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2.
- Creator:
- Bennett, S., active 1815- author
- Published / Created:
- [1815]
- Call Number:
- File 68 815 B471
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Description:
- Caption title., "The following Address was delivered in the Chapel of the gaol at Chelmsford, by the Rev. S. Bennett, who officiated for the ordinary, on Friday, July 28, 1815, immediately before the execution of James Garrard and James Perry, convicted at the late Assizes of a robbery on the High Road near Romford, Essex ... The beginning of their sad misfortunes was, first of all, a neglect of Divine Worship on the Lord's Day, and their frequenting too often public-houses"., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Ellerton and Henderson, printers, Johnson's Court
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Essex., England., and Chelmsford
- Subject (Name):
- Garrard, James, -1815. and Perry, James, -1815.
- Subject (Topic):
- Crime, Thieves, Executions and executioners, and Execution sermons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Address delivered at the execution of James Garrard and James Perry
3.
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1830]
- Call Number:
- File 52 Aw966 830+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Description:
- Caption title., First line: In the county of Norfolk, lived one Mr. Matthew Grey, a gentleman about 39 years of age, possessed of a very good estate., Printed in three columns. With three woodcut illustrations at top: one depicting a man about to hurl an infant; one depicting a man and a woman hanging from nooses; and one depicting a woman burning an infant's corpse in a fireplace while being watched through a window. With "A copy of verses" printed in lower right: Give ear to this most horrid tale, this dismal tragedy, so foul and deep it cannot fail to moisten every eye. ..., Matthew Grey, apparently insane, decided his wife was unfaithful and that he was not the father of his three children. Enraged, he murdered his entire family. The gruesome sounds of the murders attracted the attention of his neighbors, who rushed to the scene and apprehended Grey. Susan Smith, a girl of 17, was pregnant with an unwanted child. Unable to abort the pregnancy, she murdered the baby shortly after it was born. Her crime was discovered when a neighbor saw her attempting to burn the baby's corpse in a fireplace., Printer's advertisement following imprint: -- Cards and handbills printed very neat and cheap., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Printed by J. Catnach, 2, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Norfolk., and England.
- Subject (Name):
- Grey, Matthew, -approximately 1830. and Smith, Susan, -approximately 1830.
- Subject (Topic):
- Murderers, Infanticide, Executions and executioners, and Hangings (Executions)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Awful account of the dreadful execution of Mr. Matthew Grey, and Miss Susan Smith, for murder
4.
- Published / Created:
- [1836?]
- Call Number:
- File 523 Ex96 836++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Description:
- Caption title. and Mounted to: 46 x 34 cm. For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Printed by Taylor, 14 Waterloo-Road, near the Victoria Theatre, Lambeth
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, London., and Chipstead.
- Subject (Name):
- Harley, William, -1836.
- Subject (Topic):
- Executions and executioners, Burglary, Prisons, and Hangings (Executions)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Execution at Horsemonger-lane Jail, Monday, April 11, 1836. Wm. Harley for the Chipstead burglary
5.
- Published / Created:
- [1836?]
- Call Number:
- File 523 Ex96 836++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Description:
- Caption title. and Mounted to: 46 x 34 cm. For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Printed by Taylor, 14 Waterloo-Road, near the Victoria Theatre, Lambeth
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, London., and Chipstead.
- Subject (Name):
- Harley, William, -1836.
- Subject (Topic):
- Executions and executioners, Burglary, Prisons, and Hangings (Executions)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Execution at Horsemonger-lane Jail, Monday, April 11, 1836. Wm. Harley for the Chipstead burglary
6.
- Published / Created:
- [1856?]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 403
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 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
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., "Noisy Carier's Book & Stationery Co."--Lower right corner., and Joseph Hetherington and Philander Brace were each accused of murdering two men in two separate incidents, and were executed by the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance.
- Publisher:
- Lith. & pub. by Britton & Rey
- Subject (Geographic):
- California, San Francisco, and San Francisco (Calif.)
- Subject (Name):
- Hetherington, Joseph, 1820?-1856, Brace, Philander, -1856, and San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856.
- Subject (Topic):
- Death and burial, Executions and executioners, Hanging, and Gallows
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Execution of Hetherington and Brace, the murderers of Baldwin, Randall, West and Marion, July 29th, 1856
7.
