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Soames and Fran knew directly, and some few security officers guessed, that Fran had caused the short. There was melted-down, cryptic metal below the place where the short appeared. Fran had undoubtedly placed it. How he escaped electrocution the security officers did not try to figure out.
And then came the army of spies, and the proscriptions, and the electrocution of those hundred and eleven editors, speakers and organizers why bring up all these things that we all know so well? We were willing to play the game fair and square, and they refused. Say that, and you say all. "No need to dwell on details, comrades. The Air Trust has had its will with the world, so far.
A big hired touring-car from New York drove up to the door and out they stepped, drunk as lords, of course. PARAMORE: No, I'm in the Laird Street Settlement in Stamford. Italians and other immigrants. Catholics mostly, you know, so it's very hard to reach them. PARAMORE: Not so much crime as ignorance and dirt. MAURY: That's my theory: immediate electrocution of all ignorant and dirty people.
But even fear of electrocution cannot keep the brave sons of Belgium from endeavouring to leave this invaded country, and from joining those Belgian troops now fighting with the French and the British. No, I who lead you now have led hundreds of young fellows by this path or a similar one, and have taken them to safety. Now on, messieurs; in a little while we shall ascend to the surface."
However, I will explain that he was just as well-off at the end of the week as any union laborer is, and no street car fare to pay besides. Free food, fuel, lodging, divorce, music " "I forgot to mention baseball," interrupted Mr. Smilk. "And once in awhile an electrocution to break the monotony, to say nothin' of a jail-break every now and then. Say, you'll have to get a move on, Mrs.
He remembered a tale that, before electrocution became a law in Tennessee the county sheriff's nerve had failed him at a hanging, and the constable Dawson Bobbs had sprung the drop. There was something terrible about the fat man. He would do anything, absolutely anything, that came to his hands in the way of legal sewage. In the midst of these thoughts Peter heard himself saying.
"I'm not planning to end my days by electrocution," smiled Bob. "Few do plan to," was the grim retort. "But anyway, whether or no, it is wonderful to have you so close at hand. I shall feel as if I had a great prop behind me." "I hope so, Mater," Bob said affectionately. "I suppose you'll not have much time to be spending at home, though," mused the mother presently.
On a sheet of white paper an ant crawled wildly here and there as Murray blocked its way with an envelope. The electrocution was set for eight o'clock in the evening. Murray smiled at the antics of the wisest of insects. There were seven other condemned men in the chamber.
For a moment it towered over her, as though contemplating whether to trample on her or no. At this juncture an emissary distracted its attention and the terror left her lying there without further injury. The Automaton now assumed command of Locke's electrocution. Under its direction the emissaries picked up Locke's body and placed it in the electric chair.
The twelve witnesses invited by the Warden, and made necessary by law, together with the brain experts, have arrived upon the scene, and everything is in complete readiness for the electrocution of John Convert."
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