likob’ to fohoW suit.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 225, 22 September 1945, Page 5
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