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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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In Cork, a man named Patrick Redman, condemned for street robbery, was hanged for over 28 minutes but revived by actor and surgeon Glover through a bronchotomy incision. He received a pardon and public collection afterward.
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"A most extraordinary affair lately happened at Cork. One Patrick Redman having been condemned to be hanged for a street robbery, and great interest used to procure him a reprieve with the Judge, a Gentleman of fortune laid a considerable wager that the man should be saved notwithstanding, provided no hint of his bet was made publick until the fellow was cut down. The man was accordingly executed, and hung upwards of twenty eight minutes, when the mob carried off the body to a place appointed; where he was, after five or six hours, actually brought to life by Glover the Actor, who it seems is also a dexterous surgeon, and who made an incision in his wind pipe, called by the medical tribe bronchotomy, which produced the desired effect. The poor fellow has since received his pardon, and a genteel collection has been made for him."
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Cork
Event Date
Lately Before January 24
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revived after hanging, received pardon, genteel collection made
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Patrick Redman was condemned to be hanged for a street robbery. Despite efforts for reprieve, a gentleman wagered on his survival if the bet remained secret until after execution. He was hanged for over 28 minutes, body taken by mob, and revived after 5-6 hours by Glover, who performed bronchotomy. The wager condition was met.