Logan Journal | 1892-03-19 | Page 3 | The Bridge of Sighs

the iril 0 o of nf sighs one of tile most familiar bights M gats of picturesque venice I 1 is the bridge of sighs it spans the rio pil ilzo canal 1 nirl nad commini elites cater between the do uorca as palace pi lice on oil one side anti anil the vi paison ison on oil the other it Is not in an open thoroughfare like most brilles br ilses t s but is really al covered way pi i boners were vere led across gallery from their doomed do oneil cells to the palace in ili order that they might hear the sentence of death passed upon them they is i ere then taken to tile the place of execution it is caay to flud in ill this use of of the bridge the reason of its naine water too loo bridge in fit london I is often called the lifridge of sighs becane boc bec nue aue so many poor wretches wi etches hivo have flun blung themselves front from it into tle the black water s of the chanies below