The Brampton Jail Break and Its Resolution
Back in the 1500s, the old city of Brampton was quite progressive in its handling of penal punishment. Like many of the capitals of the olde world, it was common to cleanse the souls of accused witches by burning them at the stake. This not only prevented them from performing further acts for the devil, the fire washed the sins from their souls as they were burned to death- never mind the women suffered ghastly torments as the fire extinguished their sins.
For having a concern about burning women, Brampton kept the practice of burning witches through much of the 1500s. They particularly enjoyed the fear and panic the women would show once they were bound to the post but the pyre had yet to be lit.
There was a certain satisfaction the Bramptonians got when the fire started to lick the witch’s flesh. The women would always scream and most begged for mercy.
Although the witches put out a horrible stench as they were burned, the practice was continued through the century.
But something needed to be done about executing women who were not accused of witchcraft. A trader from one of the neighboring states suggested it was neater and more merciful to behead the condemned criminal. He convinced they the woman would still be just as dead as if they had burned her and she would not stick as much. He even sold Brampton one of his ‘headsman axes’ he happened to have on his cart. Soon beheading became the method of execution in Brampton.
It turned out it was an effective means to put a woman to death. One swing of the axe and her head was swiftly removed from her body.
But there were still some problems from just cutting the condemned woman’s head off. First the citizens of Brampton complained the women were put to death too quickly. If you blinked, you missed her head bouncing on the platform. And the janitors began to complain the women’s headless corpse were a bloody mess that they didn’t have to contend with when the women were burned to ashes.
Something had to be done, and their solution came in the form of a woman traveling from the Anjou Province. Messaline fortunately had one of her premium French nooses on her and offered the city a nice discount on the instrument. She even volunteered to stick around till the next woman was to be put to death.
Charges weremade up placed a fine-looking lady who was found guilty and condemned to death. Messaline even helped put the noose around the woman’s neck while she sat bound and naked on the horse she would be hanged from.
The woman asked “I won’t feel a thing, right?”
“Only a little tug” Messaline assured her. She was lying a little bit…
Back in the 1500s, the old city of Brampton was quite progressive in its handling of penal punishment. Like many of the capitals of the olde world, it was common to cleanse the souls of accused witches by burning them at the stake. This not only prevented them from performing further acts for the devil, the fire washed the sins from their souls as they were burned to death- never mind the women suffered ghastly torments as the fire extinguished their sins.
For having a concern about burning women, Brampton kept the practice of burning witches through much of the 1500s. They particularly enjoyed the fear and panic the women would show once they were bound to the post but the pyre had yet to be lit.
There was a certain satisfaction the Bramptonians got when the fire started to lick the witch’s flesh. The women would always scream and most begged for mercy.
Although the witches put out a horrible stench as they were burned, the practice was continued through the century.
But something needed to be done about executing women who were not accused of witchcraft. A trader from one of the neighboring states suggested it was neater and more merciful to behead the condemned criminal. He convinced they the woman would still be just as dead as if they had burned her and she would not stick as much. He even sold Brampton one of his ‘headsman axes’ he happened to have on his cart. Soon beheading became the method of execution in Brampton.
It turned out it was an effective means to put a woman to death. One swing of the axe and her head was swiftly removed from her body.
But there were still some problems from just cutting the condemned woman’s head off. First the citizens of Brampton complained the women were put to death too quickly. If you blinked, you missed her head bouncing on the platform. And the janitors began to complain the women’s headless corpse were a bloody mess that they didn’t have to contend with when the women were burned to ashes.
Something had to be done, and their solution came in the form of a woman traveling from the Anjou Province. Messaline fortunately had one of her premium French nooses on her and offered the city a nice discount on the instrument. She even volunteered to stick around till the next woman was to be put to death.
Charges were
The woman asked “I won’t feel a thing, right?”
“Only a little tug” Messaline assured her. She was lying a little bit…