Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-12-30
THE WHIPPING posi-.
Account OF the last Exhibition of
ReastlY Barbarism at Wilmington.
philadelphia Times

Philadelphia Times.
WILMINGTON, DEL, Nov. u.
On Saturday ended the first week of the
Court of Oyer and Terminer at Newcastle,
and those who have been judged guilty
during the week were upon yesterday pub
licly lashed and pillOried in the Iall-yard
A large crowd assembled in the Jail-yard,
which, upon the days of whipping is
thrown open to the public. Among the
number were several women, who seemed
to have been impelled thither by the same
motives as the men-thOse of a morbid
curiosity. There were nine whipped, and
two of these-A uthur j. Holmes, white
man, for horse stealing, and Nathan Den-
by, colOred-had to stand in the piiIoIy
for one hour. The whipping post Is uI-
rectly beneath the platform OF tIle PlIIgSi PM
to it are attached two iron clasps, anu III
these the hands are placed ana sectiIeu Gu oy
a spring. Sheriff Lambson, STOUT IIuS nus
cular man, at quarter pas! !" 91 rUS,n
appeared with a cato -nlne-Ialis' Inc
de6utv then came forward, accompanied
nv an Intelligent looking young colofed
man named George White, who had COM
Initted the offense of stealing pistol. He
threw off the heavy Woolen blankets that
had been thrown about his shoulders, and
stepping defiantly up to the post, placed
his hands on the clasps and awaited the
blows. They were twenty in number,
each leaving, as it fell, nine distinct white
marks, causing the flesh to culver and the
victim to twist and writhe with pain, but
not word escaped his lips. His eyes roll
ed, showing the great agony he suffered.
Andrew johnson, a white man, forty
years of age, had been found guilty of
stealing a few articles of clothing, and for
this the court sentenced him to twenty
lashes, which the sheriff laid on with q
heavy hand. He plainly showed in his
face the determation of his will, and he
bore it all without the twitching of mus
Gle; not a sound escaped his lips, and a'
he walked back to the jail with the blood
ready to start from the red and purple
welts upon his back, he looked as bold an6
defiant as ever. At the name of James Fl
Pollard being pronounced, a tall 1.-THE fig
ure advanced to the post, his face muffieC
in the blanket over his shoulders. Blu
seeming to collect himself, he quickly
threw it off, and revealed to the gaping
crowd the figure of a man fully six fee
two inches in height, handsome face
and shoulders as broad as those of a Her
cules. When hisshands had been adjusted
he looked defiantly toward the sheriff, a
much as to say, begin. There was no
one in the great thrOng of spectators, a
they saw the snowy-white flesh barred t.
the raw wind, that would not have beer
glad if he had been spared. But it wa
not within the power of the sheriff to d.
so if he wished, and as the twenty lashe
were laid on, the stiffness was only broker
by the sound of the lash as it struck tn
flesh, and one or two exclamatiOns o
"shame" from the women. He was sc
Verely punished, but uttered not word
only gave another look of defiance at tn
sheriff, who stood before him with til
whip in his hand, and marched back
the Jail. Charles Mullen, an old gray
headed negro, had stolen set of harness
and for this received twenty lashes.-
Charles Watkins, cOlored, was his accom-
plice in the crime, and he also receive
twenty lashes, which split the skin in sew
eral places, and the pain was so intens
that he nearly wrenched his hands froI
the clasps in his efforts to escape the blows
Joseph Demas, a white man, had bee
guilty of stealing a chicken, and for thi
was given twenty lashes, well laid OF
John Connor, cOlored man stole som
clothing, got twenty lashes. Arthur
Holmes, young white man, who ha
stood in the pillOry one hour, found guilt
of horse-stealing, was the last white ma
whipped, and to him the sheriff admins
tered thirty lashes well laid on. Beside
this he has to undergo twelve years. in
prisonment. He is young man, appal
emily not over nineteen, and stood hi
punishment with remarkable fortitudt
Nathan DENLY, colored, was the last whiI
ped, and, as he had been somewhat dc
mOnstrative, the sheriff laid the blows o
with severity. He suffered intense agony
and almost sunk upon his launches as tn
blows continued to rain upon his bar
back,