London - The eighteenth-century executioner John Swift was a convicted murderer who was set free on condition that he did the government’s work as an executioner. Swift wasn’t the best man for the job because he couldn’t stand the sight of blood. When he was called upon to execute rebel Lord Balmerino at the Tower of London, in 1745, he fainted, then lay on the ground sobbing while onlookers tried to get him to get on with the execution. When he finally took his axe, he took five blows to sever the man’s head. The public never forgave him for his ineptness. At his funeral a jeering mob threw rocks and the rotting bodies of cats at his coffin. Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Skype
