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Ripper | 10:50 Mon 15th May 2017 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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How many steps did Abraham Lincoln's "assassins" ascend to the gallows? Thanks in advance.
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looks like about 12, but that's just a guess

https://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1024w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2015/06/16/Local/Images/hanging__4171434485530.jpg?uuid=-2a0dhRjEeWEV0tDG_ftTA
10:57 Mon 15th May 2017
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Looking at the photograph, I would say 12 steps.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2495111/Photographs-grisly-moments-Lincoln-assassination-conspirators-sell-100-000-auction.html
10:59 Mon 15th May 2017
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:-), Jno.
10:59 Mon 15th May 2017
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it says 13 here

http://www.americanussr.com/mary-surratt.htm
11:01 Mon 15th May 2017
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Well done, Jno. That was interesting.
11:05 Mon 15th May 2017
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I knew my Ghoul's Handbook would come in handy some day, Tilly.
11:08 Mon 15th May 2017
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Traditionally there were 13 steps to the gallows. Difficult to tell from the photos though. In Britain scaffolds were built on a level next to the condemned cell so that the prisoner could simply walk through and hanged in a matter of seconds.
11:19 Mon 15th May 2017
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Thank you everyone!
11:24 Mon 15th May 2017

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