Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-18

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1 necks were placed in the central OPEN
/ ings and their wrists in the smaller ones.
The upper half of the bar was then
lowered so as.to encircle their necks and
! wrists, and was fastened down. Carter
was pilloried by Sheriff Armstrong and
was collared close, but Hope, who was
shorter of stature, made out that he
could not get up to it right, and the Jaws
were not closed on him. Their hats
were placed on their heads, the officers
descended and removed the ladder, and
! the prison yard gates were thrown open.
A fearful rush was made by the clam
GUS throng of whites and negroes out
/ side, who rushed pell nell up to the
temporary fence, inside of which was
posted guard of twelve men, with old
muskets and bayonets fixed. 1t is very
doubtful whether the bayonets could be
nnfixed, so rusty were they. In five
minutes the area of the yard was filed
to q crush by about !, 200 persons q
rather rough lot. Some high trees sur
rounded the prison walls, and scores of
boys had climbed to the top of them to
see the sight, while a crowd of 1000
men, women and children trended away
across the market place, straining to get
peep through the open gate, The
backs of the prisoners were toward the
crowd. Both men were neatly dressed
in suits of dark clothing, but the nipping
cold of sunless atmosphere seemed to
chill them, and they kept moving their
fingers TO keep them warm. The sight
was mean. About eleven O'Clock
special train from Philadelphia arrived,
bringing about 600 visitors, among
whom were District Attorney William
B. Mann, Chief of Police Jones, Coroner
Sees, Detective Wood and several news
paper men. A number of these gained
admission to the inner Enclosure, and
everybody said the attendance beat
''Circus Day" About a quarter past
eleven o'clock Carter and Hope were re-
leased, and though they appeared numb
and chilled, they walked briskly back
into their CELL Sd.
Five minutes later Brady and Howard
assembled the pillOry and were locked up,
but the yoke would not close down fast,
and the crowd didn't seem to think they
were being put through ''steep" enough.
Some laughter was occasion by the ex-
preston of the pair as they looked at
the machine just before being fastened,
and Howard chuckled outright, rnutter-
ing. s'Well, III be damned These two
were warmly and rather stylishly
dressed, but seemed to feel the cold
severely, and shufaed their feet about
considerably. At the end of the hour
they were also removed, the crowd hav-
ing meanwhile killed time with chaff,
stamping their feet to keep warm, and
expressing impotence to; see the whip
ping.
Five minutes after a keeper appeared
having Carter in charge, and led him TO
the whipping post. The crowd now be-
came excited and noisy and the sheriff
drawing the whip, leathern cat of. nine
tails, with short wooden handle, from
beneath his coat, commanded that no
jeers be INDUCED in and that silence be
preserved. Carriers arms were fastened
to the posts by the wristlets, and his
coat taken off, revealing his naked white
back and shoulders. He had white
handkerchief bound about his neck
The excitement among the crowd be-
came intense, and those in the rear
shouted "Stoop, do n in 'front.'" ''Take
off your hats" s'Stand back from the
post" etc. Several boys who were in
danger of being crushed were lifted up
and passed over the heads of the crowd,
out of the gate. -s.-. --..- ..r. r--
Presently the sheriff took his half
smoked cigar from his mouth with his
left hand calculated his distance as he
swung the whip backward, and in an
other instant the throngs crashed with
rafting ''thrip". on Carriers naked skin.
AS the blow fell he twitched sharply,
and repeated the movement at every
stroke, while numbers of the crowd
counted the lashes audibly-''one,"
two" 'three," -four and so on to the
end. On the sixth lash the skin became
red and when the tips Of the thong fell
a black suffusion followed. But it was
evident the sheriff was 'sletting up" on
him, for with such whip the skin
might, had he desired, have been LAGER
ated at every stroke. The castigation
occupied about minute and a half, and
ceased when the 40 lashes had been ad- [
ministered. Carriers hands were releas- |
ed and his coat was tossed over his |
bright red back and he was conducted |
back to the prison. Next came Hope, |
a broad-shouldered, chunky fellow, with
muscular dorssl development. He
was quite pale and appeared somewhat |
frightened, but took his forty with |
scarcely a shudder. Howard followed, |
and the entertainment closed with the |
fortieth ''thrip" on BIady's rather at
tenuated and poorly developed back. |
The infliction, outside of the digrace of |
the affair, was by no means severe. No |
skin was cut on any of the thieves, no |
blood drawn, and altogether people |
looked upon it as "a fraud" and ''a |
farce" Many remarks very uucompH-
mentary, and, perhaps, unjust, were |
made toward the sheriff; one man say
ing, in my hearing, '1Oh, these fellows |
had plenty of the stuff-the lucre.
The prisoners all have desperate rec
ords. Carter has been concerned in |
several bank robberies, among them be- |
ing the robbery of the Beneficial Say |
ings Bank of Philadelphia. He after |
wards killed Paddy Williams, one of his /
''pals" in the enterprise, through quar-
rel over the booty; but Williams, on his /
death-bed, refused TO implicate Carter, |
and so he escaped punishment. Hope /
was engaged in the robbery of the Mine !
Hill railroad office in Philadelphia, and |
subsequently in the plundering of |
Smiths banking house, at Perry, Wyom- |
ing county, n. Y. He was imprisoned |
at Auburn, but escaped some months |
since. Brady and Howard have both |
been convicted in New York of burg |
larry, and both have escaped from Sing |
Sing, Brady having also added Auburn |
to his list of evasions.
1t is predicted by detectives that they |
will not remain 90 days in Newcastle |
prison.
Remarkable MetamorphOsis.