, 1874-06-28
ORIENTAL JUSTICE.
Prisons, Executions, aud Iaari- Kari
in japan.

!
, | Prisons, Executions, aud I1nr1-Kn1
in japan.
} Tho last number Of tile Ecanqelist contains
r letter addressed to the editor, tho Rev. Hen,
} II. Field, by friend in Jnpan, dated April 4
from kai-sel-gakko. Tokei, announcing tbs
. Japanese acquaintance Of .tholrs, name
hatak who appears to have been educated i
tha country, had been beheaded for robcllio
, against tho civil authorities. the writer give
the following account OF tho method OF the e1
ecutiou
I'm case OF rhis kind the condemned ar
led together to open spot aud made to knce
down. Ono by one they are placed oesds til
bundles Of Straw mating which are to be use
to wrap their bodies Ill., aud rs each head fall
another victim ls brought forward to the horri
Bile death. Those considered least guilty di'
first, and their wretched companions are made tt
look on at what their own fate is to be. The
e1ecutioner pours water on his sword at eact
blow (and one stroke is usually sufficient. ant
tho whole thing is finished up in short anc
solemn order. Tho bodies arc then wrapped il
| mats aud buried in pit, the heads Of the most
guilty exposed on posts, and the plooag tragedy
| ends"
"Such." ho writes, isis sthe strange end of yo,,,
nice and intelligent friend Katski, who used to
! 70 to church with you, and whom ycu hoped
| would turn out so we'll"
Mr. Fields correspondent then gives the fol-
| lowing description OF q Japanese prison, winch
sm1sr ~ ~ ma ehars tha u 1".eas
fered:
"Tte grounds are surrounded by high wall
Of stone aud mortar, with iron spikes projecting
from the top Of tue fence, and small ditch On ;
wara vsho,od into sE,on III .-no.s5 s"su ~ 10
stern-lookiug yaconime tolicern] eat, aud then
into side room With table, cAalrs and carpet,
.sno,,;r, ,,,sdo ,,a a,noar..,a. ~ oo1a
ad ns h. a,o,a Vii tn,n'.na 49, -. ,1'o to",
qates m n lIng b,,;id;n9 anneran,,v ,r;tha',t
6oors nr p;n5owe eTcarf tia rn.;r %,suu' ,oa
and rf,ct ~asanI1ed ~ ,o,a.,aa '.@a ...,
flick bars A. mich A. anr1h,nr e1se A. |l,a tha
entrauce.way dozen mora vaconrns we're st.
t;np wIo rose a. Va entarcd sod ,ha 1894
do1nrs n the iafr uaro nnincIsd u ard -. .ua
md we enterad the nrison nroneT Hsra o ,ees pesA
iane hall nr cor idar * eee feet "sG 81
and .hont 10 feat IN iano+b d;v;daI "lu1
hr ra;I,no in ~ t,o aact;on. ~ ho,t .ia
snra b;rt gro,;nrs ~ s,rano 1aasa,, I a.uo9
abo,t ;nc6aa tl;nr a,ch "ooLou ,t,a 81" neAns'
a., ~ TO- .sn Gasn Wy sae aue l4o
~ ots +ae t, 81, a M sns
f,,I ,.';. 80. LIE - Dats " o1Ao tu9 piace
nosta ,;5a 1srra cioa @ a" aEu0 on 1ne up
rbn $3.50 'e 80 s.e,'t OK 20 an Or t
.a.i'H ate @pous - os ~ leet square ana
1y 6,I1 "n 1uo oo tu!'a "ooaon
1, oan ~ ~ au slues tnete .re no M4n9o"4 ana
os lily 20" papa' s.'oes W tae tnsloe. me
uy srooaer onS1a doee ,,, 1'o" ~ ~ .nlcR
"u9aen W. att,e ooos, ocs 1eet SQUARE,
clumsilJ pauiockea; Each room Is Like great
csee' from "hlcn tnefe ls no nope OF exit; aud
eaea eonta!t's s.a" mas 20 sie upon, and
ntaIos. " VI sma!1 soos nas'ps, ana lmplements
" oaleteut h1nuo. - tne oeoalng IL pneo up
on hanging shelf at the side Of the room, and
one OF Two baskets SUSPENDED from the high
celhnS @ contain other articles OF various sorts.
1ne noors we're OF heasy Planks OF hard wood,
scanty furniture.
Inc SENSATION among the prisoners as We |
came IN WIS consloetable, Tor 1t IL not often !
they pave LOOK at Anybody from the outside
world, much LEES . foreigner. They we1e sit !
ting IN rows, motlonless as statues when We
h1st entered, aud giving the e6ect Of dreary !
tableaux when We peeped in through the bars
upon them. Though they we're all eyes to
see US, yet they Kept their places and nodded
neekly rs VIC passed nlong but now and then
) few would approach the bars, and, bowling
repeatedly, would Seem to take delight in
EcsstlnS their eyes upon such strange objects
rs Te we're to them. But at : word
from one OF the yaconl.ns they would drop down
1pon their uauuches again. and remain subnuis-
siyc and silent. There are 200 prisoners in the
building at present, but they arc rather uneauai-
= distributed IN point OF numbers. for IN the
irst two rooms there we're only two or three
,ersons. Ono Of them was a fine-looking old
nau, who eat mute aud motionless. and seemed
capable Of better things than passing his weary
lays in @ prison. In: some Of the
ooms there we're, only few persons,
loing little else than movs up and down
he confines of their cage, but at the
urther end of the corridor there was
large sssemblage in the last room, who
appeared to be undergoing some form of IN
truct1on, rimlar to prison chapel service at |
ome. At all events. there was an old fellow |
ltting upon high stool, with book in front OF |
lin, reading to tho prisoners, who listened re-
pectfully, sitting OH their knees. The reading,
lowever. was brought to Btandstill a. We ap- l
'roached the place. and all faces were turned |
nth wonder towards The audience we're
uite as curious study to us 80 ne we're to
nom, for. though Japs do not usually look very
licked, yet there were some decidedly 9hard t
ases among these fellows. Most OF the faces {
ore more traces Ct the idiot, however, than of I
ne Tascal; though here and there NaH one who | {