Hangman's rope
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Souvenir piece of hangman's rope used to execute Dr. William King.
- Notes
- Dr. William King of Brighton was convicted of murdering his wife, Sarah Anne by poisoning her with arsenic. He was hanged on June 9, 1859 at the courhouse where the Golden Plough now stands.
- Inscriptions
- Something Unique in Ropes. Relatives of the murdered Mrs. King of Brighton, and others who rejoiced to see justice done, cut up the hangman's rope for souvenirs. This piece has been given to E.C. Guillet.
- Place of Publication
- Cobourg, ON
- Date of Original
- c.1859
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 971-7
- Collection
- Historical Photographs
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.95977 Longitude: -78.16515
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Contact
- Cobourg Public LibraryEmail:info@cobourg.library.on.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:200 Ontario Street, Cobourg, ON K9A 5P4
