The last public execution in Josefov

As a military fortress town, Josefov was used to frequent executions. Some were closed to the public, others could be visited by the public, and there were always countless curious people. The first person to be executed in Josefov was the carpenter polisher Ignác Pabil (wrongly spelled Pabel, because the military priest and titular dean Vincenc Seichert wrote his surname incorrectly) from Pardubice, who came from Prussian Silesia and directed the felling...