The Old Jail, Amelia Island

Florida · USA · Execution site

Luc Simone Aury, illegitimate son of the pirate Luis Aury, was sentenced to hang behind this Florida jail. A crowd gathered. He cut his own throat the.

Luc Simone Aury was the illegitimate son of the privateer Luis Aury, and by the accounts a scoundrel in his own right, wanted for murder, rape and robbery among a long list of other charges.

When he was finally caught he was sentenced to hang on the gallows behind the jail on Amelia Island, Florida.

Word spread, and a large crowd came to watch the execution of a famous criminal.

The night before the hanging, Aury cut his own throat in his cell.

He denied the crowd their spectacle and the state its execution in a single act, which is precisely why the story survived. What is reported at the jail belongs to that cell and to the ground behind the building where the gallows stood.

Amelia Island has flown eight national flags and has a history of piracy, smuggling and disputed sovereignty that very few places in America can match.

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Hvor ligger The Old Jail, Amelia Island?

The Old Jail, Amelia Island ligger i Florida, USA.