"Firing squad" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... and final tragedy of her triumph had proved too much for even her robust vitality, and when the news came that Starr Wiley had killed himself in his garrison prison rather than face the firing squad, the inevitable ...
— The Fifth Ace • Douglas Grant
... soldiers guarding their prisoner against the fury of the mob began to work a way along the pavement, meaning, no doubt, to land their prize in the lock-up, where he would be safe until the firing squad was called on ...
— The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields • Lieut. Howard Payson
... was quickly finished with rough, and, but for one frightful blunder, with merciful swiftness. The crowd fell back when it came to the square of soldiery, and the condemned man, the priests, and the firing squad of six young volunteers passed in and the lines ...
— Public Speaking • Irvah Lester Winter
... flung back at them from between clenched teeth, "what that motorcyclist looked like. I'd like to meet him again—with a firing squad." ...
— The Outdoor Girls at the Hostess House • Laura Lee Hope
... inhabitants—the women and children—of a sleeping, unprotected city. With growing horror it came to her that in all probability she herself would be called on to testify against him. It might even be her evidence that would result in his being led out before a firing squad and put to ...
— The Apartment Next Door • William Andrew Johnston |
