Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-12-19
AGEN rs.
sole Agent i'm SAN Francisco.
H WHIPPING POST.

The State of Delaware still disgraccS
civilization with its whipping post. It
was the glory of the constabularv. the
Attorney General and the virtuous
populacc of the small town OF New
castle to pillory and publicly fog four
burglars the early part OF last week,
mention Of which was made in IL
telecraphIc adviceS az the time. The
names of the unfcrtunateS were James
Hope, Francis II. Carter, Joseph Law
lor and Ed. II. Hulburt. These four
men attempted onthe night of Novem-
her 7th I rob the National Bank of
Delaware at Wilmington, were tracked
and captured in tina, city w days af-
ter. brought up for trial November 26.
convicted December 81, sentenced De-
cember Sth and pilloried and whipped
December 10Th. The sentence Of each
was the full extent Of the law. viz:
$500 fine, the costs OF prosecution, II
hour in the pillorv, forty lashes on the
bare back and ten years Imprisonment.
The law requires a public whipping.
but makes the narrow jail-yard the
riae. The post. a substantial piece Of
oak. six inches square. rises in the
varl about eight feet. Upon il is built
Il platform five feet square. and rising
from this isa pillory with accommoda-
tions for two necks and four wrists.
This is a permanent strueture-a con-
tinual terror TO evil-doerS.
The four men were brought out of
their cells two at a time and each spent
his hour in the pillory. The fogging
wa next IN order: and this was the in
teresting part of the show. just how
it was done We will lot the correspond
ent of the New York Uorld relate:
Finally a ring was formed, and Big
Frank was brought out, made fast To
the post by the iron clamps. and strip
ped to the waist. The Sheriff address
ed a few remarks upon idle words
TO the crowd, and ordered 4 few ambi-
tiOus spectators to leone down oft
them gates" Then he advanced. dis
playing his "cat." The cat had 4 ham
die a foot long. and nine rolled leather
lashes three feet long and As thick a. a
lead pencil. These lasheS are solid and
hard as iron. They do not break the
skin at first. but bruise it and bring
out great blue and red blisterS of eN-
travasated blood. \ backward swing
Of the arm, hen a forward stroke. and
the nine are laid delicatelv. almost
gently, on the burglars broad back. 1t
i a beautiful sight. The Sheriff is
evidently an expert. Lightly and
gracefully the la>he> swing. First nine
red stripes. With the next blow these
are turned to blue; then cone red and
blue alternately. as regularly and &C
cuIately the stripes ascend from the
waist up while the Deputy Sheriff
counts twenty. Then the whole back
i intiamcd. and the sheriff goes over
il again. The skin be-inS TO bubble
and blister. and the burglar winces
WIKI each new stroke. "FprtV.' SAYS
the deputy. Big Frank is removed
with his o a loosely thrown over his
shoulders.
Blood ar the thirtv-tirSt stroke"
says of the a~ncient>. II was
afraid the Sheriff wouldn't touch the
raw. Do You remember, twenty
eight years ago. when You Vas Sheriff.
how You laid it on to that >lave-nigger.
tell You that whip would cut a man
in two III forty strokes If it WAS proper
lv haniled."
Y surgeon present also volunteers
the Information that though a back
may seem 10 stand j. pretty well. the
heavy leather cylinders bruiSe severe
". Before night" said he, those
backs will be terribly swollen. They'll
tester too. and be sore Tor a week.
"NNill they stab ," SAYS the ancient.
pressing up eagerly. The doctor
thought they undoubtedly would.
The next man brought out was Hope,
and NeStor looked on c~Omplacenllv
while the forty blows brought blood.
Next came Iawlor. and then Hurl-
burt. Five minutes did the whole
business. The men took their 1icg-iuL
quietly. Not 50 the crowd. That grum-
bled. Even the boy who had been
twisted over the heads Of the thrcnE
till he tumbled over the barrier and
was received 1T point OF bayOnet blythe
Home Gnard said that they cut VI
niggers better than that"
They don't do it fair now grum-
bled the a%ncients, stirring laZily from
their bath in the sunshine and hob
bling scrOss the Swallowed ward To The
gate. '.Many's the boy I've licked
harder than that when l was Il school
MASTER
Yes. and I've seen you," said an
other. and all three set up the chorus.
But we reckon that they guess that
they wont come 10 little Delaware no
more when they want othieve.'
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