The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-09-19 00:00:00

KARL-HAULING la ALZILLNDILIA.

The Ale tend, ia c rreep indent of the Morning Adurtiwr,
wbo witnessed tho strecomle, says mat us tried to writ, •
description of too mart humble sight. but it Was or revoit-
ing.y cruel,.. barbarous, on iohmously Mutat, that he at
&it gave it up. it le right that the people of Eng,
laud shrend know what sot ad people even tee friendly
Es) pnons are." The c,rrespondent ward that two sailors,
one • fireman from the Khedive's leak Were SO be keel.
hauled on board the li.:ll.sinet All, tor on. of those unman-
unable crime., which by the way. du not take piece as
crimes in nos: Ottoman crunnial;" and he witmettied
their punisement Luna tie 'lsomer Sinnott& The men
were brought on deck et iwoo, eat Moir sentears wail read
;ut before the aaeembied crew. To. tackle, condoling of
two rupee nullity/ trout blooding under tug keel o. toe sn,p,
was prepared aud attecded t the culprits.' body. The
crew were then divided, half of them put ti tirch rope,
and the two wretches, being IA to use side, wore shored
overboard. They both ecreeused it they i.li in &Lie water,
and.. She thillanne (lout Lea dant: Way LP the surface was
quite fourteen fect, they mu .t .1•11 been more or less
butt. But this was only tho beginning of their mistime.
The men on oim side bolded taut the rope underneath
the ship, on. then rdr w " Wall away " was given. Tee
band plsred • wolima tune, @omitting Ilk. the "Carnival
of Venice" in iu iseuimt, tec,pt the time was °lmaged,
end stamp, stetnii, tamp w at the unto. We saw the two
wretches go under. aud toe.. toe only movement MN the
ropes going througn tueir biocke owl side paying out, the
°epee coming in, but alowiy. We had no teemiumment of
.he ship, but as the rep acted direcaly—tnat Is, there
were no mavinil 61.41 Es—the distance aroond the bottom
was eiacy VIA cov,red by the men es thy walked the
dock ure +tug the r..ps behind them. This elect. able
to make aline ettimetos at the distance, and we c•lce bawd
it at tlity feet from eurface to sumac. Present y toe two
victims appeared on the other side. They wore healed
quite out of the water, and tae rope by which they were
xxi,txt ws* mode fait cad coded up ready to pay out
again. Au officer —probably a doctor—went doom and
examiand them. The One upua whom the strain of tam
rope bat (alien Wed apparently lifeleaa His facie was
turned towards a.; it Was bleeding and torn; his clothes
were bangles in shredr, and his hands were dripping with
blood. His eyes wees open, but they seemed to be
filled with Wool. The ship's bottom, r tuned
with barnacle., reaped upon the POor deethl like
nails. The other man seemed to be conscious.
His beck. as he hung in the air, was towsrda
us, but he moved his heed, we thought, and apparently
to beg for mercy. Evidently the oMiior reported them
still alive, for wawa he had come on deck again the two
men were lowered into the Water. and the crew mallow
the rope that led up from the other aide isrmhed away
with It, and once MOM the ricUine dia&ppeaned. From
the time they went under the surfeits of the water until
they reoppcared 01 the other side of toe ehip was just
twenty,' it eremite. It seemed to us to have been an
hour. Toe first frightful Journey hal terminated by
their being •cratched and torn ; as the end of the second
they were motioned. The nose of one wretch was torn
.1.. 4, away'one eat Va.,
and the shreds of the
clothing lie had worn clung to Mat only where they were
bell by his !trawls. He was blood, literally, (roan bssi to
tot. fits cinaponion's condition was equally horrible.
This time they were hoisted ttp to the rail sad serene on
board. Then We oald wee something of the action of this
barbarou+ punishment, for they were nal hold off time side,
but were scrapedup atom( the 11111). striking against the
ring
t"ut‘'thi free e chains,
elm every cruel obstincdon on
y swung n over the deck. They were then
lowered ,lowa and released. They were both unconscious,
probably even then deal. It may be booed they were.
th moat hove been • welcome renew."