The daily gazette., 1875-05-24
'IRST EDITION
POST And PILLORY.

toTHER BATCH OF coNvIcTs WHIPPED
EHE iNcENDIARIEs PUNIsHED-orHER
HRfMINALs TLoGGED.
ecial Dispatch to the Gazette.
New CASTLE. DEL. May %, 1875.
Fo.day, in The Jail yard Of this ancient
". the second batch of the May Term
byicts expiated IL portion OF their
al those time-honored Delaware in
Itntions, the pillory and the post.
he day opened pleasantly, and on to-
rd noon the sun gathered force until
beams became most oppressive. At
little before ton o'clock the Jail gates
10 thrown open and the usual crowd
morbid lookcrs-on rushed in TO view
penitcntial ceremonies.
&Il.h first individuals placed i'll the pill
" were Charlea Riley, convicted OF
ining Walton g. James ice-house, and
|lIn kcegaN, who helped to plumber
h store Of Mr. Wyatt, some time since.
either of these young men are yet OF
Ee. For one hour they remained pill
kricd. Riley, during the greater por-
bn Of the time, wore a cloth cap pulled
bwn to hide his face, but Mr.. Kcegan
pcared to have no particular dislike
being seen and treated the affair as q
hiet joke.
||As soon as the above named worthless
ERE released their places were supplied
Thomas Titus, convicted Of firing
bucks stable and Lape's carpenter
hop, and Mr.. John o. Brien, who was
Eeegan's confederate in the foray upon
Eyatt's store. Titus seemed very much
and his aspect was that OF q
kian whose thoughts were of the most
krctched description. O'Brien did not
bresent the same appearance. This des-
|bklate young villain, who cursed Ser
Eeant o Neiil i'll open Court, treated his
nhnishment with contempt and remark
"a his entire willingness 10 stay there as
Ing as might be thought necessary. AT
be end Of one hour they We're released
At 12 o'clock the whippings com.
enced.
H The tirst candidate was Elias Will.
|bms, negro, convicted of stealing q
ln. The sheriff administered twenty
shes in this case rather lightly, anO
Eias departed with his back only lit
lc dIscolored.
4 Charles Riley, the ice house incendi
ry, was next marched. out and twenty
bshcs were doled out to him and thai
oi grudgingly. He showed that hi
elt the punishment keenly, his bach
eddcning and blistering and his body
thinking under the whip. He evi
ently felt very well satisfied when i
as over.
John Keegan tLen came up and re
&ciyed twenty lashes lightly laid on
ie shook all over as If he had an attacl
ayue.
Thomas Titus came next and walk
ng up to the post threw his coat to
boy standing near and placed his hand
the clamps. The sheriff seized th
Fhip and slowly commenced admins
ering the Thirty lashes. The stroke
Fere not heavy but the flesh OF theun
Ortunate culprit was very tender ant
jmmenccd blistering and raising til
owaids the end Of tho punishment
hen the skin broke and tho bloo'
owly trickled down his back. Ii
uttered much mentally but he neve
inched from the first blow until tn
ast.
John O'Brien was then called an
barred his back for his share. Th
heriff lashcd him with twenty we
aid on blows, but O'Brien laughed ii
he last. This ended the punishmen
or the time.
Later in the afternoon negro THE
mmcd William Ii. Fountain stood i
he pillory an hour and received twent
ashes.
'All ended, the gates were closed an
he second batch of the New Castl
onnty whippings for the May tern
1876, was finished.