Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-09-13
ri, q Torture I'm Mrssouurs.',

Our Sout hem brethren not only preserve
the good old. Gus tom of burning people
alive, ,but the torture. that ingenious
method Of examining Witnesses, and ar
riying at the truth,o is retained among
them. In the experience Of DR.. boy, re-
Gently rescued from the ST. Joseph jail, is
the following incident, relats8 % sosres-
Po1ydedt of Tie New Yofk siTfibuife:" =
A negro had been caught somewhere
and WAS brought to jail.ssaNegrees aTeeoa-
fined in the lower part and communiicaa-
ton could be had through a hole, for 9
stove pipe. Through lhis DR., DoS
learned from the captive tlatahe wasaifree
man, and had been born instbe State nof
Illinois. He bad--has4-80 acres Of land,
with some Improvements near Aurora,
Illinois. He had come TO Kansas to look
at it, expecting to loeate there, and on his
return was seized by the Missouri thieves
and hurried TO the county jaiadTbe day
after his aryivsl he wa, taken out. stripped
and tied to a post, The iron whip, with
lis sharp knife edges and dagger points,
was produced The Sheriffor bis deputy,
and other legalparties were present, The
unfortunate negro was asked where his
master lived, and what that masters name
was, and when he ran away. In vain did
the poor fellow tell his story. II was re-
ceived with oaths and abuse, abd'hei was
told ssThat kind of style would pot3do2'
while the instrument OF torture Nas applied
ferociously tohis naked back. Blood star:
ted from the wounds, and The victim
writhed and shrieked in bis agony. At
last there was q cessation, cpd the ques-
ton: .gl.. =,
t"Well, tell us who's your master, and
when you ran awaya..di assgEA hsEsaai
stI told you'll never had mastersaqI
was bornin Illinois. I am free ssaiir,
:"Oh, d--m you, we have heard such
stories as that before. GiyeSA to him
Tom, till he confesses.'' t'ast M 2 ssHa ala
y Again the horrid scene asrsnewed.-a
II was in the jail,cou -sin the precincts
Of Justice, and the prisoners tl,scngh the
CRATES could witness it. In agony ,tbe
writhing victim cried for themslo teil BIN
what they wanted, d,,., I. t.. c.i.s..
The questions were repeated, but is
immediate horrors being respited little
the trembling, bleeding victim,besita!edLto
repeat words That would cousigni him to q
fate even more horrible. than deatb, -
| Again q torrent Of profanity was poured on
him. He falling down, as the cords bad
been somewhat loosened.' lss3k ~ q aae
lssl"Put him up, ,put him upl we'll bring
him to YET" aud the poor, crushed victim
was made TO writhe under the. horrld tor
ture. AT. last; ;salmost too faiat to Shrek,
bleeding and weak; ; the execution was once
more stopped, and questions asked !, ...
/ who's your master?' 9yt
te aOh, anybody YOU like" osa eiil !"
-fs"Welk, was it Mr.. Brown? ?sbslsm4ca3
| 4 rYes. yes.iq Z, t.,s3isTgsM @f5H s'fp,l,
qssa0f Gulpepper County. Yifgipiagg% u
We'll Just as you like; Isdon't know
ANY counties 10 Virgins; ! never was
lthere!,'i s9si@s5Fsl 7sElti lals0AsaailsaT d.std
ss, s,lWhatlhs alai1 IL iuRa ssa baa .sss
rel, Yes, yes. cried the trembliag,Y ictim,
"that was the county, Virginia Il, 49,
"And It is rather more than SIX months
since you ran away from him?'..'es ~ '1t'
h, Eyes, yes-7oh, yes" and the shrinking
man. without a hope IN ALI the world 81
oespotism around him, lee .Ris head ,.iaiil
forward on his breast, and BIZ agony ts1p broke Skf
lin tears and, sobs, ,.,,a.,.9 s-s,j s;d $50 -
t5" ~. You have got al that Hotsd down.
said one IF the officiating villains so tAs
snss,ns ..Waa. Z, ,saIh ,p,yi hrs .deold faGorai
The victim was was nntsstsnea and led away,
II was nearly twt, weeks before his wounds
were well enough for him tq travel, and
Then he was taken away WHEhE?'% ,7