Music Hall, Emory and Henry College

Virginia · United States · Execution site

The building was once a debating hall and courtroom. A man stepped out to the window for air during a heated argument, and his opponent pushed him.

Music Hall at Emory and Henry College in Virginia was at one time used for debates and as a courtroom.

The account holds that an argument in that room became too much for one of the men taking part, and he left to get some air, leaning on a windowsill on the third floor.

His opponent came out after him and pushed him from the window.

He caught the hanging lamp outside as he went, and it did not hold him. He fell to his death.

The lamp is still there, and it is what the story is really about. Students point at it, and the accounts describe it doing something it should not.

No record has been produced for the fall, and it should be read as college tradition. The building is in use.

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Where is Music Hall, Emory and Henry College located?

Music Hall, Emory and Henry College is in Virginia, United States.