BEATEN WITH HIS OWN LEG

                Sir Arthur Aston was a professional soldier who commanded mercenary forces in the Thirty Years’ War.  In 1642, he was back in England and he joined the king’s forces in the English Civil War.  Somewhere along the way he lost a leg and it was replaced by a prosthetic.  In 1648, he was commander of the Irish port of Drogheda.  When the forces of Oliver Cromwell captured the city, Aston was taken prisoner.  His captors were sure he had treasure hidden in his wooden leg.  Aston refused to let them look, so they became enraged and beat him to death with his wooden leg.  They found no treasure.