| Show A Rogues Rogue's Name Lives I Hundreds of thousands of state state- stately ly 1 derricks dot the many oil fields of the world and many man other ather thou thou- thousands thousands thousands sands of smarter smaller hoisting devices also bear the name of derrick How this name came to be applied to various forms of lifting apparatus apparatus apparatus atus is interesting for it confers a sort sor of immortality upon a rascal I who became a famous hangman When Nhen Robert Earl of Essex a favorite of Queen Elizabeth of Eng land hand aided in the capture of Cadiz Spain in 1596 some sailors under his command engaged in the pill pill- pillage pillage pillage age of the city c eyen making at attacks at- at attack attack tack tacks upon Spanish women Twenty four of the culprits were condemned condemn d to death but no one wanted to be the executioner Es Es- Essex Essex Essex sex thereupon upon pardoned one of them a named Derrick D. D in inconsideration inconsideration inconsideration consideration of his hanging the theother theother theother other 23 which he lie proceeded ted to do Derrick evidently did a good job of it it for upon his return to Eng Eng- England England England land he was made hangman at the th thI I famed Tyburn prison in London In the Essex x had incur incur- incurred incurred incurred red red the Che disfavor of the queen and had bad made a feeble attempt to incite a revolution against her He lie was tried and nd condemned to death On February 21 21 1601 Hangman Derrick had the painful duty of be be- beheading beheading heading the man who had pardon pardon- pardoned ed him in Cadiz five years before and he li h wielded the axe as skill skill- skillfully fully as he lie had hitherto manipulated ed the noose But Dut his name became a synonym for a hangman and by extension I Ito to a gallows allows or other hoisting de de- de vice Thus the useful derrick came cameto cameto cameto I de-I to be so called f |
