The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-01-09 00:00:00

FLOGGING GAROTTERS.

On Tuesday afternoon three men, who had been
cot, victed at the Leeds gaol delivery of garotte rob-
'brit's. received twentv-live lashes each with the cat-
.
.-rinc-tai, A in the central hall of the borough gaol,
.1 hs purilinient woo inflicted by two
',I the gaolers, the prisoners being lashed ti, a string
triangle.
I tor.- were present the geverimr (Mr. Keene). the I.
sur•con (Mr. Price) and his moistant, the town clerk
of 1.... ..Is, three of the h•frough prosemitors, several
representatives of the pre-s, alai 1.01 or two private
per-fnot. Is-sides about A 11.7,11 llf the more refractory
furor it the a ,rdiriary pris..ners, W 1,.. by way of waroing
were ;natty close 51....tut0r:4 lif the scene.
The ”1.1.,5t deli] Tient ,el' the
triangle. Ile had had no previo,o. not , .., • • t,o,t•
had arrived. whif It for e than a tr,r • t • .-t
irive been glo,anity ahlicipatioV. it H ".." ' "
h:.lwArog, aged iiiirtN-six, Ulei, ohm h • •v
Rotintium. aged nineteen, had I iI,TI 1,11,111 r-, , •
lavil Naylor by the throat . coal• -
Leeds, and rolobing, him of ro• '
WAS 1,111..11(.1•11 icy Mr. Justice iireti •
puma servitude. He stripped to OW VsdHi I• •
and with DO outward fig!, of urea. 1.
been bound hoed tel foot, the first .0,,i
secoufl etripee 0081, to. the neck, aml al I,r
Teens-trig the second, Kitt anis, with wonderful ......1.
liens, " Den't the• nue om the bead :" Th.,
stripes afterwards fell right Cetween the slut thlers and
the middle of the back The fourth elicited a scream
of "Oh l" and dreadful groans and bowfin, fot•occoded
Inn. the wretched mail until he had receivc-r1 seek-lib-en
ciii ..)ci. • ..,.„f t.„., t.r }h- rel ,•I ,si,•lv •
Att. r • 41 bd r I
hal, oozen lashes he was perfectly quiet, and when
loosed from his bonds he walked firmly back ti lila
cell.
Joseph Robinson was the next delinquent brought

r. as full7Fear
first, tie h,sti been one of two men who at Bradford
ad roughly used David Popplewell, and rubbed Mtn of
;v,j watch, tie WitA sentenced by Mr. Justice
Brstt to to years penal servitude as well as this
whipping, having before been convicted of a burglary
mid weveral minor otfences. His cries of pain were Boon
loud and frequent. Not only did he groan deeply, but
he exclaimed despairingly "Stop off !" " Murder r
"Pull mo off" and more frequently than anything,
age his plea for mercy was, " I'll never do it again!"
He showed throughout more feeling than either of his
fellow-garotters. When he was unloosed Ile fell into
the arms of the attendants, and crawled back to
his cell.
The next prisoner was, from the callous way in
winch lie received lAA pillitalitrlrlit, quite a contrast to
the other tw. a. It was Solomon Robinson, the accom-
plice if Edwards, the first man who was subjected to
this punishment. It was expected of him that he
would be haniened where others had writhed and
screamed through unutterable torture, and he did not
ihsappoint that expectation. He went to the fearful
, erile,il with evident determination to put on an
ap-
peara'ieoof bravado. Though the youngest of the
viitims, he was infinitely the most self-posa ssed, lie
never sib-red a Salina 110111 Ills lips from the desce,t
if the tirid ,-to lie to the last. When liberated truin the
triangle lie went away vi ith womb' ful buoyoney. At
his trial, when he heard the is amine .4 seven years'
penal servitude, he shouted out, " You'd better Ina
sevor to it, and that'll make fourteen, and I hope the
cat will kill you! "

Prtorh has the following article this week which will
read very appropriately after the above :

THE DANGEROV4 CLAs74F, IS DANGER.
ScENE.—A 'nieces' POlie
WILLIAM. JAMES.

