Ollie Cromwell became lord protector of England, Scotland & Ireland on 12/16/1653

          A thief once rode up Holborn-Hill,
            towards Oliver Cromwell's pallace;
          A maid that bore him some good will
            had begged him from the gallows:
          "Oh no" (quoth he) "I'le go to the gibb,
          And not be a slave to my own rib,
            drive on the cart, good fellows!"
  
                  "The Batchelor's Delight" from The Roxburghe Ballads,
                  Wm Chappell, 1875, vol III, p426

ALSO:
John F Morgan Horton died 12/16/1897. It was "The Last Public Hanging in West Virginia," by Tom T Hall

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