Show of the murderers and from the districts bout the pantheon and have been known to compose and sing grimly humorous ballads in honor ef the guillotine when in their cups these people will hardly however go so far as to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the first execution in paris by the instrument of decapitation which the adopted on the motion or dr guillotin who had seen the machine at work in italy the doctors idea in introducing the bois de justice was purely philan for he wanted to do away with the slow tortures inflicted upon criminal on may the first criminal a highwayman was executed oo 00 the place de greve now the place de de ville this is the date given by larousse but other authorities state that monday april 25 was the anniversary of the first execution by the guillotine in paris in any case the terrible was destined to be busy daring 1793 on the heads of persona more than tho common highwayman named peletier borthig reason some of modern sympathizers with the terror itts supposing them to have the bloodthirsty intention inte ution of celebrating the cen of the guillotine would bt inclined to fix the date of their commemorative ceremony on jan 31 next there can be no doubt about that day as it would he the anniversary ol 01 the execution of louis XVI on the spot marked by tha obelisk in the place de la concordi concords Con cords ai the spacious plot of ground once termed the place lonis XV and afterward the place da la revolution is nowadays known paris cor london telegraph |