THE DELIGHTS OF BEING HANGED.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1055, 16 January 1883, Page 3

THE DELIGHTS OF BEING HANGED.

Buntline, an American sensational writer, whose real name is Judson, had a row with a man named Porterfield about the latter's wile. Porterfield .shot at Judson three times, and was about to fire ugain, when Judson said 'if you do that again I'll put a bullet through your head.' Porterfield fired the fourth time, the bullet, like all the others, going wide of its mark. Judson raised his elbow to a level with his face and resting his pistol upon it look aim and fired. The ball penetrated Porttield's brain, and he foil dead \ to the gtound. The mob caught Judeon and resolved to hang him. Taking him to a house that was in process of construction, they threw a rope over the rafters and strung him up. Thrice lie was strung up in succession and cut down under the impression that he was dead. His leg wps broken by the last fall and he was unconscious. The mob left him for dead, and friends succeeded in restoring him. He told a friend the moments he hung each tune were the most deliriously delightful of his life—beautiful lights dancing before his eyes of all lines and shades, many of them like those produced by the chemical burning of watch-springs. The most gorgeous panoramas passed in review before him, each more entrancingly beautiful and distinct.