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Wed 04 Apr 2009Grim reading: executioner's letter
A LETTER from a member of Britain’s most famous family of executioners offering his services to hang a man found guilty of murder in Cork was sold at auction yesterday for €1,250.
The letter will remain in Cork, though the identity of the buyer remains a mystery. The letter, dated March 22nd, 1903, was purchased in trust by a local auctioneer.
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