The Benton weekly record., 1882-11-09
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ia. t!rxalairil sH'jJnS pendent 0f the
ari1p .3dt.ertizsr, who witnessed the late
a.p,Ihauling in the Iiarbor, says that he
tried 70 write description of the horrible
-ight, hut j. Waa reYo!tiugly cruel, SO
,arharouS, 81 UNANIMOUSLY brutal that he at
first gave it up. Sill it il right that the
neonIc OF England should know what sort
Of people even the friendly Egyptians are
The correspondent heard that two sail
org, one u fireman from the Khedive'z
yatch. were to lie leeIhauled Oh beard the
T9benet Ali for one Of those 'uumention-
able crimes, which by the way do not take
= Mace az crimes IN most Ottoman cOun-
1rins'; and he Witnessed their punishment
7rom the steamer Sulnatra, The men were
brought on deck at n00u, and their sen-
renee WIS read oug before the assembled
rev. The tackle, consisting Of two ropes
ru0uiig from leading blocks made fast TO
I;.r iaaiH~tnr &ntI passed under the keel Of
lhy shin. was prepared and attached TO
rElrru5pri;s' bodies. The crew were then
Iiyiued, Na't Of them put TO each ropes,
anil The TWO Wrefches being led to the
side. were sn0ved overheard. They both
screamed as they fell into the water, and
rs the distance from the gangway to the
surface was quite fourteen feet, they
lnust have been more Or less hurt. But
This was only tbs beginning of their miser-
ies. The men on one side hauled taught
the rope underneath the ship, and then
the order to walk away was given. The
band played a solemn tune, something
like the Carnival Of Venice in movement,
except the tune was changed and stamp,
stamp, stamp went the men.
We saw the two wretches 60 under, and
chen the only movements were the ropes
going through their blocks, one side play
out, the other coming in, but slowly.
We had no measurement Of the ship, but
RS the rope acted directly-that Is, there
were no moving blocks-the distance
around the bottom was exactly that cover
I'd by the men As they walked the deck
drawing the rope behind them. Thus we
we're able to make some estimate Of
the distance, and we calculated on 1t
ut about fifty feet from the surface to
surface. Presently the two victims ap
peared on the other side. They were haul
ell quite out Of the water, and the rope by
which they were hoisted was made fast
and c0iled up and ready to play out again.
An ofticer-probably doctor-went down
and examined them. The one upon whom
the strain of the rope had fallen Was ap-
parently lifeleBs. His face was turned to- |
ward us; it was bleeding and torn; his !
ulothcs were hanging in slsreds and his |
hands were dripping with blood. His |
eyes were open, but they seemed to be fill
cd with blood. The ships bottom, cover
rll with barnacleB, rasped upon the poor j
devils like nails. The other man seemed |
to be conscious. His back, rs hung in the |
air, was toward us, but lie moved his |
head, we thought, and apparently to beg |
fox mercy.
Evidently the officer reported them still
alive, for when he had come OH deck again t
the two men were lowered into the water,
and the crew manning the rope that led |
up from the other side marched away !!
with it, and once more the victims dfsap-
pcare0. From the time they went under |
the surface Of the water until they reap I
pcared Oh the other side OF the ship was |
just twenty-four seconds. It seemed to |
us TO have been All hour. The fret fright
fu journey had terminated by their being
scratched and torn, at the end Of the
second they were mutilated. The nose Of
one wretch was almost torn away, one ear
gone, and the shreds of the clothing he had
worn clung to llir4 only where they were
held bv mis- bonds. He Was blood literally |
from head to foot. His companions con- |
dition was equally horrible. This time |
they were fOisted up to the rail and swung |
on board. Then we could see something
Of the action Of this barbarous punish !
ment, for they were not held of the side, |
but were scraped up along the ship. strik- |
ing against the ringbol:s, the chains and
eyey cruel obstruction until they were
swung in free over the deck, Then they
were lowered down and released. They
were both unconscious, probably even then
dead. 1t may be hoped they were. Death
must have been a welcome release.
A Banquet ON w WOrR1s.