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Diary of a Hangman

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A Hangmans Diary is not only a collection of detailed writings by Schmidt about his work, but also an account of criminal procedure in Germany during the Middle Ages. I was glad that I had read “The Faithful Executioner” prior to this; it provided some of the extra background information that Franz Schmidt himself did not feel necessary to record.

Tours last between one and a half to two hours and are suitable for anyone aged over 6, they are currently free of charge but all donations are gratefully received. Whether this was due to his experiences at the Thompson hanging is open to dispute, especially since he performed 11 more executions (among which was one of another woman) before he withdrew. Lately, consorting with thieves and robbers, formed a band of sixteen, attacked people by night at Mossfühl, at Esterfeld and at the mill near Würzburg, also at Pühel and Hennau and many other places. He first participated in an execution in Newcastle in December 1901, as assistant to William Billington.

To clarify, this is less a "diary" in the sense of "a text recording personal thoughts and feelings" but more in the direction of recording what happened. Funded by Greater Manchester Police, it not only collects and preserves archive material and objects relating to the history of policing in the Greater Manchester area, but acts as an important resource for community engagement, where visitors can talk to staff and volunteers about policing. Your gift will support the work of Greater Manchester Police Museum, and enable us to continue looking after this uni. Wolff Weber, of Guntzendorff, and Barthel Dochendte, of Weisterfelss, both executed at Statt Kronach; Wolff, who was a thief, was hanged; Barthel, who was a murderer and had committed three murders, was executed on the wheel. W. Gruner have put together a masterful tome that sets the scene of execution day and puts you in Master Franz Schmidts shoes as he does his duty for his country.

When they were being led out, the Margrave’s wife wanted to see the poor sinners as they passed, and saw her own husband among them, whom she embraced and kissed, for she had not known her husband had been arrested, nor that he was a fellow of that sort. That being said though it was still fascinating to see what mattered to them and how they viewed execution, exile, and punishment. Some entries go straight to the point (one of the most common entries being "a thief hanged") and others much longer like entry 237 concerning a privy councillor named Nicholas von Gilgen.

Ulrich Gerstenacker, of Class-berg, who drove out with his brother to the wood and slew and murdered him with premeditation, giving out afterwards that the sledge with the wood had fallen on him and killed him—brought in here from Betzenstein and beheaded with the sword, then exposed upon the wheel. The medieval times were wild and viewing it through the eyes of a professional executioner while listening to the “crimes” of each that lead to their demise at his hands is such a fascinating viewpoint and the content is an actual record gather from Franz Schmidt’s diary. Edited and with an Introduction by Albrecht Keller and an essay “A Brief Account of Criminal Procedure in Germany in the Middle Ages”, by C.

Also it's a bit odd having a cheesy American news anchor sounding man as the narrator for a book based in 16ths century Germany but hey ho. Lots of people have their heads cut off "as a favour" to avoid the worse fates of hanging out the wheel, which are reserved for the worst offenders. Keller's part about Schmidt was a good introduction to the actual diary and gave me some perspective on certain entries or absence thereof (*cough cough* the brother-in-law). By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.If screwed up during an execution, you could be the next head on the chopping block; as exacting swift and precise justice was just as important and carrying out the deed at all. George Schorpff of Ermb, near the hohenstein, a lecher, guilty of beastliness with four cows, two calves and a sheep. But the woman Lengin, when she brought forth her child alive in the house of a smith, throttled it and buried it in a heap of refuse. The diary is a bit frustrating in that you’re never given motivations for the crimes, and in some places I dearly wanted to know more of what went on. The first sets the scene explaining what legal life was like in late medieval/early renaissance Germany and why the legal system worked how it did.

Class prejudice and mysogeny went unchallenged; and whatever high-minded achievements we celebrate in the arts or philosophy/theology, this was the base line. Görgla von Sunberg said they had committed a great sin and that he would take the infants to a priest to be baptized, but Phila said he would himself be priest and baptize them, so he took them by the legs and dashed them to the ground. It was interesting what the crimes were that he wrote about and how trivial some where to be executed for. A job that was not glamourous, but nevertheless very necessary, and came with benefits and risk as well. Steffan Hötzelein, alias der Lauffenhöltzer, a wire-drawer at Lauff, who accused Georg Schwindel, a councillor there, saying he had seen him commit lewdness with four women; his father, Hans Hötzelein, whose fingers were struck off, bore witness in the matter, the father saying it happened under an oak-tree, the son, on the contrary, under a fir-tree.The woman Dörfflerin, when she brought forth her child in the garden behind the Fort, left it lying alive in the snow so that it froze to death. Eight years later, in September 1932, after another bout of heavy drinking, Ellis died by suicide, cutting his throat with a razor. If you would like to book a private tour for between 5- 25 people we offer these on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Instead we got more of a log book of each prisoner he had to execute, the manner in how he did it, and sometimes the list of their crimes. Pierrepoint's brother Thomas, also an executioner, is reported to have said about John Ellis that "it was impossible to work with him".

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