Tanos. Well, Bill, wot's to come o this here Re-formed
Parliment
We shall see. Tie pro-riiplea.
James. Ah Pro-reigned no doubt, but lui cleared it 's
to he anti-rogue.
W Maim Icu Cot way, Jim?
Jo on, Well, per see, len there's a precious cry the
respectable hecgarA is now a iiettin up for wot they calls
the perfection of Society agile the dangerous dames. That's

II ,1/it tin ho, ho
./ilowit You was never whipped. Ws no lartln matter, I
earl tell yer.
Worn. Who's a in to he whipped, tinlegs he Ives
wilence? and there ain't n.• downright needeei.sity for that.
James. ' • wouldn't surprise 1,, our hit if Parlianteut
to order whippin tor any fakenietit otsomdever. Cause why
Cause iris 'ail such a etfeet np.m garot tin.

H'illiam. eats is cheap, Jim.
Mune. MAU'S jest it And this here vew Parliament is
likelyt,b eqm.notnical, pat I iclerwith that Idroned Bob Lowe
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
William. No luinhut tint Wilt a whippin and twenty-one
days t.n nun than five years pental servitude alone.
Joon,. A precious sight. I know I'd rayther he in for
tell year than two dozen lashes. Werry likely Parliment's
aware a' that tni, and may think it a good de it better and
cheaper to whip me and send me back to my pals than to
keep no in quid.
William. As I heard year namesake hem the Penman
once say, " Plato, thou reasonest welt"
T., well, lln afeard. They won't need for to
I keep us in onimi neither, if they does not I expects they
will.

Wot's that
J01)11'4. Wy pBOO :0 blessed later exposit'. hevery bloke eon-
wietcil
of a lust offence to sole my years sirveillianee of the
blessed Police.
IV Wot will the bobllie4 do, then?
Jon", Poller yer about wherever you goes, and if they
suspects you've are a little .mtne on 'and, search ye, to see if
yer eatries any tools If they finds any such thing as a
jemmy ale ii' yet.. or skellintons, they'll hike yer IR to be
tried for intendiny to commit a felony. Which twin'
emtwieted, preps you'll lie whippea all the same as if yer
had.
Fit' Wot a blessed shame ! So this is 'ow you expects
the new Parliment to serve we. Call that a Reformed
Parliament I . .

Jar., We ain't represented, Bill.
Iri/bam. And yet the Railway and Jinte Stock interest is.
Jame.. That ain't no more thou 'art a representation of
the minority.
Wilham. They talks of cloth away with the disqualification
of the C'ompound Householder I tell per wit it is, Jim.
There wont be no reular Reform mail they enfranchises the
Compound Housebreaker.
Jatore Bill, let 's a demon-stration in li-de Park.
WHionl. Jim, I yer man. Rep,sentation for the
Re,idivum Bill, in the meantime. I m gating afeard
P ailment will anyhow put us under the sirvelhance of the

James. Which in course must be the total destruction of
our lively wood, and then our only halternative will be in-
du+try or the workus.
William. Which is was than the Jule. Yah !
James. Yah! All ! [Scene closes.
—Punch.

the puuple, and
-hull he •"-

A-6d we can do that in such -nanny that there
shall be no distinction between those who hare been added
to the constituency own tho-e who p05,5,,,,i the
before, but that 111.1 whole body of the lintflid4 people fdiall
consent to a tribunal appeal to winch all mustious con..
fettling their Wulture may be rer.,,ri .1.
" The Infant Iletcu,es the ri4.l H--n g. nib inan c.•mi,ne-1)
strangled is serpebt In Ids cradle, Mnt the new parliament
has gone (tether, for it has eil,cted a cnange of govern-
ment even before it came into existence, and before the roll
of its members was complete. My individual opinion is
that that change was highly creditable to those who pm-
ceded us in office. I think they took the patriotic part in
the course which they adopted. II they had done other-
wise, what would have been the consequence? We should
probably have had several days' debate. We should all of
us have said as much as we meant, and some 44 Os
might have said more than we meant or ought ti have said
My opinion is that the reputation of public num on loth
sides of the House is the commons property of the country;
that we are all interested in maintaining it at the highest
lkoint, and that there is no worse occupation hs which We
can be engaged and in which we exhibit less to our satisfate
! lion than when we are engaged in party debates, 811,1 one
party is striving against the other in regard to particular
measures."

