The Dream Precognition And The Double Hanging In Bodmin That 25,000 People Came To Watch
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Captain Edmund Norway, the master of the merchant ship Orient, was situated seven miles off the volcanic island of St Helena in the south Atlantic.
On the 8th of February 1840 the Captain awoke with a start. He had been dreaming and told his second officer, Mr Wren, what he had dreamt:
Seeing his Captain was unsettled by this Mr Wren told him, “Don’t worry about it. You west country people are too superstitious.” Captain Norway was from Cornwall, England.
But it must have concerned the Captain as on February 9th, 1840 he took the trouble to record his dream, and the conversation with Wren, in the ship’s log.
Nevill Norway, a highly respectable timber and general merchant, was killed exactly as his brother had recorded and the murder caused considerable interest and discussion in Bodmin, Cornwall and the surrounding area. So much so that a police officer from London was sent to help with the enquiries.
Nevill had been seen on the day of the murder at Bodmin market and was carrying a considerable amount of money. It is thought he was seen by brothers, William and James Lightfoot, who were later arrested for Neville Norway’s murder. They each initially blamed the other brother.
William Lightfoot finally gave his version of what had happened:
William and James Lighfoot were found guilty at the court and Monday, the 13th of April, 1840 was fixed for their execution by hanging at Bodmin Jail.
The hanging became cause for almost a party atmosphere and 20-25,000 people went to watch the double hanging. This is how the local newspaper, The West Briton, reported the execution:
The town of Bodmin on the Sunday evening presented the appearance of a fair, every Public House and as many private houses were filled to overflowing.
On Monday morning the road up to the prison was barricaded off from the public leaving a large open space below the drop which was occupied by the Sheriff’s Javelin men and the local and special Constables.
People began to assemble very early in the morning and by twelve o’clock, the hour of execution, there could have been no less than from twenty to twenty-five thousand persons.
The prisoners were launched into eternity. They died almost immediately. The shoe of William, through the jerk, fell off.
After hanging for an hour, the bodies were cut down and put into a couple of black coffins. They were buried in a hole about three feet in the coal yard just in front of the prison.
~ West Briton Newspaper 17th April 1840.
Is it any wonder the ghosts of William and James Lightfoot still haunt Bodmin Jail?
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Source: http://www.67notout.com/2013/11/the-dream-precognition-and-double.html
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