Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-12-02
The WI tipping post Again:

The Philadelphia Record makes an allusiOn to
the horrid crimes opmnlitted 90 fpquentlg in the
county, ard refen 70 uhc much saded whipping
post. 1t says:
THE BRUTAIITIEs or BURaLARss--We record.
ed yesterday twb moGe Of those instances of l9u-
tally toward helpless women which have become
quite characteristics marx OF that laAsof thieves
who ply the iniamous trade Of plundering private
houses at dead df night An the case Of Nm. Hiek-
ars. 10 Morris street the two miscreapts took a
stocking anh cramnled iG Into tls nenth Of the
unfortunate momau, tying II on with a pocket
handk lss, thPn turning her over on her face
tying HI hAnas behind her, and binding her feet
with cords. Having achieved this exploit, the
scoundrels took of all TIE money that the poor
woman had had leh her by her Husband before
starting on hid last voyage. The life of NM
Vickars was put in serious peril by the sPasms
into which she was thrown BY this torture and
which continued through the night. The other
case Of the brutalty Of burglars is told BY theteie
graph. An old lady named CathArine Kroehl was
found IN her house In the suburbs Of HarrishmR
on Friday morning brutally beaten around the
head, and died on Saturday in the city hospital.
There is clue TO the perpetrators Of the act but
robbery is gupposed to have been the motive.
These midnight mlscTeaAA are the sort Of peo-
pie who aimoat make the cOmmunity regret the
abolition Of the whipping pest Men who, not
content with ettaling what OthsTB have earned,
commit such helldish OutFages on helpless women,
ought not only 10 be shut mp fOrtwenty years, but
10 have q thste Of the physical suffering which
they inhict on their ihnOcentSic4ims. The whip.
ping post Is, OF course, an obsolete institution,
condemned on acconns ofthe bad influence Il ex.
eTeises upon H. general community; but zero Il
ever revived thd MFst candidates for Il ahould b
those bTutes Who add cruelty toward The helpless
to their other Chimes. Is s great pity that in the
cases just spoken Of some policemen had not had
the good fortune 70 be present, and 70 empty the
sontenta Of feFosyer into each Of the rufians
II Tie canmalnlag were aa fully Impressed VITA
tue necssslty fdr adding severe punishment fOl
crime a. tue Wriier Of the above very sppropriafa
Timely, and fUtcibls remarks, We believe thcrt
would be fswersuch terrible Occurrences.
While We woSld not be considered an adVoeat,
tor the erection of whipping pOst in PhilAdsl
PhiA' or in Other place where the people do no
believe it necessary desire to call the attention
Of the Record DO shat We think is an error. In
whipping post has been oOndsmAsd very sevsTely
But We believb no proof exists Of "ths bat
inhusncs II e1sreises upon the general con
munity" ln our own State, where the use ot tn
whipping post Kas continued as punishment 70
very many yeaTa, mainly bscAnss the Stale Wa
not able 70 sust ain penitentlary, and is now re
gsrded as necessary, 1t is not supposed ts hav,
been injurious 20 morality. On the contrary, "
believe the Record could not pOint 10 "coauty
towns" anywhere. In The country where there is
more moral, orderly and lAW-ahidlag people thai
those are whd hive In New Castle. Dover an
Georgetown, Id our own State. 10 edaealisn, re
nnemsnt and nlorAlity, the cItisens o. tAsse town
will compare tavOrably with any tOwns Of tbsi
SiEe ia any padt Of DE country.