The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-08-02
An American Citizen Receives one Hun.
dred LaShes.

VIII pEpHWlChj June 10, lSOT
The case of which | am writing abou
presents unusually interesting facts. 4
stranger, very much afflicted With an in
durable disease, which ncapacitatcd hin
from manual labor, came up the road u
Z. II. R.) about week ago, and loitcrco
around Wilson's Rluchc ON Pole Creek
On the l4th inst this man, whose Lame
was Hendricks, vas aecostei by two men
dressed in citizeu's clothes. They re.
quested him to bring them a bottle Of
whiskey, which he consantod to do
They furnished the requisite funds and
he immediately went to store, Dough
the wbiskey, and gave it to them. About
two hours afterward this man Hendricks
was arrested ard brought down to Col.
lodges quarters in the camp of the s0th
Infantry, before Col Dodge, who accused
him of selling whiskey 10 soldiers. Hen.
bricks solemn asserted that he did not
know that they were soldiers, that if he
had known they were soldiers he "most
certainly would not have sold Or given
them any whiskey." Col. Dodge, with.
out trial by court martial ordered him to
receive one hundred lashes.
At noon on the following day, cxtca.
slve preparation having been made for the
complete and effective carrying ont of the
sentence, the re'chcd cuIprit was brought
from the guard house TO the place of tor
ture. A rude Grass firmly planted in the
ground attracted the attention of the
man, on which he gazed with dismay.-
Lieutenant Lantz, Of Company f., of the
Both Infantry commended the squad de
tailed to attend this punishment. Gath
cred around to witness this most unusual
and uR-American scene we're some 200
soldiers and small group of citizens.
When all was ready Lieut. Lautz ordered
him to be stripped, which was immedi-
ately done, with the exception of a short
thin shirt, which barely reached to bis
naked hips. He was then firmly bound
with his face to the cross. At given
signal two soldiers armed witt plated
thongs, who stood on his right and left,
raised their whips aloft and brought the
whistling, Kissing lash full on the naked
body, which sprlng convulsively upward
as if touched with red hot irons 4
broad, deep rel vale marked the spot on
which the lash bad fallen, butin a second
it was lost to sight by the strokes which
fell thick aud fast on the unfortunate
mpGaRcu GrR4Ealgu tt3 Ieen. RCD. wales as.
time crimson drops of blood rolled down
the naked legs, GIiing bis shoes, or were
splatched over the clothes Of the spe3ta.
tors. Toward the seventy-hfth stroke tho
flesh around the hips hung in shrodS, as
if rudely torn by au animals claws
From the middle of the back to within
six inches Of the knees, the body was per.
fectly raw and black Al last, citizen
named Seward, Of New JuIesburg, en-.
treated Lieut.. Lantz to stop, "for Gods
sake" The mans screams were awful
he bounded from side to side, spasmod,,
cally upward, and hung as it !jfccss on
the cross His laceralod body was per-
feetly frightful. After one hundred lash.
cs had been administered lantz gave the
signal to desist. The Orderly Sergeant
said he counted cighty-two, but two or
three bystanders stated that they counted
one hundred. Leaning hcrvily on the
cross after being unbound, he managed to
dress himself, after which lie was sternly
ordered to leave the camp, and the mill.
tary reservation a. Fort Sedgwick.--
Turning one look toward Lautz, he crawl.
ed and limped painfully away toward the
sand bluffs to the northwnrd
A feeling of universal horror at the
cruel punishment pervades all the settle
ments. Gen. Sherman had left il for the
end of the track but two hours before the
punishment commenced 1t is doubtful
whether he knew. anything about it
Flogging, bucking and gagsing, and
stretching soldiers "spreal eagle" fashion,
seems to be the order of the day here
Lieutenant Lania, through Tie influence
of Senator Coon, of California, was
appointed Scan! Lieutenant oul y twelve
days ago. | imagine 'hc has conmrnccd
early.
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