Great thing about ropes are they are recyclable. When, worn, they may be cut into lengths and sold as souvenirs.
January 14, 2023 at 12:12 pm
John
Ah yes, Judge Parker’s “machine” at Fort Smith.
Having been born and raised in Oklahoma, this is a piece of history I know well.
January 14, 2023 at 12:40 pm
markm
Isaac Charles “Hanging Judge” Parker had a 12-position gallows to deal with the outlaws dragged back from Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) to face trial in Arkansas, but could have done with only 6. For example, in his very first court session he tried 18 men, all for murder, 15 were convicted, 8 were sentenced to death, and 6 were hung together a few months later. (One was killed trying to escape and the one death sentence was commuted.)
IMO, Parker wasn’t any bloodier than most judges of the era, he just had several times as many capital crimes as other judges. The territory he served had become a refuge for hardened criminals from all over the USA. He worked 60 hour weeks trying to give everyone a fair and speedy trial, and was perfectly happy when he could sentence a petty thief to a short jail term, but his marshals spent most of their chasing alleged killers.
January 14, 2023 at 1:28 am
PeregrineJohn
Arrest? He thinks there will be an arrest?
It’ll be a brief surprise for him, but a surprise nonetheless.
https://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2023/01/whats-behind-global-erosion-of-civil.html
an excerpt -.
Over time, the citizenry of some regions began expanding the benefits nation-states and their elites were expected to provide in exchange for power: the state was expected to secure the rights to individuals’ property and various civil liberties relating to the free exchange of ideas and knowledge, freedom of worship, and having a say in national decisions.
Globally, these basic human rights are being eroded by state-elite over-reach and consolidation of power beyond what the citizenry agreed upon. For example, the citizenry ceded power to the state to protect individuals’ privacy from the surveillance and information-gathering of both the state and private interests.
“Now I laugh, oh so hard, to see you swinging from the gallows pole.”
I only know the Zeppelin version but someone told me they heard it being played in a saloon scene from ‘The Fighting Kentuckian’.
Still haven’t looked for that.
Ready for Hillary? Sorry Pal, ropes ‘n nooses don’t work on zombies.
And that applies to a whole swath of ’em, any doubt Braindead is one?
Gonna have to rethink our punishments from what would give us such visceral pleasure (let ME release the trapdoor or the blade!) to probably something cooked up by Javie and administered by Jo…
Nah, I think they may go for the one no one was waiting for. Give him a basketball and a TV to keep him occupied, and they can continue to do whatever they want. Big Mike could be a problem though.
Well, we were talking about killing ’em, or re-killing them actually, but yeah back to braindead’s replacement and your thought is a good possibility, all they have to do is finish off braindead and decommission Cumala too right after she picks Zippy as her vice, moving him back into the big chair. But yeah, Mo might be pissed if she *it* was eyeballing that prize for itself, and if I was him I would not argue with that simian thing.
January 14, 2023 at 6:07 pm
Kafiroon
Also, Sudden Death Syndrome is a real happening thing.
January 14, 2023 at 10:32 pm
ULTRA-MAGA TOP DAWG JTC
They’s all kinds o’ ‘cides…
January 14, 2023 at 1:19 pm
Pamela
While a noose is less gory, what about all those guillotines the Kenyan bought and put into storage…
Can’t kill ’em by hanging if they’re already dead, and if it’s setting out a buffet for the critters you want, let’s move forward with that DC wall idea; pretty much all of the zombie apocalypse so plenty for the scavengers to eat, but it does seem rather cruel to have to consume that fetid trash after being used to good clean roadkill…
While any “arrest” of those things in that place will never lead to trials we can watch and enjoy, it is good to remember that the word actually means to “stop” or halt a process, as in arresting a disease, or a stoppage or sudden cessation of motion…as in “a respiratory arrest”.
And those are some arrests we can play a critical part in…
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Let’s bring this guy back out from retirement …
https://extexanwannabee.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/ready-for-hillary.jpg
Only two ropes? They’re going to get a lot of testing!
They need the gallows from “Hang ‘Em High”. That one had service for four!
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=hang+em+high+gallows&docid=608008838103302283&mid=FC80FDBF4A2370C9E65EFC80FDBF4A2370C9E65E&view=detail&FORM=VIRE
Great thing about ropes are they are recyclable. When, worn, they may be cut into lengths and sold as souvenirs.
