The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-09-14
Horrors oT Em,o,,c"n D"mgconS.

The correspondent Of the liusian .IpVr.,si Al
Nuremberg, Bavaria, writes bitterly
% Tome with mr, 10 this old town. rn,rr s"ln,
81 these e'liiiccs and louh upon tie alminislrt.
ton OF the government ~ u was IN i', iiXirruih
aud seventeenth centuries.
We enter one OF the towers of the cisIi,, a
cend Eve steps, aud find ourselves in museum
where are preserved the books Of record, giving
Us history OF the past aud not only books,
but implements and instruments which show
more clearly than written words the aduinsira-
tion Of those days, with which thu. Government
OF the United States Is now compared. Here Ia n
post four feet, high, IN the centre Of the room,
with two curious fixtures on the top. having
some resemblance 10 gun locks.
" What Is this The girl who acts as our ush /.
CT raised the hammers, which come ap with u
click. She touches n spring and down they go,
with snap that sinrits you-iOrce,i down by
strong springs with whack that would have
mashed your fingers 10 jelly had they been un-
der the hammer. This Is a finger cruslirr, n deli
cate little instrument used To cxiori conlrs ions
from reluctant witnesses OF suspected criminal
Here are bracelets for the wrists, not 81 gold or
silver, but Of iron, ani the parts which touch the
wrists are set with needles. Iui them an yoIF
arms and turn a screw, thcy close upon the flesh
the needles piercing through cords, tendon. flesh
aud bones. II il one degree Innr- rArturiaiin.
than crushing the fingers
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