Eureka Reporter | 1902-12-26 | Page 7 | Revolting Spectacle on Scaffold

ip revolting spectacle on scaffold A revolting spectacle was bitnes witnessed r ed bat at the execution of a peasant tor for mur der in widd n citadel vienna recent ly As he was being led to the told fold the condemned man zeco kame now suddenly drew a poniard which he had concealed and wounded three ot of the warders and a soldier he was overpowered dragged to the scaffold and three successive attempts were made to hang him in the first the lope gave way in the second he was cut down too soon and the wretched criminal criminals s head was again put in the noose and held there till life was final ly extinct