Hell Yeah: John Booth
The 1812 Luddite storming of Cartwright's Mill, Rawfolds, near Cleckheaton, England.
After the retreat, Cartwright was alleged to have refused water or aid to the two mortally wounded men, unless they divulged Luddite secrets. Hammond Roberson is supposed to have behaved to them more like an inquisitor than a clergyman. Hundreds thronged the street outside the inn where the men lay dying. Stains of aqua fortis (perhaps used for cauterization) were found on their bedding, and it was believed that they had been tortured to give information. Roberson is supposed to have hung over the bedside of one of them, John Booth, the nineteen-year-old son of an Anglican clergyman, waiting for a dying confession. At the moment of death, young Booth signalled to Roberson – "Can you keep a secret?" "Yes, yes," replied the eager Roberson, "I can."
"So can I," replied Booth, and shortly after he died.
(1963) The Making of the English Working Class. Penguin, 1991 ed., p.614.