fritzz@sdcc3.UUCP (Flippin' fritzz) (01/14/85)
I'll try to dredge this up as accuratley as I can... My memory is a litle bit rusty, so names and places won't be mentioned. The actual events are true: Sometime in Elizabethan England there was a man who attempted suicide by slitting his throat. He was found before he died and saved. After a recovery period in the hospital he was taken to court and tried. (For murder, I think) He was found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging. When the hanging was attempted, his neck wasn't broken (the usual result of hanging) but he was left to choke... However his wound from the suicide attempt opened up and in an improvised form of a tracheotomy allowed him to breath until he was taken down about half an hour later. They got him the second time around, after his wound had completely healed. -- ihnp4--\ You may ask yourself: fritzz the Zebra decvax--\ Am I right... or am I wrong akgua----\ and you may say to yourself: dcdwest---\ MY GOD... WHAT HAVE I DONE? headvax----\ ucbvax-------- sdcsvax -- sdcc3 -- fritzz