My bolding.
Were they blown to bits British-mutineer style? Or are there other ways to blow someone to bits with a cannon? I’m curious, is all.
“Oh, I’m sorry, Miss Mansfield, that time slot is already booked by Ann Miller. Perhaps we could reschedule when you return from Louisiana?”
IIRC, they were forced to stand by open mass graves, and shredded by grapeshot.
Not quite the way the British dealt with the Sepoy mutineers, but ugly enough in its own way.
See, I always assumed that the hair was cut, or put up, or pulled aside to allow the neck to be properly aligned on the block – with hair down the neck, they might get the victim too high or too low, so that the blade bites into the thickest part of the neck, down by the upper back/ shoulders, or :gulp: into the base of the skull. Messy. Same with beheading by ax or sword – they’d need a clear view of the neck to be able to aim the weapon at the narrowest point of the neck.
Then you get people fighting in the stands over who gets to keep the foul head.
Yeah, like they would’ve been able to tie Jayne Mansafield face-down on the pallet anyway . . .