Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-10
A brutal Sysfem-Hoyv Order is
r. 1Iaintaiped In the Tennessee
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Ia5illg from the Nashville Gazstte. 0st. al
tib Among the many strange and startling
facts brought to the light of day by this
iexaminatioh,th ,the following will perhaps be
new to our readers, which was drawn out
by question Of VIM. G.. Brien, Esq, to
Thomas a. Lnsty, a witness In the cause
! Brier said: How did you enforce the rules
tiof discipline in the penitentiary? Mr.
Iusty answered as follows: ~ %
! ssWell,I + am not prepared tossay much
about that. / never saw the discipline of
the, eonyicts. I saw them when went in
| to See a fogging one night. l was invited
to 60 in and see the fiogging. / was told
melee. So l went in. They commenced
whipping them. eTherewere sixteen whip
ped the night Invent in. When one of the
number was going to be whipped, one of
the guards said. Frank, come; you are
tgoing to whip the best man in the peniten-
tiary.' f. Crew, Hulfs deputy warden,
said, .d-n the difference; we will serve
them'all alike. If he is not guilty, he will
be some time.'
Question by Mr.. Brien-How were they
placed when they were whipped?
VI gisAnswer-They were ordered to lie down
on the floor; their pants were stripped
down to their knees and their shirts were
rolled. up on their Shoulders: if the whip
came down too heavily, and if the convict
didn't like it, the guard was ordered to put
one foot on the convict's hand and the
l,other on his neck; by the time they were
done whipping, the convict's pants would
be nearly off, they were whipped on the
buttocks, aud If they twisted arou nd any
they would get it a little higher up. '''''
go Question what sort of instrument
did they whip them with? 'aohp1q 80
Answer3The whipping was done with a
broad strap cut into strips; itwas a strap
folr luofl tno irafo
strips and put in handle; the leather was
ebout sixteen inches long, and was put in a
turned handle and screwed to it. Frank
Grew was the whipper until he got tired,
and then he would engage somebody else.
Three or four men were tired out that
night. II would never be willing to wit
ness so3 barbarous a spectacle again. have
known them to be taken into rooms and
whipped, jeff, Morris, who had escaped
and been captured, was among the number
whipped that night. ] thought they would
never get through whipping him.. His
buttocks were swollen up like bladders be-
fore they were done, with him. They
wou1d groan and cry. and beg for mercy
hundreds of times. The reply was "G-d
DIN you, lie still, Or / viii give you
= On Che s-examination the witness
stated that Frank Crew was Hull's deputy
warden, Hull was not present when the
sixteen were whipped, and don't know
whether it was told to Hull. but he has
heard Huh order convict to be whipped.
On the re-examination of Mr.. Brien, the
witness stated that, if Hull had exercised
ordinary diligence, he could have known
all these practices. A young man was sick,
and had been taking medicine, and in con-
sequence, had frequently to leave his work.
Upon inquiry, it was ascertafned that he
had taken medicine. not that morning, but
the night 'before. Whereupon Hull order
ed him to be stripped, and ten stripes, with
a af0ur-thouged whip, to be inflicted upon
his bare body s.5s1s' q1 'o- e-'