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Crime, A murder was comitted, , To have, the criminal’s head cut off, , and, , The criminal was sentenced to death., , Life imprisonment, , Hitch, They had neither a guillotine, nor an executioner., Finding a solution, Wrote letters seeking help, to, France, , Italy, , Sreenivasa Murthy R, Tumakuru, , Punishment, , Problem., , Tempting him to runaway, from the prison, They dismissed, the guard, hoping that, , It costed 600 francs, a year for, the keep of the criminal., It was very expensive., , the criminal, would run away, from the prison., He did not run away., , Reply, Could be supplied, cost would be, 16000 francs, , Could be supplied, cost would be, 12000 francs, , Felt both were too dear., Asked the soldiers, if they could do it., Soldiers said they, had not been taught, how to do it., So changed the death sentence into, , Offering him, a pension., , Suggested, to leave the prison., He refused., Reason:, He had nowhere to go., They had ruined his character, by their sentence., People would turn, their backs on him., He had got out of the way, of working., , Offered him, a pension of, 600 francs, a year., He agreed, on the, condition that, they should, pay it, regularly.