NASTY LAST KNOT.
PLEA FOR HUMANE HANGING. LONDON, March 5. The Lancet that accumulated scientific evidence proves that the subaural knot and the long drop in executions by hanging arc clumsy and inefficient because there is a tendency for the knot to slip. The journal contends that'reform is necessary to ensure that the rope shall remain tight at the point of the chin.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 13923, 6 March 1913, Page 3
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63NASTY LAST KNOT. Wanganui Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 13923, 6 March 1913, Page 3
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