Watch the Rope
- Publisher
- J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1998
- Category
- General, General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780920486252
- Publish Date
- Jan 1998
- List Price
- $16.95
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Description
"Watch the rope": Words of advice given to a young reporter become the title for this gripping and sometimes grisly account of the trials and execution of the last seven men to be hanged in Manitoba. In 1948 Lawrence Deacon was tried and convicted in the death of a taxi driver. The author, who covered the trial for the Winnipeg Free Press brings forward new evidence which clearly indicates that an innocent man was hanged.
About the author
William E. Morriss was born in Winnipeg and began his career with the Winnipeg Free Press in 1946. From 1967–84, Morriss was the editor of The Manitoba Co–operator, a weekly farm newspaper published by Manitoba Pool Elevators. He is a former president of the Winnipeg Press Club and of the Manitoba Legislative Press Gallery, and is an honourary life member of the Manitoba Farm Writers and Broadcasters Association.