Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-06-12
Enpli,h Torture in India.


The London Weekly Times publishes an ex-
tract from an English work, entitled I" The Sc
poy Revolt, BY Henry Mead, ;" which has lately
been published in London. The Times intro
duces the paragraph with the following re-
mark:
The English people should not get credit, or
rather diseredit, for that which belongs to acts
committed in their name. The most horrible
revelation Of modern times is iadispensably the
practice Of the tOrtare 81 India, not with the
sanction, indeed, bat tsifh the coHAiSaHes OF
srccessite Governors Geasruf.
The following is the extract
The following list Of the tortures current in
Trsvancore was prepared 10 1913, by an
English gentleman Of the highest respectability
at that time, and for many years previously re-
siding in that country. It will be seen that the
operator had an extensive choice in bis modes
Of treatment, and could deal with any kind OF
subject in any locality. Some of the kinds Of
torture were constantly pTacticed, others with
less frequencyj but there were few Of the
Government servants who had learned the
whole system, and could apply any example Of
persuasive treatment that might be required.
Beating hardly comes under the head Of tor
ture, though the Burmese method of laying the
patient down on the face, and kneeding his
back with the elbows Of a strong man, sp-
prOsches very near it.
OuE Catalogue Hu0NAQ E0Luul1uNt Win ldCk-
ing the arms backward with cords frightened
with increasing severity. While the arms are
thus tied, beating down the neck by heavy
weight pressing on the nape. In several ways
wrenching several parts Of the body, even to
the dislocaticn Of bones. Using an instrument
called the " kitti,D formed by two sticks con-
neeted BY loose joint at one end, which serves
as fulcrum, the two sticks between levers be-
tween which the fingers, &c, are squeezed I;
the gree of tightntsI 10 not limited, but 10
creased according to the nature OF the case ar d
the will Of the torturer. Whipping with spe-
cies of singing nettle. Tying two women to-
gether by their long hair, and suspending
weight on that hair between them.
Using long iron rod, with rings which slide
on it. each one fitted 10 contain a leg when
these are filed, pulling the rod, with violence,
through a hole Ia the wall Of a wooden frame,
by one end, so that all the legs are jammed up
together at the other end. Suspending by the
hands on a pole for a heightened time, it is not
needful to tie hands together; they can be
constituted self fsuspendsrs in this manner
while holding the hands in front with the palms
I inward toward the chest, and the fingers ex-
tended, turn them inward, and then lock them
one in the other, so that the ends Of the fingers
! on one hand rest in the palm of the other then
a pole passed across them inside, which will
suspend the body, its pressure preventing the
! myers from slipping OUT nHlte susp sptuueu IN
/ this manner, lighting a fire beneath the victim.
Adding to his suferings BY throwing the strong
/ est red pepper on the fire, go that it's severely
puugent fumes assail bis eyes, nose aud throat.
Shutting up in a Close room, and then smoking
the sufferer. Applying hot pinchers, and that to
parts Of the body which cannot be mentioned.
/ Enclosing number Of pinehing beetles in half
a cocoa nut shell, and tying It over the naval ,
90 that the horrid sensation Of digging into the
I bowels is inflicted. Rubbing tho arm, from
the wrist to the elbow, with salt and sand, then
applying longitudinally number Of eekil or
ribs Of the coeoa-nut leaf, and tying them On
firmly, then forcibly drawing them out one by
one, the finer end first, 80 that each one by it's
own increasing thickness, and aided by the
salt underneath, cuts burningly into the flesh,
and leaves its burning sting.
As cOtemporaTy trulyTemaTks, il the above
| testimony had come from any but purely Eng
lish source it would be difficult to give it credit
It enables US to appreciate the genuineness Of
/ British philanthropy for the slaves Of the South
II a solitary slave in the United States had
been exposed with the eonniVance Of "success.
i've Governors General" should we ever have
heard the last OF il? After these startling ad
missions, we can scarcely wonder at the. lRdi al
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