- Published / Created:
- [1829]
- Call Number:
- File 523 Ex96 829+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Description:
- Caption title., First line: John Stacey, aged 21, and John Stacey his father, were indicted for the wilful murder ..., Printed in two columns. With woodcut illustration at top illustrating the scene of the execution which took place on the day of the Magdalen Hill Fair, Winchester, in front of a crowd. With a poem at the end "Mournful copy of verses": Come all ye youths of Britains Isle, and listen unto me, Take warning by my sad downfall, my evil destiny ..., John Stacey junior was convicted for the robbery and violent murder of Mr. Langtree and his housekeeper (and niece) Charity Jolliffe at their house in Portsmouth. This broadside offers the evidence of Ann Dyatt and James Hendy, who discovered the bodies, together with that of Mr. George Martell, surgeon, who examined the bodies. No evidence as to how Stacey was convicted is offered, but he, together with his father, both confessed to their crime. Stacey junior, who committed the murders, was executed; Stacey Senior, who was present during the crime, was sentenced to transportation., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Printed by J. Catnach, 7, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Portsmouth., and Winchester.
- Subject (Name):
- Stacey, John, -1829.
- Subject (Topic):
- Murderers, Thieves, Murder, Executions and executioners, and Hangings (Executions)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Execution of John Stacey, at Winchester, for the horrid murders of Mr Langtrey and his housekeeper, at Portsmouth
8.
- Creator:
- Thistlewood, Arthur, 1770-1820
- Published / Created:
- [1820]
- Call Number:
- LWL MSS 52 Folder 1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Description:
- Primarily a description of the executions and the prisoners' behavior. and Date of imprint date from date of executions.
- Publisher:
- Pollock, printer, North Shields
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Brunt, J. T. 1782?-1820. (John Thomas),, Davidson, William, 1786-1820., Ings, James, -1820., Thistlewood, Arthur, 1770-1820., and Tidd, Richard, 1775?-1820.
- Subject (Topic):
- Cato Street Conspiracy, 1820, Executions and executioners, Trials (Conspiracy), Trials (Treason), and Cato Street, Conspiration de, 1820
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Execution of Thistlewood, Ings, Brunt, Tidd, and Davidson, for high treason. At London, on Monday, May 1, 1820
9.
- Creator:
- Childs, W. H., (Artist), artist
- Published / Created:
- [1863]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +63
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- Print shows the city square at Mankato, Minnesota on the day of the execution of thirty-eight Dakota Indians after the U.S. Army victory against the Dakota at the Battle of Wood Lake during the Dakota War of 1862; thirty-eight Dakota men stand on a common scaffold with nooses around their necks; rows of soldiers separate the Dakota men on the scaffold from the residents of Mankato, who gathered to watch the killings. Text below image describes the scene
- Alternative Title:
- Execution of the 38 Sioux Indians at Mankato, Min., December 26, 1862
- Description:
- Title from caption below image. and Names of the executed Dakota men: 1. Ta-he-do-ne-cha, (One who forbids his house.) 2. Plan-doo-ta, (Red Otter.) 3. Wy-a-tah-ta-wa, (His People.) 4. Hin-hau-shoon-ko-yag-ma-ne, (One who walks clothed in an Owl's Tail.) 5. Ma-za-bom-doo, (Iron Blower.) 6. Wak-pa-doo-ta, (Red Leaf.) 7. Wa-he-hua. 8. Sua-ma-ne, (Tinkling Walker.) 9. Rda-in-yan-ka, (Rattling Runner.) 10. Doo-wau-sa, (The Singer.) 11. Ha-pau, (Second child of a son.) 12. Shoon-ka-ska, (White Dog.) 13. Toon-kau-e-cha-tag-ma-ne, (One who walks by his Grandfather.) 14. E-tay-doo-tay, (Red Face.) 15. Am-da-cha, (Broken to Pieces.) 16. Hay-pe-pau, (Third child of a son.) 17. Mah-pe-o-ke-na-jui, (Who stands on the Clouds.) 18. Harry Milord, (of mixed race.) 19. Chas-kay-dau, (First born of a son.) 20. Baptiste Campbell (of mixed race.) 21. Ta-ta-ka-gay, (Wind Maker.) 22. Hay-pin-kpa, (The Tips of the Horn.) 23. Hypolite Auge, (of mixed race.) 24. Ka-pay-shue, (One who does not Flee.) 25. Wa-kau-tau-ka, (Great Spirit.) 26. Toon-kau-ko-yag-e-na-jui, (One who stands clothed with his Grandfather.) 27. Wa-ka-ta-e-na-jui, (One who stands on the earth.) 28. Pa-za-koo-tay-ma-ne, (One who walks prepared to shoot.) 29. Ta-tay-hde-dau, (Wind comes home.) 30. Wa-she-choon, (Frenchman.) 31. A-c-cha-ga, (To grow upon.) 32. Ho-tan-in-koo, (Voice that appears coming.) 33. Khay-tan-hoon-ka, (The Parent Hawk.) 34. Chau-ka-hda, (Near the Wood.) 35 Hda-hin-hday, (To make a rattling voice.) 36. O-ya-tay-a-kee, (The Coming People.) 37. Ma-hoo-way-ma, (He comes for me.) 38. Wa-kin-yan-wa, (Little Thunder.) And one, Ta-tay-me-ma (Round Wind), who was reprieved.
