MARWOOD

William . b. Horn castle, Lincoln shire 1820; a cobbler at Horn castle; first employed as public executioner at Lincoln 1871; his long-drop system of hanging was very succe ful; hanged Henry Wainwright 21 Dec. 1875, Charles Peace 25 Feb. 1879, Kate Webster 29 July 1879, Percy Lefroy Map let on 29 Nov. 1881, G. H. Lamson 28 April 1882. d. Church lane, Horn castle 4 Sep. 1883. bur. Trinity ch. 6 Sep. The life of W. Marwood (1883), portrait ; Illust. police news 15 Sep. 1883 pp. 1–2, portrait ; St. Stephen’s Review 3 Nov. 1883 pp. 9, 20, facsimile of his letter ; Entracte Annual (1882) 26–7; Law Journal 8 Sep. 1883 p. 490. Note. —His portrait was drawn by Gustave Doré, the day Wainwright was executed 21 Dec. 1875 in the picture called ‘L’Execution à Londres’; this picture (which Marwood sold for £75) was sold again at Drouot’s auction mart, Paris, for £12 the very day of Marwood’s death 4 Sep. 1883.