The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-01-29
EXECUTION By IMPALE
MENT.
One Horrible Method Of Adm ms
iering Justice III Japan
Er.,n IL. HINT Nnnu-l.

tering Justice III Japan
From ts... Hornet ANIMAL
One morning while was at I's"-
homa | WIS informed that a cr'minai
was about to h. publicly put t. death.
and the morbid curiosity which ha-
more or less stronghold upon mu>;
Of III induced mc To- sally i"rih amt
witnc>, the execution. This = what
I saw. Whcn reached the place mp
poin;ei ior carving into effect t'.r
capital sentence, tie unfortunate CON
Wet. a fine loohin. Japanese. III the
prime or Youth AMI strength, WIS
Standing un,ler Il huge P'>, III the nii'i-
die oi a iiitlr posse at guir''-- hc
co>, hui 4 crn-> piece. Nearly nude.
he WIS ,tandin. Greet. hGs ~ uu'i'n-
lessa,a statute. while his fearic,>
! but dreamy cye~ :az~d straight int"
the distance before him, - IT hr wa>
hooking 1t some fIr-DH object booming
upon a horizon Visible Only e. ni' ali
Sir,-,.d vision. There VIZ NJ !rko"
%. terror In his determined face. IL
sim ui shrinking in his Iuie~c--i'i "u'
tcnseiy strung body. Presently ihrf'
WIS 4 muvemcn; among the iii;ir An"t
at ,hn>e surrounding him. iii- jail-r~
moved aside. AMI there .'r,'ie into tue
circ.e Il .aun;. repui~ive lonklu. niilvr,
II IN
lo,kina yellow. The cX-"atl 'ucr--
for !, Wa .Ic-v#S accompanied hv =
coupl. nr assistants. WHO cirt.ci sonv
half duzcu long r,rnd binh"1 r"t>,
al,out Il couple 81 iin:cTS 'hicl II TIN
hrye.: end. and ;apcFiI. ~ has! t.iIt
siz. at the other. wii;'h Wa hardy
pointed. The r.v!s were lIiI upon
the .rour:l. AMI the trinity al dra'h
clsppe,l hold of the living statute h.
fore ,hem. Ia ,ricc al hUr.ln c!iisv
who made mo attempt nj resistance.
and who. - lar ~ | observed, never
even opened hi< lip. wa grimly
dangling I'll the post, hi arms stretch
ed out right anl left along The eros
n;eces. There was BOW a sight pa.,e.
the cyecu;iuner> da!iied with the
bam;nos. and the poor creature spread
eacled on the post still looked inin the
.ha.lowy distance. still was dumb; but
I thoug Int could detect a yellow pal
( Tor stealing over his fIce. Perhaps
he was collecting all his resolution ~
meet the terrible ordeal he knew
/ was close upon him The principal
execu.ioner. who meanwhile had So
lec;ed Il couple OF h:.mhoos TO his mind.
now stepped to the left -ide of the ex-
pec,ant victim. spat upon the point of
one of his weapons, and with "a twist
ing. pushing motion thrust 1t easily
into the flesh about half way between
the hip and arm-pit. The poor wretch
upon the cross turned his gaze slowly
upon his tormentor. and his lips slight
IL orened: but he made no struggle
he uttered no cry. His resolution.
his courage were superhuman. look
ed Mt the exccuticner. He was calm
IL continuing to push and wriggle
the hamboo further and further int"
the BODY. In a couple of minutes.
though it seemed much longer. the
bloody point of the instrument emery
eel from the top of the sufferers shout
der. There was slight exclamation
Of satisfaction burst from the crowd.
lust tina, kind of hum that escapes
from those watching daring swim
mer when his head appears above the
surface after long dive; and the iicnd
a, the other end of the bamboo stop
pei wrigsling. lc: 90 his hold AMI step
ped hack. Now, | thought, he i
going To give the pror tortur-
ed creature his coup lie grace. Not n
bid of it. He crossed to the opposite
side of the post. calmly inserted the
second weapon in the same spot on
the sufferers other flank, and worked
awav till it. too, come out above the
arm-pit. All this time no; single
croan. not one desperate cry for mer-
CIV escaped the man thus doubly impal
ell. His head dropped a little upon
his chest. and his ewes were halt closed.
but he was evidently alive and con
cious. st this moment, to my amaze
ment. the execu,ipner and his assist
ants picking up the unused bambocs.
began To walk away. what
asked. sis the execution ended: Are
thew goin. to leave the man in that
fearful agony Oh. YES, was told.
"all is over. The criminal i finished
with. lie will die prc>ently-In an
hour. two hours, or, a. 1t seems very
strong. perhaps not till nieht-fall: but
nobody will touch him any more. The
bamboos will he leit,in him. and when
he is quite exhausted he will expire.
I could bear no more. turned on NY
heel loat.,in. the birbarouS cruelty
Just witnessed. and cursing the damn
able civilization that permitted it.
, learned afterward that the unfortun
ate wretch had fingered ten long hour,
before death.
, His slow death is accounted for hy
the fact that japanese execu,ioneI
!, is carefully taught to avoid the Vita
i. organs of the criminal he has to impal
The more slowly the victim expires
the greater the reputation of the
butcher.