Executioner pierrepoint an autobiography pdf995

English executioner (–)

Albert Pierrepoint (PEER-point; 30 March &#;– 10 July ) was an English hangman who executed between and people in a year career that ended in His father Henry and uncle Thomas were official hangmen before him.

Pierrepoint was born in Clayton in the West Riding of Yorkshire. His family struggled financially because of his father's intermittent employment and heavy drinking.

Executioner pierrepoint an autobiography pdf995

Pierrepoint knew from an early age that he wanted to become a hangman, and was taken on as an assistant executioner in September , aged His first execution was in December that year, alongside his uncle Tom. In October he undertook his first hanging as lead executioner.

During his tenure he hanged people who had been convicted of war crimes in Germany and Austria, as well as several high-profile murderers—including Gordon Cummins (the Blackout Ripper), John Haigh (the Acid Bath Murderer) and John Christie (the Rillington Place Strangler).

He undertook several