Morning herald., 1837-11-23
Criminal Broken cn the Wheel.

tiers, and niece. On the return Of Sir High Topham
and our hero evening they fouad that the father
mother one daughter and the niece had all been most
horribly assassnated BY the male Malay servant, whe
N one OF those fits Of religious sanity common 10 the
Malays, lad run muck" as it is called
The horre Fiizohn felt at seeing the four bodies laid
out III one Of the palors with all OF whom he had dined
lew hours before in perfect health is impossible TO
describe
When the Maays used 10 "run a muck" after the
conquest ol ke Cape sennes had orders 10 bayo-
net or shoot every they might find bearing drawn
and bloedy and these Malays have been known
IN such cases 10 the bayonets Of our soldiers To
avoid the horrible and dreadful death to which the
Dutch laws subjected them. In The present instance the
governor had given immediate orders for the apprehen.
sion Of the assassin alive and possible without injury
TINS order was duly executed and the Malay was the
second so taken.
Hrwas, Of course, given mp by the governor 10 the
Dutch civil authorities ia order that they might deal
with him aecodn. 10 law.
On the ensuing morning, after daylight the as
sassn was brought, heavily ohaca and handcuncd by
SIX ot the Dutch police, TO view the bodies that he
might then declare his guilt or innocence.
As fnzjohn had determined witness the whole
ceremony Of his punishment he took care to be pre-
sent On tie question being put him as to his guilt
The prisoner answered firmly, he held his righ hand
above his head. /" n ras this hand that did n!'
The revengeiul couuiennuce Of the villain was at this
moment truly diabolcal and fitted before the ewes of
those who had it for months after it bad ceased
to possess more than imaginary existence The cause
that urged on the atrocious villain was as follows
Emmeline the daughter had threatened 10 inform
her father that OF the damask dinner napkins was
missing; and the servant had been punished before
by he father for tring transgression, of which EN-
Incline had been the complainant, the blsod thirsty
wretch up stairs for his and returned with
into the dining room, where Emmcline and her cousin
were still remaining.
Aiming al her left olar.bone blow which cut in
drawing direction, the entered little below The
spot intended and had literally laid the poor girl open
from the upper part of the left breast almost down 10
the right hip The niece, her cousin in running out Of
n nj l.IL L.l.. H. -
uncle. hearing the cries of his beloved daughter was
Fastening into the pare her assistance when the vii
lam stabbed him to the heart the wife, coming down
stars, received drawing from the left ear across
the ugular vein and fell dead on the landing place
The assassin o the house into the street.
and was thrown down by Of the Dutch police threw.
ing stick between his legs whilst running ut which the
Dutch are particularly expert; English guard then
secured and dsarmed him.
On the third day after the capture Of the murderer
he was brought trial. and condemned to be brok en-
on the wheel. The morning after his sentence had
oeen pronounced that ordered for carrying into
effect The spot for execution opposite the landing
place. All the Malay of the town and its envi
ron. were obliged To attend 10 the number of five hum
dred.
wheel of large dameter having been procured. its
surrounding edge, or tire. wdened BY planks bolt
ed on. To the breadth of two three feet This was
then mounted Its axis, clear of the grouad al
low an intervening space of three feet The culprt
next lashed upon circular edge thus widencd as
above his extended hands aud feet secured with
cotds the punkng ana ms arms, Thighs,
legs were kept in their places in similar manner by
of rings which boltcd through the panks.
When the unhappy wretch duly lashed in his
place. priest read some lines to him which Fz learned
afterwards that il doubtful whether he understood;
while his grinnng, revengeiu satyrlike face seemed
not to have lost OF its ferociy.
Around this horrying scene, and distance from
the wheel line of British soldiers in single open fle
was drawn up. Behind these the Malay servants
and without, again, stood a double of British
troops.
In the centre Of the circle the wheel, stood
pole mast nearly forty feet hgh with ropes and
kles attached and depending from the top. The Judge
who had condemned the criminal stood forward consp
cuous from his and octagoual cap surrounded by
broad gold band.
The wheel turned slowly round and the
executoner with short iron crowbar, deliberately
broke the leg thigh and bones of the assassin but
not cry a moaH escaped him. This severe punish
ment having been gone through AT some length, the
murderer nnlashed, aud removed TO large Wagon
wheel TO which he fast Bound, and which was pla
ccd horizontally the top Of the pole. and there left
all the dreadful agony ofthe prolonged and
ing death. Incredible it may seem that Malay
writhe his limbs the evening Of the
cond day still, however, the body remaiKed exposed
aud a week, was nearly dovoured by the birds Of
prey. His gentle and beloved victims buried on
the Of his execution and their funeral attended
by the garrison a. we'll by most Of the respectable
Inhabitants Gentleman Jack--d Nor0i st0ry.