Daughter of Comte Sephone Drowned for smuggling:
Daughter of Comte Sephone Drowned for smuggling:
The Government of His Majesty King Louis wishes to announce the execution for smuggling Marie Lacroix, Comtesse Sephone, a review of the proceedings follows
The condemned was let to the docks wearing a white robe with a leaded rope wound about her and placed in a barge to be rowed out into the harbor.
After rowing some ways from the shore she was pushed over the side
She sank instantly and struggled
After 2 minutes she tired
Her lungs filled with water
She Died
Her body was left in the water for 15 minutes
Her body was pulled to the surface
She was pulled back onto the barge
Her body was laid on the barge and rowed back to the dock
She was lifted up onto the pier
Placed in a simple coffin
Viewed by the Townspeople
The lid is nailed shut and she is given to her family for burial
