hanging by turban to bars of cell door; slip-knot around neck; heart
beating feebly; died in about a minute after being cut down. “The point
of suspension was forty-seven inches from the ground, the position
of the noose twenty-eight inches, and the feet were forty-two inches
away from the door supported on the toes.” Experiment showed that the
turban could not have borne the full weight of the body. He died from
strangulation.