Thomas Ketchum
("Black Jack")
(died 1901)

I'll be in hell before you start breakfast, boys!
Let her rip!

And they did. Ketchum's head came flying off as he reached the end of his rope. Earlier, he had taunted the men who built his gallows: "You did a fine job, boys, but why not tear down the stockade so the fellows can see a man hang who never killed anyone?"