Hangings on consecutive dates in 1913 — neither a show-stopper on its own, but each with a curious legal twist — mark our next two dates.

• Jan. 29, 1913: Edward Hopwood, clumsy suicide
• Jan. 30, 1913: John Williams, the Case of the Hooded Man

On this day..

• 1733: Henry Neal, for shoes and breeches
• 1726: Thomas Craven and William Anderson, reluctant autobiographers
• 1696: Thomas Randal, obstinate
• 2015: Robert Ladd, "let's ride"
• 1802: Joseph Wall
• 1745: Eve, her smoke visible throughout the country
• 1879: John Achey and William Merrick, the first hanged in Indianapolis
• 1253: P. Morret, poor guesser
• 1913: Edward Hopwood, clumsy suicide
• 1912: Albert Wolter, white slaver
• 1869: Chauncey W. Millard, candy man
• 1810: Pedro Domingo Murillo, for Bolivian independence
• 2006: A female spy by al Qaeda
• 1547: Not Thomas Howard, because Henry VIII died first
• Themed Set: The English Reformation