Friday night merges with Saturday morning. Helen Grover, Stacy Wilson, and Kathy Summer will wrap up the day’s entertainment. They are not the only prisoners being hanged today in the square, but they will be the last to be hanged and done so as a trio.
Helen offers no resistance to having her wrists bound behind her back. She knew she would be executed for killing her boyfriend and his wife but the son of a bitch refused to divorce his wife so Helen killed them both.
Stacy is to be hanged for embezzling $250,000 from the Cruxtonian government over a two year period. As the state accountant she has been convicted of theft from the government and high treason. So she will go to the gallows Helen and Kathy. With wrists bound behind her back she marched naked to the holding cell where she and the others will wait until it is their time to be brought to the gallows.
She will look spectacular as she thrashes from her noose.
My wrists are bound crossed behind my back. The rope is soft but tightly bound. It hurts but I fear not as much as the noose will. I an taken from my cell for the last time and lead down the dark prison corridor.
I cannot believe I have sentenced to be hanged but have no doubt before this day is done, I will be dead hanging naked from the noose that has killed me.
-Kathy, time running short…
Stacy, Kathy, and Helen sit naked in the holding cell with their hands bound behind their back. They watch as the prisoners that will be hanged before them are escorted to the Little Brampton gallows.
Some being led to their execution are stoic. Others cry as they are marched out. Some need firm ‘encouragement’ as they are dragged past.
Stacy says “When we go hold your shoulders back and keep your head up. They are going to hang us, but we can go out with pride.”
I sit in the middle and wonder how the hell I can proudly walk to the gallows.
-Kathy