Ah yes, Judge Parker’s “machine” at Fort Smith.
Having been born and raised in Oklahoma, this is a piece of history I know well.
Isaac Charles “Hanging Judge” Parker had a 12-position gallows to deal with the outlaws dragged back from Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) to face trial in Arkansas, but could have done with only 6. For example, in his very first court session he tried 18 men, all for murder, 15 were convicted, 8 were sentenced to death, and 6 were hung together a few months later. (One was killed trying to escape and the one death sentence was commuted.)
IMO, Parker wasn’t any bloodier than most judges of the era, he just had several times as many capital crimes as other judges. The territory he served had become a refuge for hardened criminals from all over the USA. He worked 60 hour weeks trying to give everyone a fair and speedy trial, and was perfectly happy when he could sentence a petty thief to a short jail term, but his marshals spent most of their chasing alleged killers.
Arrest? He thinks there will be an arrest?
It’ll be a brief surprise for him, but a surprise nonetheless.
Tom Theisman’s final words to Oscar St. Just “Goodbye, Citizen Chairman”.
Thanks be to David Weber for the Honorverse!
https://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2023/01/whats-behind-global-erosion-of-civil.html
an excerpt -.
Over time, the citizenry of some regions began expanding the benefits nation-states and their elites were expected to provide in exchange for power: the state was expected to secure the rights to individuals’ property and various civil liberties relating to the free exchange of ideas and knowledge, freedom of worship, and having a say in national decisions.
Globally, these basic human rights are being eroded by state-elite over-reach and consolidation of power beyond what the citizenry agreed upon. For example, the citizenry ceded power to the state to protect individuals’ privacy from the surveillance and information-gathering of both the state and private interests.
Hangman is comin’ down from the gallows an’ they don’t have very long….
And now I won’t have to pull so hard to see you swingin’ from the gallows pole…
“Now I laugh, oh so hard, to see you swinging from the gallows pole.”
I only know the Zeppelin version but someone told me they heard it being played in a saloon scene from ‘The Fighting Kentuckian’.
Still haven’t looked for that.
Ooops… wrong song. That’s Styx, not Zeppelin.
Many deserve to meet Jack Ketch; none will.
Dated 1/1/423. Did I miss a couple of centuries of DBD?
(Yes, I am an itinerate nitpicker)
Damn, I’m getting’ old! I kinda like leaving my mistakes out because it makes more interesting!
Ready for Hillary? Sorry Pal, ropes ‘n nooses don’t work on zombies.
And that applies to a whole swath of ’em, any doubt Braindead is one?
Gonna have to rethink our punishments from what would give us such visceral pleasure (let ME release the trapdoor or the blade!) to probably something cooked up by Javie and administered by Jo…
Well … zombies can’t do much when they’re stuck dangling by their necks.
Let ‘em all hang … it’ll be a carrion smorgasbord! Let the flies, beetles and vultures do the rest.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hungry-animals-would-take-down-a-zombie-invasion-2230524/
Nah, I think they may go for the one no one was waiting for. Give him a basketball and a TV to keep him occupied, and they can continue to do whatever they want. Big Mike could be a problem though.
Well, we were talking about killing ’em, or re-killing them actually, but yeah back to braindead’s replacement and your thought is a good possibility, all they have to do is finish off braindead and decommission Cumala too right after she picks Zippy as her vice, moving him back into the big chair. But yeah, Mo might be pissed if she *it* was eyeballing that prize for itself, and if I was him I would not argue with that simian thing.
Also, Sudden Death Syndrome is a real happening thing.
They’s all kinds o’ ‘cides…
While a noose is less gory, what about all those guillotines the Kenyan bought and put into storage…
Can’t kill ’em by hanging if they’re already dead, and if it’s setting out a buffet for the critters you want, let’s move forward with that DC wall idea; pretty much all of the zombie apocalypse so plenty for the scavengers to eat, but it does seem rather cruel to have to consume that fetid trash after being used to good clean roadkill…
While any “arrest” of those things in that place will never lead to trials we can watch and enjoy, it is good to remember that the word actually means to “stop” or halt a process, as in arresting a disease, or a stoppage or sudden cessation of motion…as in “a respiratory arrest”.
And those are some arrests we can play a critical part in…