ROMANCE OF ADVERTISING.
(From The T Imo).
"Nest if f 'or of five vein since an adver-
tisement abpeared in the finite asking for information as
to the Ni St •of K in, ton family Maned Dawes. Any person
who will, by letter, point tit • advertisement ii. question
to A. II 11., 40, Youltiy, London, E. t' , shall he suitably
rewarded."
. "Should this meet the eye of C. D. COUlle to W. L—All is
right.'

" B. D and P P.—Please remember the date of our meeting.
P. S. and W. P. B"

Et' melsgrithe.—Eduard. If you write, immediately, and
give your address, all will be wen itthi forgotten.—
" 11. to G.—Think Id the devoted love of SO many past years
awl of the livelong misery yon entail on me unless you
spt oily return home.
.Money for return at 41, W.-street, or
at any other place you appoint to IVCOVe it personally."
" If Edmund Mundell, plumber, son td Daniel Standen, of
Imainster, Somerset, deceased, supposed to be living in or
near P.ermondsey, is still alive, he is requested 1.1 communi-
cate at once with Mr. .1. Banks Pittman, solicitor, NO. 6,
“uildhaltehatabers, Basiaehall.street.
•"To lergymen sit suffolk, Norfolk, and Essex.—Three
I guineas are offered for the baptismal certificate of John
Chandler or candler , who was isorn i 5 one of the :Move-
named counties in or about MC year 173.1. The like sums will
also be given for the loaptisin eertitintle of Jacob ChanOler
,or Caw iler,, bOTII in tale ot the set comities in or about the
year 1733 Address Mr. B. Burnell. solicitor, Ito, Fenehurch.
buildings, London."
"Sweet Pea, Norwm..l.-1 ant leaving on the Sthr andshall
be in r.... E on the halt —s.
to A— 'l' Ii —Why do y•su not write to my address?
Were von lit B— in Aligio.t. last Pray say where a letter
call reach you."
I. W. k.—Many thanks for 505 r letter, darling, which
has relieved my nowt Th, arrangements were Mealy made,
and of course with is further payment. I shall be very giad
1,, hear again and as 80011 as possible. Have written three
times Es er faithfully yours."
"icier to Z.—l think I can guess what has happened, so
shall not write to the P. O. again until you tell use to to Si'.
Write me a line to the office, to let me know how you are,
and to tell use when to write to P. 0. again. Did you get say
letter if Dee. 31st safely? It siesta.' have arrived on the
afternoon little Ist.—Your faithful Peter."
"The Wilde Do . . . .—Oh, Sir, please do cOnle and see
the Cross." .

" Fred to Edlth.—Will keep appointment on Tuesday. at
4 pm. tI eke appointment by letter, addressed F. Hill,
General Post-office, London. Answer by lo am. Monday."
"H. to G.—Come home. Your mother has returne4 to
Ch., where she must first see you,—she will then see her, if
you like. Money for your return home at 41, W.-st."
" 2 opurt—togsz rpv clot tp jmm—ipqf rvjuf
xfmnt opt —nmoh XIiZ po kpvsotz—wftz !Joe uipvhtut—wfsz
nvdt cfnufs—Mfm mpohnz "
S. M. 0., New Year's Day.—Many happy returns of to-
day. I could have wished to have had 0110 word of gre.ding
from you, anti though I feel I Mope against hope, yet I tio
not complain. I suffer silently, and hope ever."

out of the world, and the world for the present, there-
fore, need not trouble itself about how. When he
returns we l•thall probab,y have more important matters
on 11:4,111, ala we 11,311 scarcely be 1,11,60114 if the
shut de fact that there will be one Roman Catholic more
and one Prate-tat less in these populaas realms.