Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-28
DAILY GAZETTE.
From the New York Sun. Of Monday.
Punishment in Delaware,
TWO MEN LAsHED AT THE WHIPPING
POST ON SATURDAY.

VVOmamSs FIogwlng PosfpOnsd--The
@emt~AMAual AWakemimg % the Sleepy
aSsT VINO Srs SS ri.Iii our new civ
Prtson.
The people Of Delaware st have faith in the
whipping post and pillory, aud twice year, In
May and November, the Sheriff. of the three
counties, New Castle, Sussex, and Kent, with the
cat-o-nine.tails In hand, have the eyes OF all
Delaware" upon them. Last Saturday was one
Of the appointed days in New Castle prison, and |
many strangers flock to that ancient town. lie
eighteen hundred Inhabitants were aroused and
the majority of them were enthusiastic believers Il
In the efficacy of the punishment which rom
time immemOFial has been meted out to crimi- |
nails in that little State. New Castles normal |
condition is that OF graveyard quiet. Circusss
or dramatic performances are unknown there, and
the Inhabitants only evening amusement Is found
by going ITO t0wn"-WilmingtOn. Business
there Is none, aud idleness Is on the Increase
Al every corner knots of young men patiently
walt for something to turn up. Many attribute
the Quielness and lack of enterprise to the whip
ping post and PillOry, aud say that the quick
witted sons bf New York and Pennsylvania dare
not face those instruments OF torture in endeavor
ing to lntuss new Life into the towns of their ma
tive State, while others thank Heaven and law
makers that the cat-O-nine- -talls is stl welded,
and that Foreigners, as they term the people of
other States, dare not enter their domain and
arouse the residents thereof from their slumbers.
Tue negroes although many In number, do not
attempt 10 push themselves forward but stand in
tue back ground graciOusly dolllug their hats TO
their white brethren, and calling them Master"
wHIPPRa POSTPONED.
Jacob II. Schurts and John Dooney were in the
cell adjoining Mary MeetsT's. Schultz ~ n prin-
ter, and DOonsy . shoemaker. SchurtE had work
cd ON several PhiladelphlA and Warrington news
papers tle and DoOnsy started without funds
on tour through the country. Arriving in
Washington one evening they saw an opportunity
to Taat their weary bones Ia = In this car
they found = coat They started off with it, but
were captured, tried, and sentenced TO pay 50 20
each TestitutiOn, receive ten lashes, ami be i'm
pTisonsd two months. They were 10 be whipped
on Saturday, but the Governor, learning That they
had previously borne good character, said hC
would take their case into consideration, and post
ponsd the whipping until the 18th OF June. 1t il
thought that he wilt remit th3 whipping u
SehuTtz and DOhncy and that Of Mary Meter.
DELAwARR FoRTUNR STOLEN.
John MuIlane and Daniel Clark. in the coll neH
10 that Of SehuTtz aud DOOney were convicted o
larceny. They with Andy Ryan stole none.
box containing &3T from Che wagon Of n farmer
one TIlly, who lives near Wilmington. TIllJ
who i very deaf, was driving slowly up the FOa
to his farm when The threo young men eTaWlsd in
to his wagon and stole his money box Ryan, VII
had formerly worried for the farmer, turned upO
the others and they were locked up, convicted
ordered 10 pay $3.50 each restitution money. n
eeVe ten lashos, and be imprisoned six mOnths.-
The Governor did not interfere in their case an
they told by the sheriff that on Saturday a
ternOOn no would take tham out 10 the Whippin
pOst and there give than ten lashss apiece. Ths
said they did not dread the lash itself. but II
disgrace.
THE OFTiCER OF THE DAY.
Az o'clock. the court having adjourned, She
id Armstrong ats his dinner and then went in
the Wardsn's cell, and taking down the cat-C
nins-tails from the hook on the wall saw that
Wssall right. The handle is Of polshsd hiCkOF
% lnches IN length. NE nine leather thong
slightly Nsrn at the enda are "a inches long. II
Bhefih, who ls about 50 years Ot age, with da
hair, shOFt-eroPped side whskeFs, and red fAl
lighted q fresh cigar, poised tt betWesn his lips
an angle of 40 degrees pulled his slOueh hat OV
his eyes, thTaAt the whip uRdsF his LEFT arm p
he AOurished the whip over the heads OF the lit
bOya arOuld the door, and bFiskly stepped arou
70 the whipping POD. The yard Is an L. Aim
ia the centre is the whipping post and pillOry
The prison wall is thirty teet high, and sixte
cell windows opsaAd upon il. The large dou
gate vas thrown wide open and men, women, a
children, scrambled in. Tho pillOry and VIII
ping post is best described as follows A p
hltsen feet in height and ten inches In thiekn
is est HFmly In the ground. About the height
eight feet platform is upheld 70 Il by eight wo
en braces. FhIs platform is i've feet square
There IL q cross b0aEd through the post about
fcet from the platform which can be used for
psrSons-One on each side Of. the post. In1t
cross board are holes in which the head and al
Of the OulpEit ara securely held, and there higA
the AIR they are held mctonless for one hour v
the crowd gazing at them. Below stands the !
con 10 be whipped Strong iron bands holds
wrists 70 the sides Of the post.
THE coNvIORs' PARADISE.
On Sunday morning many applied for adT
sion In New Caatlc Prison, and the eherif, n
L. AfunstrOne, or Thomas Ginln, hls dep
granted passes to all. The prisoa s part Of
large building eOntaining the courts ald cOu
otices i1he front Il of brick, covered with
ment, and the other walls are Of rough sandsti
1t Was built n 1852 and has always been
scFupuOusiy clean. The Warden, Benjaml
Herdman, a sl0w-speaking Southerner who "
q suit Of gray, has endeaVored, as he says,
make IL the model prison of the country. II
ore thiTty-eight celia all fourteen feet In len
ten feet In width, and thirteen feet In hei
well heated and ventilated dry and wholes'
There Is wide corridor, with large Window
both ends. 6lxty-fVe prisoners, three OF "
are women, are confined there. Their only
is weaving carpet and keeping the prison q
They begln work at O'Clock In the morning
cOntlnue until noon; then they eat dinner,
which they are allowed 70 exerclse % the yal
hour or two. They do no work Ia the aftarI
There IL no State prison, the prisons In
Castle, Dover and 0coFgetOWn answering
purpose, In New Castle PriSon arc four pei
who are TO stay there until they die; EdE
kra1er (whte) who killed bis bTOther-in-la'
1855; John TIN (colorodl, Who Killed his br
in 1851 In New Castle. Alfred BOsee (eolC
who killed q man on the road near Middle
IN 1871; and Mary =. Meter tcolnred)
kllled her child IL monts old, In February 1
Newark pelaWpre
SoFHqSa BUT LHEaTy 80 wIsH FoR'
Many OF tho celia are wen iuFniaheE, ear