Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-05-18
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At Now Castle, on Saturday, the sentences oi
the Court Oh seven criminals convicted last weeks
were duly carried out III the presence of q num-
her of people. The most OF those present were
doubtless attracted by idle curiosity, but still
there was large number Of children who ought
10 have been kept at home, and several women,
who, judging from their appearance, did not
move among the upper circles of New Castle So
ciriy.
Al $50 o'clock Warden h. r. Herlman brought
out aud placed in the pillory Wm. Met onnell, a
white man, who was convicted OF burglatiously
entering tho store ot Mrs. Wainwright at Seventh
and Walnut streets, about sX weeks ago, stealing
"A lew dollars in money and threatening with
loaded pistol the lie OF VI ISIS Jennie Pyle, a young
lady who discovered him there Mcconnell bore
this part Ut his punishment very easily. lie
smiled at the crowd below nud waved his hands
gally at his fellow prisoners, who looked out on
him fIom their cell window. lie gave no evi-
dence nt lteling any pam or annoyance, but was
evidently relieved when his hour wa up. lie
was taken back la his cell at 1850 O'clock when
the Warden brought cut negro named John
Sy kes.
Johns oilcnco consisted OF entetng Cornelius
Dunohue's house, in McDowciv,lle, on the night
of January ith last, with IN intent 10 steal. ric
spent ha hour III composed, sloic9l manner,
lcisntely chewing tobacco aud expcrtorating tho
Juice with great gGsto. lie dId not smile or
speak, but preserved calm Indifference. There
Is no doubt, however, that hr retired 1t ll;30
| O'Clock with stlll neck and mighty queer feel
'ng along the entire length ol his spine.
The assembled crowd then very patiently
| awaited the whipping, but their patience
WAS we'll nigh exhausted Lotoro it COM
| menced. Sheriff Armstrong was in this
/ city all morning and reached New Castle
| about noon. lie then proceeded to eat his
dinner, and "A report became mysleriously y
| circulated that the whipping was 10 be post
poned until4 o'clock, which considerably
| reduced the number OF spectators.
At LAO o'clock, however, the Sheriff threw
| away his cigar, picked up the "cat" aud
| announced himself ready for business. The
| Warden then brought out tho uiprils IN
the following order:
| Thomas diidS "Blubber' Davis, cony icte,l
| of stealing seventy pounds OF hawser rope
| from the r., w. ~ l.. K. X. Co.'S yard aud
| sentenced to receive ten lashes. Thomas,
| though very bad boy, is n fair, innocent.
| looking youth. quite pretty, and Possesses a
| tcountenance that bears not The slightest ev
| idence ot crimnaliiy. out of regard to
his youth tine Sheriff applied tho 'cat" very
| lightly, and the ten lashes left scarcely a
mark ON his back, although he linched at
every blow. lie returned To his cell to
| serve ont six months imprisonment.
| Frank Bsudin came next Frank WAS
| convicted uf very mean crime. llo came
| to this city last winter ont of work and
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| David and VIM. ilennis, ON West Front
| street. from " houi, within "A week, he stole
| some property, aud IA rock et book contain.
| ing few dollars. ile WAS convicted on two
| indictments aud sentenced Ia recoive fifteen
| lashes Tor each The lash Was applied right
| sharply aud his back, Ht the CONCLUSION, WAS
| " ell GOV cred with rcd stripes. lie svluced
no sign OF pam. but leti the post with evi.
| dent ielief. lie returned Ia lall To stay one
year
| Mcconnell was the next. lie received
twenty iashes laid on with good effect which
caused him TO TWIST llttle at each blow. tie
didn't seem 10 mind it much, though, and
smiled tenderly IS he pulled his Coat over
his scored aud Redeemed hack and retreated
TO his cell. He viii be imprisoned five
| years unless he escapes, dies or Is pardontd
| before his time Is out
The whiles having all boen punished, The
| whipping OF the negroes WAS next III order
John Sykes came Grst, aud advanced to the
post " ith his shirt on. lie treated tni
part of his sentence very PECULIARLY, and as
he drew his shirt OFF, exclaimed, Yer cam
see the marks on my back, cause the colors
TOO black" HIS back quivertd At each stroke
OF the lash, but when he had received TWEEN
Ity he smiiingly donued his clothes, remark
ig, "yer might have cracked mo another
One" and walked back Ia his cell. tie vii
also stay in jail five years
Henry Campbell good looking mulalto
who was sentenced for lareeny,came IA next
lie looked very sad and downeaSa but bore
his punishment without moving, though hi:
flesh duiyered at every blow. His yellow bach
was we'll covered with red stripes when the
ISheritf got through with him. Without 8
word or a smile, he walked back to his cell
where he will stay for the next six months.
| Roswell Ringgold, convicted OF the lareen!
of 81 feet of gum hose from John kearney, OF
this city, came out to experience the pleasure
lof the whipping post for the Sd time in his life
lie looked sullen and defiant aS.lf prepared t.
firmly bear the seVereSt punishment he mlgh
receive. The Sheriff laid tho lash on more
lseyerely than he did on the Others, but hos
wells tough, black hide resisted the force OF
the strokes, and showed not mark when lht
Twenty lashes had been administered. Ht
bore his punishment without iinching ano
with the same sulen defiant expression walk
ed back to his cell, there to remain Tor SIN
months.
| The last man was Sandy Leonard, Younl
lmulatto, who recently stole some articles iron
Buckingham ) grocery store, Front and ship
Inv streets. lie advanced to the post in cheer
tul manner, grinning hugely though the fal
of the lash upon his bare back soon checked hi:
laughter When the twenty lashes had beel
administered his back was red aud striped, bu
he again laughed as his retired 10 ms cell. lie
Twill be imprisoned six months
| This ended operations for the day, and The
Ierowd dispersed. During tho proceedings
There was no disorder or unseemly remarks
and the whole affair passed oil decently and
lauieiIy. TIE Sheriff and Warden performed
their unpleasant duties in humane and IN
Itelljgent manner, and thereby showed thai
lDslaware's "barbarous" mode et punishment
can be inflicted in manner that. while it !:
severely effectual is not revolving TO the feel
ings of humanity.
Next Saturday several more prisoners will
be punished including Lewis Robinson, who
/ aril convicted