The daily gazette., 1882-11-25
D EDITION.
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A SERIOUS scALDING /!
GETTING JUSTICE.

Five Nnfortuna,es at ahe whipping Post
This Morning--A Large Crowd OF Spec
tators.
At 10 O'Clock this morning when Warden
Hance threw open the heavy gates OF the
tail yard at New Castle crowd of perhaps
200 men, boys and children hurried in the
enclosure. There, standing In the piilory,
which has Just been fitted up anew, stood
Robert Linn and Henry McGruder, CON
vieted of highway robbery, in taking $3.50
from William n. Moody, young colored
man. Both men seemed perfectly uncon-
ccrned, but MeGruder, who was coatiess
and hatless, was shiyerng with cold,
Warden IIance, however, put blanket over
the mans shoulders, to which he remarked,
laughingly, $50 you are going to make
horse of me-"
The two chatted to one another, but as
the time dragged heavily along they became
chilled and restless, their hands being blue
with cold. Occasionally word was ex-
changed and the gaping spectators, who
wandered In and out of the yard to keep
themselves warm. Liun amused himself by
kicxing pieces of wood and chips left by the
carpenters on the new platform, and finally
lost his hat while kicking at a chip.
At IL o'clock Warden Hance released the
ktiffened and half-frozen men who climbed
down tine ladder and ran into the jail. The
crowd, which included two little girls and a
number of boys hardly ten years of age now
crowded around the post to witness the next
act in the melting out of Justice
Isaac Hayden, who had only been released
from jail about two weeks, and who has
frequently stood up to the post, was the first
man brought out. He came forward with
the step OF a veteran, took off his coat, threw
down his suspenders and waited for the
LASH
Sheriff Martin. who had been nervously
awaiting the mans arrival, stood near at
hand to Hayden's right with the "eat
under his coat.
When Hance remarked all right, the
Sheriff drew the lash and with the left hand
struck his first official blow upon fellow
man. The 10 stripes were given, with mod
crate force, the hand that held the lash
trembling like an aspin. Hayden never
ilinched nor changed countenance, anC
when released turned toward Chief Hawk
ius and group of reporters and sarcasti
cally remarked "Mr. Guthrie is u kind
hearted -, aint he ~ ant
walked to his cell.
Frank Mullen, an old man, who stole
saucepan, came second, and was the pic
ture Of abject fear. lie propped himsel
with his left foot and received his portion o
10 cuts in silence, although suffering much
the blood being brought at the last cut
james Stewart, the man who stole a
Afghan and three umbrellas from ). p Bel
vile of this city, seemed not to mind hi
punishment at all, his back evidently bein
hard and used to hard knocks
Bobert Linn next stepped jauntily iorwar
with bunch of crysanthemums in his LEI
hand. After taking off his coat and throw
ing it on the ground he placed the flower
gently upon it. but changed his mind am
took them up, holding them during the en-
tire time of his punishment, which was 4
iashes. He gave a grunt ut the hftcent
blow and squrmed considerably the Who'll
time. His back was badly cut and whe
released he remarked that 1t was "prett
good"
Henry Magruder, who has been whippe
before, suffered the most, although giyin
no vent to his misery. His back was vel
white and tender and was severely cut ,bein
blue from the shoulders almost 10 the wais
fhe blood showing in many places. lie lie
laughing and inqui-cd why the Sheriff. didn
hit little harder.
The Sheriff, who stood very near the vi
iilns delivered his lash with Irregular fore
although on the whole they were light
given.
1t is the first time on record, 1t is sal
that whipping has taken place at Nj
Castle without some of the prisoners beii
black