Execution of Hetherington and Brace, the murderers of Baldwin, Randall, West and Marion, July 29th, 1856

In a large square overlooked by a row of buildings, a central gallows is surrounded by large numbers of armed men in guard-like rows, behind whom crowds are massed. The hanging has already occurred; the two condemned men's bodies, with hoods over their heads, are suspended below the open trap door of the gallows