I like this part of the manual for hanging: "playing a lively air" 
b. Upon the pronouncement of the death of the prisoner, the escort, with the band playing a lively air, will return to the parade ground and be dismissed.
If someone would like to see the noose's that were used for hanging people, there are several at the J.M. Davis Arms Museum here in
Claremore. And there are the stories of the criminals accompanying the nooses that were used to hang them.
b. Upon the pronouncement of the death of the prisoner, the escort, with the band playing a lively air, will return to the parade ground and be dismissed.
If someone would like to see the noose's that were used for hanging people, there are several at the J.M. Davis Arms Museum here in
Claremore. And there are the stories of the criminals accompanying the nooses that were used to hang them.
Gary Gillmore in Utah selected the firing squad instead of hanging. He had the option.
If I remember right, it was 30-30 rifles that were pre aimed and the riflemen only had to pull the trigger. One was a blank and no one knew which one it was because they couldn't feel the recoil.
In the military manual that Dave70968 mentioned it was one to three blanks for the firing squad.
Anyone familiar with firing blanks knows there is no recoil, so I don't understand why they even did that for shoulder fired weapons.
In Gilmore's case, nobody got to feel recoil because the guns were mounted.
If I remember right, it was 30-30 rifles that were pre aimed and the riflemen only had to pull the trigger. One was a blank and no one knew which one it was because they couldn't feel the recoil.
In the military manual that Dave70968 mentioned it was one to three blanks for the firing squad.
Anyone familiar with firing blanks knows there is no recoil, so I don't understand why they even did that for shoulder fired weapons.
In Gilmore's case, nobody got to feel recoil because the guns were mounted.
Actually, it is five to seven coils. The coils function as a club, knocking the head one way while the noose pulls the neck in the opposite direction. This makes it more likely to produce the 'hangman's fracture'. This is a fracture or dislocation between the first and second cervical vertebrae, resulting in death.
Thanks, I’ll remember this you know, just in case.
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You never know when this tidbit could come in handy.
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