Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-12-19
THE LASH IN DELAWARE.
The Opening Fail Exhibition of the
Legal BaTbaTities al Newcastle.

whippings having returned, we arc
able to give our readers a faithful
; report of the manner in which the
laws Of our state visit vengeance
on the heads, or rather the backs, OF
offenders. On Saturday we visited
Newcastle for the purpose of see
ing and describing the spectacle.
When we first entered the Jail
yard a young man was undergoing
the punishment of pillory. Stand.
ing on a platform which is appro.
priately supported by its twin relic
OF barbarism, the whipping post,
was George Hall, a young man, well
dressed and pleasant looking, who
had been convicted of forgery. His
head and hands were thrust through
the holes in the plank, and he stood
thus for one hour and was then ia
ken to his cell for three months of
solitary confinement Four, we
are informed, had stood in the pill
lory before Hall on that morning.
The pillory seems to have lost its
attractions for spectators, and ex-
cept few children, the yard was
comparatively empty, AS it was
understood that as soon as Hall was
taken down the whipping would
commence, a crowed seen began to
gather. The crowd was composed
Of a great variety of clements
There were some witnesses in cases
being tried, and others, casual visi-
tors ir)m adjoining states who
dropped in out of curiosity, and in
low tones whispered to each other
their indignation at such a brutal
punishment. There were respec-
table looking farmers and young
men many of the latter seemed to
really look forward with impatience
as a treat to the coming affair
There were old men, who, with
pleasing "reminiscences offormerex-
hibitions, chatted with other old fel- !
lows, and said they didn't whip now
as they used to, and then, with ar
dent relish, would relate how Sheriff
So-and-so "did sling it into them," |
how he drought the blood at every
lick" DC. But the saddest thing
about the crowd was the multitude of |
children there, both boys and girls, |
who came for the ''fun." There
were little boys and girls there,
many of them, too, under six years
of age, and these seemed to enjoy
the spectacle as much as any.
THE VICTIMS.
At about Is o'clock the first
victim was brougt out; he was
colored boy about Is years of age,
and had been convicted of assault
and battery with intent to commit
a further outrage on the person of
a white girl. His name was Alfred
Howard. He had a sort of ashy
hue induced by fear, as he natural
ly expected, on account of the char
acter of his offense, to be severely
fogged. His wrists were fastened
to the post, and one could see by
of his muscles and his
close set teeth, that he had nerved
himself to stand the ordeal. His
sentence was thirty lashes, and they
we're, in the language of the law,
well laid on" his bare back, but
he involuntary shrinking with each
,low was the only sign he gave of
he blow.
The second victim was Edward !
smith, another colored boy, who
eeeived 20 lashes for stealing
'air Of boots. Though you could ,
ee his muscles working with pain,
e made no outcry, and ran off
With forced laugh to the jail :
he prisoners nearly all seem to
lake it a point to give no sign Of '
ain, and to pretend they are not :,
urt. u
The next was a small colored boy .
no had to stand on a block to put +
is hands in the links. He was very n
all looking, physically, and the {
leriff struck him very lightly, and
)uld not have hurt him much. He
,ceived 20 lashes for some theft.
The next two were Samuel Gold II
/, a black man, and henry Davis, a .,
right mnlatto, who had been con- !,
cted of stealing corn, and received ~
} lashes each. The last, whose (
ght colored skin showed the red =,
elts produced by the whip more y, ~
ainly than did those of the darker r
le, stood it well the first WINGED =
ID moaned considerably ~ y,
The next victim was Charles =,
,ott, a tall colored man, who had a.
en convicted of stealing horse & 10
idle, and sentenced to receive for ~
lashes, He is a man said to ~
We previously borne good char HI HI
ter, and he persistently asserts or
at he received the property from IL,
other man, not knowing it was ba
olen. He evidently had nerved or
nself for punishent, but the mus go
lar contraction was great, and 70 70,
ads of perspiratiOn rolled down RI
naked body during the whipping. hi
The next victim was a white boy loC
med James nugget, who had con- las
sed to the stealing ofsome cloth On,
:, and received ten lashes. He
,Od it well, making no outcry. ftf
The next was John Fitzimmons, ba,
Irishman. He made a remark ~;
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