Rich County Reaper | 1942-10-30 | Page 7 | The Guillotine

the guillotine the machine the french use for beheading murderers called the guillotine was not invented by dr guillotine nor was he himself executed by it as tradition states As long ago as the middle ages there were mechanical devices for beheading criminals during the french revolution when opponents of the new regime were executed in large numbers dr guillotine in 1789 suggested that something of the kind should be adopted for humanitarian reasons