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Last Words at Execution
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As George Appel was being strapped into the electric chair,
he said to the witnesses, "Well, folks, you'll soon see a baked Appel."
Sir Walter Raleigh said, "So the heart be right, it is no
matter which way the head lieth." Then he was beheaded.
On his way to the chair, James French said to a newspaper reporter,
" I have a terrific headline for you in the morning:
'French Fries.'"
Just before being hanged, Neville Heath's last request was
for a whiskey. "In the circumstances," he added, "you might make that a double."
Erskine Childers called out to the firing squad,
"Take a step forward, lads. It will be easier that way."
As British serial killer Dr. William Palmer stood on the
gallows, he asked the officials, "Are you sure this thing is safe?"
