The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-11-28
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people Ia4gafd III the march OF bumanifu a, 4
| progress. There are three of these nillorias -,
| The State: in New Castle, Georgetown nd
| Dover. They stretch along down the Pen n
/ sula like 'ide-postS, marking the she al water
OF barbarsm amid the wrlteriDg, iatbonl,sI
sea OF surrounding civilization.
THE VICTIMS.
The Ponderous gates Of the jail-yard swung
"leh this morning ut ten O'CLOCK precisely, and
aumitted crowd Of men and children. By
bCIuai boyl count there Were 126 little girls aud
| 80 pfeseuti some OF them not mOfe than four
/ sioLtt wears OF age. This was the saddest
| ,ssocI,0i 0i an Upon the walls were Sheriff,
sav th'l ga9ns a beaded with these word4; sGod
eious nr,,yer ~, an exec eilent and most judi
ton more than any other in tbe n ;r ,h., r
| know OF. The entertainment baoY n - .t
PRODUCTION of William Jones 10 he Sudisnca
Mr.; Jones had sloien store good, wor. S33,
aud he was sentenced TO return that amon ne
Of money; stand iu the pillory for one hour:
be whipped with twenty ldshes; b. imDIisJn.d
for six mcnths, and wear convict's ess for
SIX months after his release. The first thug
IN order was The pillOry. William assembled
the long ladder. rather sadly. and the TAILOR
haviog placed his neck aud hands in the holes,
fastened the top bars upon them, and cama
Gown to the ground. The criminal was taller
thah tnc stock, and he was compelled 70 bend
u""h JUST enough to make his position In
tenselY painful. a keen, piercing portheast
wind sw.DL in from the broad exrause OF the
river, and compelled the spectators 20 blow
warmth upon their fingers. Mr.. Jonts had
his circulation stopped but he conld not blow
upon bis hands. The iloged, spiiutereI euqe
OF the wooden collar rasped his neck until 1t
tore the skin; and whenever he attempted to
move his he I'd To make his position more easy,
tine bar would catch the upper part of the Jaw
bone and give him exquisite torture.
JaiioT, isn't that pretty severe?"
well, yes, it's very uncomfortable posi-
you see" es' AunuD'
A few years ago the crowd used 10 boot at
the pillory hu2ged man, and pelt him, with
mud and filth. When the fathers Of these
children were boys, they saved up all the cats
that died, and the eggs which were spoiled 10
the town, fer the purpose of "vindieati 40 the
outr ged majesty of the law" upon criminals
who stood In this very pillory aud the poor
wretehes were often disfigured for life, In one
hour. IL is a triumph for decency that this in
famous custom has been abolished The bow,
now only dispute the question of the comfort
or discomfort OF the sufferer While Jones
stood IN durance to day, the iailor bnsied him.
self preparing for the fioggiug. This is doLo
beneath the platform of the pllory. The pris-
oner stands close to the post and has his arms
handcuffed above his head. The jailor ex-
perlmeDied upon the eager boys with the
handouts, in orde" to ascertain II the victims
eoud clip their hands through them readily
Inc manacles were too high, so an empty soap
box was placed at the foot OF the post Tor the
prisouers u stand on. By this time the man
IN the pillorv began TO show symptoms of
antness. The jalor a tender-h al ted fellow
-mereIiul even in executing mercIless law
ascended the ladder and began 10 comfort the
poor wretch, whose hands were livid with cold,
am whose face was purple. At the first stroke
CT the clock III the church steeple, the Tailor
quickly lifted the bar, helped Il Q man down
tne ladder, and supported him while he stag
gert d to bis CELL
He had lashing to bear yet.
THE WHIPPING.
The Sheriff came out with the "cat" in his
hand. This venerable weapon consists of q
stout handle about two fset lOug, with nine
Ia, hes OF somewhat greater length The
thongs are made of thick leather, twisted 70.
gether, and as hard rs wire. They have been
soaked with blood before this, and 1t had dried
up II them until their edges are as sharp as
knives. Th4 sheriff has Just be 5uu his tenn Of
office, aud this was his first whipping. He
looked as ii he was ashamed and disgusted.
Il would almost as leave hang man as this,
said be.
The first candidate for the lash was the boy
alluded to above, who stole seventy cents
worth of pig-irOn. The jIilor brought him out,
fastened him to the post, and removed rough
blanket from his shoulders. He was naked to
waist. The thermometer was at twenty-five
degrees.
"Twenty lashes, sheriff" said the jailor.
TIE Sheriff swung his "cat" up slowly, aud
it descended ON the bare skin.
"One, said the jallor, 1.-TWO, three" &c, as
the Sheriff tendery, aud with not halt his
seeming strength, struck twenty blows. Toe
skin was not broken, and the boy, looking very
sad, was buried off Tuis officerIs too humane
for the law Other Sheritfs that / used 10
know of used to staud off and eye the victim
as a Western drover would fly upon his OK,
and then measure the distance SO nicely that
the ends of the thongs wonld cut bits of skin
from the prisoners back, and bring the blood
forth in crimson streams. That was what law
and Chief Justices had calculated upon. Out
came the iailOr with another boy-a boy OF
fourteen, who was surrounded by running
children gazing euriously upon him. He had
twenty lashes, also, and as each blow descs nd
ca .l ms a muscles conIraoted and he tired to
why Gou't the Sheriff make it swish?"
He amt halt doin' it," said anoiher.
He ought to cut into him." observed anoth.
er man, who seemed to take il to heart that
the outraged m9jesly OF the law" was not
better vEdicLted. When the boy was releas.
ed, he assumed an air of bravo, and cracked
bis heels together to signify that he didu'I care
for such flogging All the little girls clap
ped their hanu' and laughed at this.
Then there was pteous sight. An old
man of seventy years, dec epd, feeble aud
very lame. hobbled out, his gray HAIRS sreans-
ing in the wind. He wanted a shirt, heaven
knows badly enough this bitter winter wealth.
er, aud he had very wickedly stolen il. he
had none on now. The jaIer fastened him to
ihe post and snatched the blanket from his
back. His skin was yellow and wrinkled, aud
it had sears upon il. Tue laShes fell, and The
old mans whole frame was convulsed with
agony. He writhed under each blow "a IL it
was uncomfortable, and at last he put bis head
down aod cried like u child. Most OF The
spectators we've affected. would like to have
had the unjust judges and the Delaware law
makers look that poor, broken-down old
wretch in the face then. 1 think they were
the great criminals, not he.
The jaller whispered in his ear very hur-
riedly-'It wasn't SO very bad, George, wa
it?" and then helped him to limp away t. Ida
six months home.