The Drunkard

"The Drunkard" is a novel by author Guy Thorne. Dr. Morton Sims, the leading authority in England upon Inebriety is reading his newspaper one evening when a story catches his attention. Hancock, the Hackney murderer, is to be executed the next day at the North London Prison at eight o'clock. It is understood that he has refused the ministrations of the Prison Chaplain and seems indifferent to his fate. Dr. Sims decides to make a visit to the prison to interview the man…