The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-11-28

town, for the purpose of tvindicatIng
,the outraged majesty of the law" upon
criminals who stood In this very pile
lory; and the poor wfetches were often
disfgured for life, in one hour. 1t is a
for decency that this infamous
custom has been abolished. The boys
now only dispute the euestionszofs the
discomfort or comfort of the sufferer.
While Jones stood In durance to-day,
the iRilor busted himself preparing for
the logging. This is done beneath the
platform of the pillory. The prisoner
stands close to the post, and has his
arms fhaudcuffed above his head. The
jaiIor experimental. upon the eager
boys with the handcuffs, in order to as
certain IL the victims could slip their
hands through! them readily The man
acles were too high, SO an empty soap
| boxewasplaced at thefoote Of the post
forIthe prisoners TO stand on. By this
time the man in the gplloEy began 70
show symptoms of faintness, The
Tailor, a tender-hearted feIlow-merci-
ful even in executing merciless laws
assembled the ladder and began 70 comf
fort the poor wretch whose handsWere
livid with cold, and whose face was
purple. AT the first stroke of the clock
in the church steeple. the iailor quickly
lifted the bar helped the mandoWn the
ladder :, and supported him while he
Il
He had flashing to bear yet. ltua
| THE WHIPPING,
| The Sheriff came out with the ncat"
in his hand. This venerable weapon
consists of stout handleabout two feet
| long, with nine lashes of somewhat
greater length. The thongs are made
OF thick leather, twisted together, and
as hard as wire. They have been soak
ed with blood before this and 1t has
dried upon them, until.their edges are
as sharp az knives. UiF .3sAl
The Sheriff has lust begun his term OF
office, and thisiwRs his first whipping.
he looked as If he WAS ashamed and
| 81 would almost as leave hang man
as this said he. lsTispsf s.7s,f r5ES
The first candidate for the lash was
the boy alluded to above, who stole
seventy cents worth of pig iron.3is IS
\ The Tailor brought him out, fastened
him 70 the post and removed a rough
/ blanket from his shoulders. He was
naked to the waist. The thermometer
was at thirty.fiVe degrees.rlo 10 gia4El
''Twentys ilashes, sheriff. said the
Tailor. -. ,af-z.i.s is75alss
The Sheriff swung his ucat" mp slow
ly, and IL descended on the bare skin.
l."one,"s said the Tailor, "two,"
rthree,'' &c.Y as the Sheriff, tenderly,
and with not halfihIs seeming strength,
struck twenty blows The alIinfNVas
not broken, and't the boy, looking very
sad, was hurried of. 1ra % .nai1ns3
This officer is too humane for the
law. Other Sheriffs that / know of
used to stand of and eye the victim as
aaWestern drover wOnldia, fly upon his
OK andIhen measurelthe distance $50
nicely that nthe ends ofirkhe thongs
would cut bits of skin from the prls-
oner'a back, and bring ths blood forth
in crimson streams. l..-li JG = goas la
That was what law and Chief j Justices
had calculated upon. i1Es EAGl hnH
Out camethe jailer with another boy
l-aSb0y of fourteen, who was snrroun-
| ded by-running children gazing curl
ously upon him. He had twenty lashes
ALSO and, as each blow descended, !. his
muscles contracted and he ntTied 10
uouRe 10 avoid 1f.I 5slzirIsszD5 III 41l
"Why don't The Sheriff make It
'swish,H asked an impatient Delawa-
rean spectator rr.uT. ..aGv4a.
HE Amt half a doin, II said another.
lQJ"He onghtto cut into him." observed
heRrtthatlHl be outraged mejesty- OF the
law was not better ivindlcated. ~ 80 {alf
When the boy was released he assum-
ed an air of brRvado, and cracked his
heels together TO signify that he didn't
care for such a logging. All the little
| girls clapped their hands and laughed
at this ,,5-,,..l ...,rl ~.
Mr.. VIM. Mulloney was the next star
actor in this ugly drama. he wanted
| drawers, and stole a pair, worth a
couple of dollars. His sentences was,
restitution money, costs, 20 Iashes, 6
months imprisonment and 6 months
conylcps costume. Mr.. MulIoney
upon his white shoulders, he only
shrugged them and drew himself up.
He went away shivering with cold and
with welts OF a fingers thickness on
his back. -lt8 EtHal TtlffE1s' roo
Then there was,a pieteous sight. An
Old man OF seventy years, decrepid,
feeble and very lame, hobbled out, his
gray hairs streaming in the wind. He
wanted a SHIFT. Heaven knows badly
enough this bitter winter weather, and
he had very wickedlY stolen II. He
had none on now. The TAILOR fastened
him to the post, and snatched the blan-
ked from his back, His skin was vel
low and wrinkled, and 1t had scars ID
on It. The lashes fell, and the old mans
whole frame was eo1vulsed with aRony,
He writhed under each blow as fit
was uncomfortable, and at last, he put
his head down, and cried Ikea child.
Most OF the spectators were affected.
lwould like TO have the unjust Judges
and the Delaware law-makers look the
poor broken-down old wretch in the
face then. Think they were the great
criminals, not he. tfiti1si-a '9j
The jailor whispered in his ear very
hurredly:
ut wasn't so very bad, George was
IL Z" and then helped him to Al5n away
10 his six months home.
The next was a fopish worshiper at
st: Pihory's shrine. He wore fashion,
able trousers, tucked into aristocratfc
top.boots OF patent leather But the
upper portion OF his fine figure was en-
deShdbfLlc.l CHARLES. WheatIey was his
name, and the annexation of those
Identical pRtent-leather boots his lime
He wore u forced smile upon his face,
and tried to assume q satisfied air; but
when the "cap fnrrowed his back into
ugly crimson ridges, squirmed,, and
twisted as IL he did not enjoy 1t hughly,
he danced of with Affected gaietyI and
the boys and girls rewarded him with
cheers and laughter. fi5. -
5 There was no cheorfulness about the
next man. Hehad stolen a,carpet.bag
In the cars at Wilmington, and had
been sentenced as severely as the rest, |
BE looked sick and very sad. A plas-
ter was stretched across his bare chest, |
and he walked with feeble and hesitat. |
ing step. The jailor, said he was very |
III. He stood up 10 the; post with his |
teeth olenohed. and his breath coming |
bardi and as the sheriff scored his back |
into swelling cords, he shuddered, as |
II suffering excruciating pain and over
disgrace. u 80, I -.
The last actor in this hideous TRACE
dy was the man who stood in the pill.
Tory for an hour, he seemed hardly |
recovered from his fitst torture, and his 1
face indicated keen suffering, bel
walked to the post with an air OF mel
ancholy resignation, placed his blue
hands through the manac1es, and re-
ceived his punishment without any
utterance but suppressed moan. Ef
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