GRIM RELIC OF KIVETI. LONDON, February A grim relie of tile (lays when pirattvi and other criminals were banged in Execution Dock at Wapping ami their bodies were left- dangling as a warning, luiis just been reeoveied j from the Thames in the com.so of Operations off the site oi Execution /Dock, not very far below Tower Bridge. A set of chain harness was brought to the istirface by a dredger. It consists of a. chain, which wa,s placed round the body of the criminal and kept in position by the padlock, the wrists being secured in iron loops connected to the body-belt. |(, is believed that Captain Kidd was the last to meet Ids end in this u -a v in Execution Dock on May 03, |7()1. British Museum experts arc satisfied that the relic is IHtli. century work, and that it '\ r as undoubtedly used at Execution Dock.
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 March 1932, Page 6
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149Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 Hokitika Guardian, 12 March 1932, Page 6
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