- Publisher:
- publisher not indentified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Minnesota and Mankato (Minn.)
- Subject (Name):
- A state of the image with title "The Execution of 38 Sioux Indians by the U.S. Authorities, at Mankato, Minnesota, Friday, December 26." and with attribution "from a sketch by W.H. Childs. See page 279" was issued in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper in Saturday, January 24, 1863, Volume: 15 , Issue: 382, page 285. Another state, a color lithograph with arched top border, by Hayes Litho. Co. of Buffalo N.Y. was entered for copyright in 1883 by John C. Wise for the twentieth anniversary of the event; another state with same copyright statement but with statement in lower right: Milwaukee Litho & Engr. Co.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dakota Indians, Dakota War, Minnesota, 1862, and Executions and executioners
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Execution of the thirty-eight Sioux Indians : at Mankato, Min., December 26, 1862
10.
- Published / Created:
- [1883?]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +61
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Chromolithograph of the public execution of 38 Dakota Indians following the end of the Dakota War of 1862 in Minnesota. Shows a city square in Mankato, Minnesota, with gallows in the center surrounded by soldiers and civilian crowds who are gathered around to watch the execution
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Names of the executed Dakota men: 1. Ta-he-do-ne-cha, (One who forbids his house.) 2. Plan-doo-ta, (Red Otter.) 3. Wy-a-tah-ta-wa, (His People.) 4. Hin-hau-shoon-ko-yag-ma-ne, (One who walks clothed in an Owl's Tail.) 5. Ma-za-bom-doo, (Iron Blower.) 6. Wak-pa-doo-ta, (Red Leaf.) 7. Wa-he-hua. 8. Sua-ma-ne, (Tinkling Walker.) 9. Rda-in-yan-ka, (Rattling Runner.) 10. Doo-wau-sa, (The Singer.) 11. Ha-pau, (Second child of a son.) 12. Shoon-ka-ska, (White Dog.) 13. Toon-kau-e-cha-tag-ma-ne, (One who walks by his Grandfather.) 14. E-tay-doo-tay, (Red Face.) 15. Am-da-cha, (Broken to Pieces.) 16. Hay-pe-pau, (Third child of a son.) 17. Mah-pe-o-ke-na-jui, (Who stands on the Clouds.) 18. Harry Milord, (of mixed race.) 19. Chas-kay-dau, (First born of a son.) 20. Baptiste Campbell (of mixed race.) 21. Ta-ta-ka-gay, (Wind Maker.) 22. Hay-pin-kpa, (The Tips of the Horn.) 23. Hypolite Auge, (of mixed race.) 24. Ka-pay-shue, (One who does not Flee.) 25. Wa-kau-tau-ka, (Great Spirit.) 26. Toon-kau-ko-yag-e-na-jui, (One who stands clothed with his Grandfather.) 27. Wa-ka-ta-e-na-jui, (One who stands on the earth.) 28. Pa-za-koo-tay-ma-ne, (One who walks prepared to shoot.) 29. Ta-tay-hde-dau, (Wind comes home.) 30. Wa-she-choon, (Frenchman.) 31. A-c-cha-ga, (To grow upon.) 32. Ho-tan-in-koo, (Voice that appears coming.) 33. Khay-tan-hoon-ka, (The Parent Hawk.) 34. Chau-ka-hda, (Near the Wood.) 35 Hda-hin-hday, (To make a rattling voice.) 36. O-ya-tay-a-kee, (The Coming People.) 37. Ma-hoo-way-ma, (He comes for me.) 38. Wa-kin-yan-wa, (Little Thunder.) And one, Ta-tay-me-ma (Round Wind), who was reprieved., "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1883 by John C. Wise in the office of the librarian of Congress at Washington.", and Printed area measures 33.9 x 45.9 cm.
- Publisher:
- The Milwaukee Litho & Engr. Co.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Minnesota, Mankato, Mankato (Minn.), and Mankato.
- Subject (Topic):
- Executions and executioners, Dakota War, Minnesota, 1862, Public executions, Dakota Indians, and Soldiers
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Execution of the thirty-eight Sioux Indians at Mankato, Minnesota, December, 26, 1862
