<P> Four or five persons, after being nailed through their hands and feet to a scaffold, had first their tongues cut out, then their mouths slit open from ear to ear, then their ears cut off, and finally their bellies ripped open . </P> <P> Six people were crucified in the following manner: their hands and feet nailed to a scaffold; then their eyes were extracted with a blunt hook; and in this condition they were left to expire; two died in the course of four days; the rest were liberated, but died of mortification on the sixth or seventh day . </P> <P> Four persons were crucified, viz . not nailed but tied with their hands and feet stretched out at full length, in an erect posture . In this posture they were to remain till death; every thing they wished to eat was ordered them with a view to prolong their lives and misery . In cases like this, the legs and feet of the criminals begin to swell and mortify at the expiration of three or four days; some are said to live in this state for a fortnight, and expire at last from fatigue and mortification . Those which I saw, were liberated at the end of three or four days . </P> <P> During World War I, there were persistent rumors that German soldiers had crucified a Canadian soldier on a tree or barn door with bayonets or combat knives . The event was initially reported in 1915 by Private George Barrie of the 1st Canadian Division . Two investigations, one a post-war official investigation, and the other an independent investigation by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, concluded that there was no evidence to support the story . However, British documentary maker Iain Overton in 2001 published an article claiming that the story was true, identifying the soldier as Harry Band . Overton's article was the basis for a 2002 episode of the Channel 4 documentary show Secret History . </P>

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