New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-17

penaltv on the minds and bodies Of the victims III
one chapter he says:
In after years when had grown accustomed t"'
MANY things | still liked to watch those crlminals
,xhn' nor having been able to bear the number ct
strokes to which they were sentenced NJ one, hiu
been sent to the hospital 10 stai ~ UNDERGO The
rest of their sentence. IL ~ the duty ol Tue piIs"
doctor TO be present ut every execution anu I'd sup
il If there il reason Ia fear that the patient nlghl
die under the blows As rule, man can pear I'VE
hundred one thousand. or even one inouHihu ny
hundred strokes without any serious INJURY ON II o
is sentenced To two or even three thouSahu STUNTS W
more the sentence il divided into two or three
parts of a thousand strokes each. li9th on me nay
previous To their leaving the hospital az Wcli ~ y"
suIcn morosc Aisinclined to talk; ihey Wandered
about the warrl with an absent look III ieir eyes
Their room-fcows generally tooH no M" .tI
ever of Them but left them entirely 10 thchls'lNe7
witbout even irving TO offer word OF consolation;
aud in doing they showed tact anu e'"d N'nSc
There are of course exceptions To- tins as 10 every
tLng cIsr ns for instance, the rOhbcr Orion, whom
| mentioned in the fourth chapter oi lliS NoIlIlie.
The reader will remember now a,Ndn' ~ W III;
get well so as to bc able 10 undergo the rest OF MS
SENTENCE start for Ncrchinsk and escape on inc
road But then hc was man oi Trnarkaniy pas
sonatc nature who thirNtc' ior III inu ' iii
same time he was Ovcrjnycd to ma hHSrH S'lIi
alive after receiving onc-hali of the strokes he had
been sentenced to. II seems that whiie ne was ~
prison awaiting his trial, various JUNIORS Iin Ic.l."
him IN the effect that this time be would he pun,
ishcd according to the utmost ligurH tIie law un
he had fully expected To die under me ploNS' hut
when all, he tlti SURVIVE W ~
mini simrnt Inc became more hopeful. True he was
more dead than alive when he was iIk'h 10 ~"
hospital his back was IN iearlui c"uil'"n' "l ne
wanted to live ne ihirsird for lltc-thrN iild not
Liiird him after all and there was no reason !"
Lclieye that the rumois were true; ana he might nI
free once more and roam ahnui III lhr N"Hs nuu
folds If bc succeeded i'm escaping on the r'ad. TWO
Jo, Ctrr Inc left the hospital ne came back ~ II 10
dc in the same bed he had occupied during his re-
vious stay there. lido, a., ,.,r.
tLnu,1bf ~ nuuishwcut bore their sucrngS heroic
oIlv. | seldom heard them groan or Complain "l
nain not even on Oh" first night alter ne LOGGING
hut then our common It'IiD "'o "''"'" I'''''' W
know how to bear u. t,..L.
Bv The way. remember asking repeatedly "hAI
the pain was like. and WErthci u WIS IIl'f ~ u"t
~ was generally assumed. 81" MOI lhuH liHi
".l.J sr,h oir,iiouS from idle curiosity. though J
really do mot know pow Whist made me ash lh'in ~
th. time But never got ANY s'l''l'r'", i"'rNti
ali they could tell me about II WAS ihl ih' lHh"
,.a. az , huruiur chailtter. | ono" pui TIE same
unc>iion to NJ When 81" h1d become m'IC i,N
mate =" The pain Is lnlrn>'', Hid no. 'h' ~" u,
tl. same time as If my hack were beng Iod ''u OWL
The ronIicts unanimously ASSURED rrr tl" 'h,y
prrf.rrcd logging to whippns ~ th' i'l"I i 'I'
NOR. p1inful operation ot tine Two. "'I 90 H.
Lrn,lrrJ .frnLr~ with birch rod are 1lmn-t ~nr" q"
XII a man. and a thousand STROKES VIII hH even ,H'
strongest uan: s. bile a." -ll'r hnl''i 81 ~il"''
with "A cane viii hardly i1uIr iniH "l h'"'i.-'
constitutions | .upp1~. thai whipping has " NOR
irritating effect uu tie nerves than E'--"f'
and for that rrl'on gl''- MOI. pam ..i
The convict pil-'i'i, 1901" 'li'"I.,.'' '' t'". 90
.,-. V, liul,,,i los the c>'.uti'r'r IArrr "r" ~"
clas-c, ~ c>,ruf'.nrI. ii'' r'.u v!' o." = 3d. 4"
li,iug and ,uit. Dt- Hl' %" .t-i Hj'f'"'i,'H u"
another r,ccutl"u'r i"i 20 "ii'n N"'' 'l ''N
lave learned l'- a'. "i"n ih.' "i, '''' ~ 'I'.
pri.oi wh,r. i'I., I,uatn i'' '.i'. l", ''-' ''',
A. c>c,lfioii,r~ be- uJtuflIi co. l"' iN'i moral
standard than DO" Inter. and >'l i'' '",H'i '''
much moro i,-ro, Cod. ard even 4l+'i 'hiN '"'
i.f'er. whnai. u.Ne-tIN drii.'d 'nI "'t'' -
H.. common l.ul'r. ! l.tc "ii. % ""'t'ird way
cue. ,,,,,.,.orrr -l.,li D., thr object o. 1919 3D.
t.ur- f,4r. vlIi" thr OTHER g. ll'Hl'I 'r' .'''
or.l;;.r. mortal. ! itt' I 1it IaiN 'NIi",
.iuli.., about ii'-' Q. %. a"I known 'tW 81"
strange ,rd lriIi.'' lt 'i..i iIih iH.- htf'
,.,,, ..,... w.. $50. h. 900 i.,.... ..'. 90
d. ,,,.i.I t... i. i.r4i.r. l'...s g. To- ..'''''
would i.' -trIr . o. ..e g.. i" '.'i .'
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