Milford News | 1931-07-30 | Page 3 | How it Started

CK'K0C0C ( How It Started By Jean Newton v ) CK0CKXK0CK00 THE GUILLOTINE TT WILL surprise many of our read- ers to learn that the guillotine, used to behead people, was originally introduced intro-duced as an instrument of mercy I This may seem rather startling to some of us who are familiar with French history, but it Is a fact, nevertheless. nev-ertheless. We have It as the Invention of Dr. Joseph Ignatius Guillotine. Doctor Guillotine was the physician who was responsible for the substitution substitu-tion of the guillotine In place of the various devices hitherto used. The guillotine accomplished the purpose pur-pose desired quickly and painlessly. Probably, however, Its many beneficiaries benefi-ciaries during the French revolution did not regard It as an unmixed blessing. bless-ing. ((E). 1931. Bell Syndicate.) WNrj Service.