The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-12-12

rious burglars who recently attempted TO
rob The National Bank of Delaware. at Will
mington. and whose trial has been reported
in the columns Of the San. This was the
occasion of all the commotion, and never
before was the execution of the sentence of
the law upon any criminal in this State
witnessed by a.'arger or more excited multi.
tudc.
TEARS OF A RAID.
Alarming reports were circulated last
| night to the effect that the town was to be at
tackled by n crowd Of several hundred Phil
adeiphia and New York dcsperadoes, who
were coming for the express purpose of
rescuiug the imprisoned burglars. To repel
this expected invasion the sturdy yeomen of
New Castle rallied in force, and armed with
| rusty muskets and weapons of every de-
! scription patroled the town. carefully guard
| ing every avenue Of approach. No stran.
| gers escaped their vigihnt gaze, and harm
| less reporter of a New York daily was stop
| ped on his way from the depot, after the ar
| rival of the late train, and made to give q
! correct account Of himself before he was al
| lowed to proceed. All night long the guards
| kept watch, but morning daWncd without
| tue occurrence of the anticipated disturb
ancc.
CROWDS POURING IN.
Bv7 O'Clock this morning people began
to pour into town from all directions. The
Wilmington road was fairly lined with pc
destrlans from that city, six miles away, and
vehicles OF all descriptions whirled rapidly
along. \ special train from Wilmington
and the regular train from Philadelphia
brought hundreds of people, and the already
large crowd thus greatly augmented surged
about the jail-yard gates and thronged the
various entrances Of the courthouse. The
favored few We're admitted previous to the
hour for commencing the punishment, but
| these few" were sufficient to occupy the
greater portion OF the jail-yald.
TIE POST AND PILLoRy.
These Instruments of Delaware Justice are
| fixed institutions, and do not. like the gal
| lows. have TO be erected anew for every fresh
victim. They are situated about the centre
| Of the iail-vard. The post is made of stout
| oak, one foot square. firmly imbedded in the
ground, and about eighteen feet high. On
either side. five feet from the ground are a
neat ,air of bracelets. into which tue pri.
| >oncr's hands are thrust and secured while
the thrashing is being administered. About
ten feet from the ground Is a square plat
|
lcrv stand. At u convenient distance above
this platform is a large Cro>S-beam. which Is
made after tile manner of the ancient stocks,
having uperturcs on either side of the post
for the head and hands of the victims. The
height of this beam is such that the person
coutingd must assume Il STOPPING posture
which, maintained for any length of time
must be extremely painful.
Fl THE PRISONERS IL THE rlLLoRY.
J AZ 1915 o'clock Sheriff Armstrong ant
Warden Herdman issued from the Jail con
! Quoting big Frank" and ThumaS, ant
guarded by twelve armed men. After gazing
; curiousIy at the pillory for Il moment tn,
two men quietly assembled the ladder ant
meekIy placed their necks in the yoke. Isl:
Frank" fitted nicely. but Thomas, being shor
and stout, could not bend properly, and s.
be stood inclined slightly forward, with III
t upper portion of the beam resting upon th
back OF his heck. In this diSgraceful ant
painful position the men stood for M hour
the crowd mean while. which had bee
greatly enlarged by the opening of the jail
yard gates, gazing at them with eyes an
mouths wide open. but making few insulting
remarks. Both the unfortunates bore tbei
punishment with stold Indifference, an
laughed gaily when they were taken back /
-, their cells.
THE OTHER TWO.
Lawlor and Hurlburt were then brongE
out the former grave and serious, but tn
latter laughing heartily and staring aroun
in the most " cheeky" manner possible
Like the first two they bore the punshmer
without word, and at the end of the hou
were quietly taken back to their cell. Dul
I Ing these two hours the large crowd mair
!, tanned remarkably good order and display
e ed very little excitement but they PATIENT
G retained their positions, and with enduranc
s worthy of better cause
WAITED FOR THE WHIPPING.
This to them highly interesting portion {
the days exercises commenced at 1872
: o'clock with big Frank at the post. Til
; crowd now became clamorous and eagel
!, and the utmost eXertionS of the guard wer
: REQUIRED to preserve order. When Fran
! was fixed in proper position the sheriff too
; IN the cat-o'-nine.tais, gave it slight swing
4 and brought it down lightly upon the bar
II back before him. The effect was simply t
. raise several little red whelks. The balanc
l of the forty lashes were then applied in tn
same light manner, and big Frank" wa
taken back to his cell, probably thinkin
that the severity of this portion of DelawaI
iustice depends in q great measure upon Wn
Yields the lash.
Thomas next Rugged the post, and on az
count of his short stature WAS Obliged I
t qaze skyward. His face wore a puzzled
I anxious expression, as if he was not quit
0 certain as to low hard the lash would b
: laid upon his tender back. The forty lashc
were speedily laid on as lightly as possible
and Thomas, donning his coat, uottea cneei
Y fully back to his cell.
c Lawlor, the "geutleman" of the croWd
\ was next brought out, still wearing gray
l. and anxious expression. He seems TO D
the most gentlemany member Of the gang
S and evidently felt more deeply than the res
S the disgrace of his position. His back VIA
K probably more tender than the others, an
. the blows of the lash produced dark, purpl
: whelks. But no blood was drawn; ant
= Lawlor, with the rest, eau congratulate him
: self on having received light punishment
/ He walked back TO his cell slowly, looking
7 deeply mortified.
Hurlburt came last, still smiling, and wear
ing his usual expression of bravado. III
placed himself In very convenient position
! by lowering his head between his arms and
,aisiug his back up squarely. The lash dc
, scended this time as lightly as ever, and hi
back bore no signs of the castigation save
f few red marks. He did not laugh as b
walked back, but his face wore a satishe
EXPRESSION, as if he thought he had been le
off more easily than he expected.
TEN YEARS IMPRISONMENT.
The prisoners are now confined in the Ja
| IN serye ont A sentence Of ten years I'm