http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/02/23/1885-not-john-babbacombe-lee-the-man-they-could-not-hang/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:17:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/02/23/1885-not-john-babbacombe-lee-the-man-they-could-not-hang/#comment-12435 ron adair Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:52:27 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=2438#comment-12435 the trap door had been repaired before the hanging and had been made from unseasoned lumber so that when there was no weight on the trap it operated ok but when weighted the unseasoned wood moved sufficiently to block it against its frame !! THis is the first comment I have made !!! the trap door had been repaired before the hanging and had been made from unseasoned lumber so that when there was no weight on the trap it operated ok but when weighted the unseasoned wood moved sufficiently to block it against its frame !! THis is the first comment I have made !!!

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/02/23/1885-not-john-babbacombe-lee-the-man-they-could-not-hang/#comment-12434 ron adair Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:50:52 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=2438#comment-12434 the trap door had been repaired before the hanging and had been made from unseasoned lumber so that when there was no weight on the trap it operated ok but when weighted the unseasoned wood moved sufficiently to block it against its frame !! the trap door had been repaired before the hanging and had been made from unseasoned lumber so that when there was no weight on the trap it operated ok but when weighted the unseasoned wood moved sufficiently to block it against its frame !!

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/02/23/1885-not-john-babbacombe-lee-the-man-they-could-not-hang/#comment-3696 Steve Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:31:45 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=2438#comment-3696 They should have tried it with someone else standing on the trap door. :D They should have tried it with someone else standing on the trap door.

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