The Evening critic., 1883-01-30
WHIPPING A AWIFE-BEATER.
How the Lash Was Applied In BaIti-
more Yesterday.

The Baltimore Stn of this morning gives
the following account of the punishment
inflicted on Charles Foote yesterday for
beating his wife:
"The penalty of seven lashes imposed on
Charles Footc for wife beating was inflicted
yesterday in the city Jail. Sheriff Hunter
had assigned Deputy Sheriff George W.
Roseman to do the whipping. Yesterday
morning Mr. Roseman bought stout cow
hide, forty inches long, and with this and
the order for the punishment went to the
Jail.
"Although the law imposing the lash
upon the wife heaters has been spoken of as
restoring the whipping-pos in Maryland,
yet the expression must be taken figura-
lively. There is no whipping-post in the
jail, nor was one set up for the occasion.
The whipping was done in the main hall of
the Jail, from which to the north and south
the tiers of cells extend. To prevent any
of the prisoners from seeing the whipping,
they were all given their dinner earlier
than usual. marched to their cells and
locked in. Foote'S cell is No. 136 in the
south wing, where the sem
fenced prisoners are confined.
A few minutes before noon Deputy War
dens James f. Flannery and Charles +. Ed
wards went to Foote's cell, on the second
tier, and told him to come along with them
He went without n word He was in his
shirt-sloeves, and came down the stairway
and walked ont into the main hall with
apparent indifference to the curious scru-
tiny of the group of spectators. Among
those present were Messrs. Otis Kcilholtz,
II. +. Reinhaldt, Thomas G. Hayes and
Jacob France, of the board of visitors;
Warden j. Frank Morrison and I. Kell
Bradford.
"Foote is rather light mulatto, of me-
dium height, well built, and has mus
tache and goatec There is nothing in his
expression to denote a cruel temper, and
his mien was composed and respectful He
listened attentively to the deputy sheriff
| as he read the order of the court imposing
the sentence. Then Warden Morrison said
Take of your shirt Foote had suite of
| blue prison check, the back Of the shirt
stenciled with the words, Section 3 City
| JAIL He pulled off his shirt, and then
seemed to hesitate about taking off his un-
| dershirt. Strip said Warden Morrison,
imperatively. Foote slipped his arms out
| and pushed the undershirt down below his
| waist.
Then Deputy Wardens Flannery aud
| Edwards handcufed the hands Of the
| prisoner to the iron grating separating the
main hall from the south wing. His arms
were raised above his head and extended in
d-eagle style. Now get ready said
Deputy Sheriff Roseman, rawhide in hand.
Pm ready said Foote. The springy raw
hide swished through the air and laid its
length across the prisoners back. No other
sound was heard. Roseman is stout, mus
cular man, and he laid the lash on with
energy. A welt showed on the
back after each blow. A lexi-
Bile tip of the cowhide darted
around the mans right side, iliCking into
the flesh so that blood oozed from the
place. Foote bore it in silence, the twitch-
ing of his fastened arms being the only
manifestation Of his suilerings The seven
lashes fell close together on his back and
were distinctly marked. Not until he
was taken back to his cell did he make any
remark, and then he said that he would
have rather had thirteen lashes when he
was first sentenced than have served his
term in Jail. In the afternoon DIR. ID. p
Hoffman, physician of the institution, at
tended FoOte, who will be released this af,
ternoOn about o'clock"