The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-12-17
The Steel Mssasu.

The Steel Mssasn.
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 h an adiosning scwcr N . room where there are preserved a number of ven ea. tious instruments of torture used sn Nn. trmberg hundreds of ycars ago. befcsr the days of iaiis and peasens,Afses There are ,hamb-sere~s of the most approved pa,setns, and helmcss tos goss.pine saen and women. \ s.ngulariy cheerful piece ot furniture n largr, heavy wheel. on one side ai winch s.and> ea, large. sharp plece of ,ron. In the glonsas days of old an offender who had to be pun. ished ~ish the wheel was stripped naked and hFmly bound ,o plank. faee down. ward. The paece of iron on the sheel was heated hot. and the wheel was rolled ap aud down and across the victims back nil Justice was satisfied or the ssstim wss dead.
 lnasmaeh as the spake was long enough to 70 half way through the mans body, um generally died. and justice ~as en- trely satisfied. lt sas not AS expeditions e the ySilsossne. bat Il wss just as cer- tam. The oaly mAn who evcs su, vsved |, vas Adjadged magician because he sur sived it., and vas promptly beheaded fos beng a magician. That settled hsm. He dldat bother Nuremberg any more.
 There are also displayed swssehes made of hne threads of steel, which were lad on the bare back with great eAecs. Als,- ae of these things goes . gssAs way, but on bsing told that sn the adDosnsng tower was the "steei madden" you gss oyer your quAlmishness. Your party ls taken m charge by guide. who shows you a large assortment ot horror besoEe yoc come to the ehlei one, as sort of prepa- ratian. .Ihsss are ssoeks ea all h.nss, gags ips ,Attlcas, handcuhs. Ankleia, and . cradle, the bed of which ls hIled with spikes, in which oid-t.me offender wete fAithfnlly roeked to sleep -a sleep tom which there wAs no awakening.
 There are long tables with q screw at the top and bottom, to which men were strapped by the hands and feel, the ssrews torn apart. in another room IS large iron cage. In those cheerful days. when A merchant, baker of butcher was found selling his goods by false weigh, Of meas. urc he ~as placed Tn shis cage and car ried all through the city, with hia name and trade fzstened eonspi, aously In isoa, After making the grand tour he vas taken cage and all, to the nvef and ducked again and again titi is was thought that his lesson was suftiesen, 10 prevent rspe- t.i,on. Perhaps some such form might be advantageous in these days.
 Wife-bcatesx in those timer were e. sesei, -paasshSd- gAsy wese ssss~tsses3 with elose-htt.ng helmets. from which heAs) welghta were suspended. They were gwen conspseuous pi~re .n the pubi,c square, apptopt,ascly labeled, and placed ,n s,ocks. with heavy weights as- taehed to theu arms and frss, and .hers they IA, the hselong day. subjected 10 the jccrs and r.d,euie oi the tune. Seoldlng wives were put tn cages with gAgs in their mouths, and exposed inahe public square. You arc shown all sorts of behead,ng blocks and gallo~s upon winch noted williams had gone to the,s reward, while the ~ails arc covered from top 10 bottom, with pictures of the practical operations of the yas,oas instruments thai filled the room.
 All this preparatory to the ssesl maid. en, which Is kept ia a room above, pre- eisely as she was ;u the days ot her use fulne.s. You are shown what sppeass q hrss s,ghs to be a rude statue of womsa eiumssly hewn out of wood. The guide a0isiessly opened ii, one door swinging so the right and the otAes to the leu Ths statue wss hsiiow and juss the sazs ol ihs average man. Inxade were xsraps hy which the o6endeH SzA bound SO that hs coald sos move . muscle All the doors were iIned with long sharp, sseei spikes strong snd shiek.
 Wheu the victim was firmly secured the door ou the left was slowly bat hsmi, shss, and the long spikes wens iaso AiI body. two being 70 arranged a to pieSca his eyes. Then the doos oa the sigka vn cloxed in sknilas mAanm. ard ks wonl< ss<ssye anSskes cnsnsAssaeaa q srskes sAe dooss being cIosed xssy s,o~iy shai the tcssnse ol the man in the embrace q tAe mstdsa misAt be prolonged = sns<i as posashis. The vay iass spihG pissced A.s hsAra Aksr semain,n1 SAvs up fes while, the stsapl wese nnloosed from tke osssi6e. 1 soSsng vss sou<Aed, and the saas fs1l 6S ts0 foa 70 . clsvssiy-sonslsu<ted mA ckise tAas eyoaad hiu - As kns e nince ueaa, and dropped him into the nyer be iew, making 6Sd lbs GSises.
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