The daily gazette., 1882-09-23
SECOND EDITION
LASHED IN THE RAIN
Whipped at New Castle This
Morning.
LAUNCHED THIS MORNING
kE 8
.uusrICE SATISFIED.

Ten Men and Boys Beneath the Lash
How They stood IL.
The gates Of the prison yard at New
Castle were thrown open at 10 O'Clock this
morning, and crowd of perhaps 100 men
and bows hurried in through the mud and
ashes, all eager to witness the punishment
of prisoners with the lash. 1t began to
rain almost in torrents just about that time,
and a more doleful spectacle can hardly be
imagined. In the pillory stood, shivering
with the dampness, Charles White and
Roland Caville, the white boy aud man who
pleaded guilty to robbing Charles Brown at
delaware Junction. At first they seemed
inclined to smile and exchanged remarks
with each other. In short time, however,
the beating of the rain against them made
look of misery come TO their faces and when
taken down 10 be whipped they were the
pictures of forlorn hope.
At 1907 John Souders, white man, the
companion ofHenry TomlinsOn who escaped
at the station, was strapped to the post. His
back was as white and the skin as fair as
woman's and the first blow from the lash
made him vince. AS the blows followed In
in rapid succession the skin rose In welts.
He jumped from the ground and squirmed
painfully, and at the sixteenth lash screamed
q oh oh 20 in a tone of agony. He
stretched himself SO tight that the cuts were
worse than they would otherwise have been.
When the twentieth blow wasgiven his back
was scarlet and the blood trickled to his
waist. His punishment was very severe,
although the force Of the lash was much less
than that used upon others.
James Green, white, convicted of stealing
gold ring from z. f. Hanf of Wilmington,
received 20 lashes, taking them coOlly,
never shrinking, and chewing unconcernedly
- the whole time.
James Trusty and Henry Caulk, the two
black boys who burglarized the office OF
Charles Warner & Co, were brought out in
turn and each given 20 lashes. Trusty
never changed countenance and Caulk
pulled his hands from the loops and hurried
under cover, neither seeming to mind the
punishment.
Henry Trusty, colored, for stealing
chickens, received his 20 stripes with com
posure and skipped back to his cell lively.
Shadrach Trusty, colored, the third OF
that name, and the fellow who stole a watch
from Theodore Hanf, was brought out
trembling and took his position. His por-
ton was 20 lashes. He had been there be-
fore, and by a squirm after the fourth or
fifth blow pulled his right hand loose from
the shackle, threw his arms and shoulders
out, drawing in his back. By that means
most of the blows were received across his
right arm. AS soon as Warden Hance
called out 20, Shadrack pulled his lefi
hand loose and with skip of defiance left
for his cell.
Frederick Holland, a tall and 1.-THE young
black man, stood erect, took his share of q
as calmly as he would a drink of From
street lightning, and retired. He had
snatched a satchel and pocket book from &
young woman. White marks we're made OF
his back.
Jesse Tim, the colored man who took 9
pocket book belonging to Mrs. Hannah from
car seat at Front and Market streets, this
city, came out laughing and joking with the
warden, and during the reception of his IL
lashes smiled serenely.
A recess was then taken at 1920 until II
o'clock when Charles White who had passed
an hour in the pillory was barred to tn
leather thongs. Almost from the start h
seemed to suffer, groaning, twisting AM
moaning at every cut. When thelast Of tn
40 lashes had been received his righ
shoulder, where most of the blows fell, wa
miserably swollen and presented a sicken
ing appearance.
The last one to be punished was the DO
Roland Caville, and the very first blo'
caused him to cry and jump. He was /
great distress the whole time, his skin bein
very thin, every touch of the tails made
mark. His sgony was great and he writhe
like an eel on a fish hook. The Sheri
mercifully tempered his strokes, but by II
time the whipper's arm had descended fort
times the lad was almost ready to faint
The whip used was a bran new one, Il
handle being twenty-five inches long al
the nine cruel tails each about two feet
length.