The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-07
FLOGGING IN NEWGfTE
Men Lnshed Severely with the Cat. aud Roy
with the Birch.

From No Lonfpn TeloJropi
Five young mon, who were sentenced M
the last session NJ the Central Criminal Cont IN
be ilOggcd for acts OF robbery with violence. nm
dcrwcnt the penalty in Ncwgntc Jail. on the
morning of March 81 at half-pasi o'clock One
Of them being mere hoy OF 1G. received twenty
strokes with the birch instead Of tho cat. His
name was Timothy Donovan and his ofYonco
was being concerned with Edward Callahan.
nRrd is IN rQbhing II woman whom they brutal
" kicked. Those youths were the iltst tp tako
their punishment. which was inflicted in tho
room appointed for such correction, and fitted
with the usual apparatus for whipping. There
were present Alderman Sir Nillnln Rose. M
VISITING magistrate . Alderman and Sheriff Had
ley. the Governor of the prison (Mr, Sidney
Smithl. the iail surgeon tNlr. uIbegnl. with
whom was DR.. Key Hardcy. and low repro
sentativcs of the newspaper press. The con.
Victs were brought in one Mt n time the name of
each and the number OF lashcs he was to receive
being called out by the Governor
First came the boy Donovan who submitted
quietly To the process of bong stripped and
fastened to the whipping post. Two warders
administered each ten strokes Of the birch and
the lad screamed and cried loudly for mercy
while recclylng his castigation. which was Wig
verify. His elder companion Calaghan. began
To howl most dismally, even before his coat was
removed ana showed himself from first to last
an arrant coward. His twenty strokes wore
lhld on 10y thr two wardcrs. each delivering ten,
number of 7t,n wdih the prescriD,ea
bore evidences Of the rigor with which tho
MURDERS, two tall and powerful men, discharged
their duty, As a matter oi course, the prisoner,
VINO had shown craven fear 10y his conduct on
being led INTO the room. doubled and trebed
his back aud shoulders.
The next batch. VINO we're to suffer for n more
violent outrage, had been sentenced to receive
each twenty-five lashes with the cat. They
were: Henry West. nged 10, u licensed peddcr:
Thomas Henncssey II. and William Sawyer.
20. both described as labOrers. All three be-
lOnged 10 Nandsworth. IN which ncighbOrhOod.
last November. their crime was committed. In
conjunction with fourth man. named Joseph
Webb. who has been sentenced to seven years
penal servitudc without IA logging. they attacked
an elderly gentleman, Mr.. David ArnOt OF
Grove House. Allfarthing lane MS he was re-
turning home at o'clock in the evening from n
temperance meeting in South street. The first
cautious preliminary of the runlans was TO take
him OF handy weapon OF defence. They then
proceeded 10 throw him down. and TO rob him
Oh ~ iVs, IN sold MS Keys purse, ana penknife;
in calling for help. they clicked him about tho
mead, causing eight wounds. For this savage
Chambers y. g.. NJ. r., the new Recorder 10
penal ssrNitude: and, as the three prisoners.
West, Hennessey. and Sawyer, had boen pre-
nogging was pronounced on them.
West was first brought into the room. and his
dehant look and insoent demeanor plainly be-
spoke determination to go through the ordeal
with as much stoidity rs he could assume. 1t
was not Till the third lash descended that he
cried out. and thereafter his yells were loud and
piercing. solicitation for live minutes respite
Delhg lmplorlngy uttered by him when the first
warder had finished giving the thirteen lashes
and the second was stopping forward u dellvOr
tho other twelve. Tho appeal was unheeded.
and West continued to howl and roar for mercy
TIL the end OF his punishment; but Immediately
on being released from the confinement OF tho
whipping stocks he danced the double shuttle"
as IN iuiiiinent OF his miserable programme Of
brayado. Ii Is noticeable that tins convict had
evidently tried his utmost to bear the lash with
stubborn silence. and that his yels of pain were
pcriorce wrung from him.
Hcnnessey, ihe next man. cried at the first
cut, called for the doctor at the sixth. and then,
stimulating iaintness. dropped his head ON ono
side; but looked up briskly when the second
wardcr came toward him to deliver the twelve
concluding strokes. Nhan the fun measure Of
Hennessey's punishment had beer. admins
tered. he gave gasp or sign Of r. and was
led out moaning. The last M , Sawyer.
who repeatedly shouted out that he was being
killed. and whose logging lett him in state OF
more decided helplessness and depression than
either Of the others had betrayed. In all cases,
the discOlorntion OF the skin was very great
and blood followed the course of the lash. A
period of not more than twenty minutes was
occupied In logging all five prisoners.