The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-05-17
rcprtin,.sd from, ths First Pnns.l

v--hic-DObbs Ye know Dobbs, do n ye2 Asked
that man over there as keeps-hic-the hic--hic
hotel to gi me ci-hic-gar this mornin',
but e wouldn't do 1t, and I-hic-had to take
one out Of my own pocket. Don't want to do
it again, mister. Don't get hufy If ! run agin
ye. I-hic-could take one out of yer pock-
hic-et an We wouldn't know it. I'm poor
boy, away from home, but tell you-hic-
genI'men, my hands is the hands rs
could hold the reins of gove mcnt'
Then, pointing to two neatly clad ana
bripht-lookinp bows who followed him in his
drunken rambles. 'them's my two little boys,
them-bic-is. That's James G. Dobbs, DR., ana
Tn his daddy. James sez, this mornin -rhlc-
Daddy won't YOU take us up-hic-to see the
new wh-whippn -postY No. sez Il no, sonny,
veil pet there soon enough in the course OF
natural = But ! n-concluded-hic-to bring
,om ND to see the new whippin'-post. I've got
'em in trainin', ye see, genlmen, an here they
-hic-are."
And so on throughout the two hours occupied
by the first part of the programme. The drib-
biings of such drunkard are not worth the
space they occupy in print, saving for the pur-
pose of illustrating the awe-inspiring influences
of the medieval instrument of justice to which
the heart of Delaware so fondly clings, in the
delusive belief that the terror it inspires tends to
keep it guileless and innocent.
s'A LoOker-On in Vienna"
Still another spectator of the scene was worthy
of notice, although he did not engage any
considerable share of attention This was
Frazier the Middletown murderer, who is serv-
ing out his life-service within the walls of the
Jail. By the courtesy of his jailors, he was per-
mitted to stand at grated window, where for
two full hours he sat quietly gazing between the
iron bars upon the instrument of torture and its
surroundings, and if the opinion Of any one of
the antidiluvians had been sought, it would
doubtless have been that his position was far
more enviable than that of the unhappy darkey
who was soon to receive twenty lashes for driy
ing off white mans pig. ....
Rheumatism not in Harmony with the Whip
' ptng-pOst.
At II o'clock Realey and Conner had eXpiated
their offenses, as far as they could be expiated
by standing IN the pillory, and George w.
Thompson, white man, took their place.
Thompson's offense consisted in having stolen
a horse upon the head. of which animal, unfor-
tunatey for the culprit there had been halter.
This man was well advanced in years, and was
suffering severely from rheumatism. When he
mounted the platform his neck was encased in
an enormous white handkerchief. The upper
Section of the projecting arm of the pillory was
raised, and his neck and wrists being placed in
DO6ltlOn,
The genius who had constructed the
affair had not made an allowance for
so much outer wrappings, and after several at
tempts at reconciling the matter it was found
necessary for the jailor to remove the bungling
neckerchief. AS the minutes dragged along
slowly, relieved by the occasional Outbursts of
Dobbs and ''the Democratic nigger," the misery
of Thompson's position gradually became un-
endurable and the jailor was finally obliged to
release his right wrist in order that he might
not become so utterly exhausted as to be unable
to stand up to the post to receive the thirty
lashes which had been allotted him. AS the
compassionate jailor stood below gazing upon
his victim, he remarked in confidential tone:-
'Im afraid he won't live through his i'm
prisonment of one year, but Wen pull him
through if we can !"
Sixty Minutes for Dinner.
When the town clock struck twelve, ThOmp-
son was released, and, assisted by two men, con-
triyed to stagger down the ladder and returned to
his cell. Then the jailor turned to the crowd
with an invitation for the gentlemen
present to withdraw from the enclosure
until enc o'clock, when, he announced,
the Sheriff would make his first appearance this
season in the role of a bareback whipper. To
the correspondents who were present the bene-
VIOLENT functionary volunteered an explanation
for the delay by stating that the Sheriff did not
feel equal to his task without having first par
taken of his dinner.
1t was also stated that the authorities would
not be guilty of such a refinement of cruelty as
to subject the victims to the stripes on empty
stomachs. Their appetites appeared to be sharp
ened by the prospect before them, and it was
accordingly about twenty minutes to before
the gales were again thrown open. No allow
ance, however, was made by the outside crowd
for this victualling process, and at o'clock they
clamored for admittance in increased numbers.
Dobbs and the Democratic niger" again came
to the rescue and by their genial antics served
to relieve the tedium of waiting.
The High COurt of Errors and Appeals.
There was still another relief in the way of
listening to a repetition of what the Sheriff had
said in expressing his views upon the approach
ing exhibition That functonary had been
heard to say that he anticipated another assault
by the newspapers; but there was no help for it,,
as he was sworn to do his duty. He gave the
statutes bearing upon the point very free con-
struction, however when he declared that, in
his Judgment, the colored lad Conner deserved
hanging. AS the jury and the judges had in
terfered with such an arrangement he had
passed the whole case in review and determined
to lay the stripes on, hot and heavy thereby de-
monstrating the immense superiority of the
criminal jurisprudence of Delaware over that OF
every other State in the Union, by placing sc
much discretion in his official hands, as a coun
terpoise to mawkish sentimentality on the par
of jurymen, and unjustifable leniency on the
part of Judges.