Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-11-10
The Winnipeg FiOgging.
The Punishment THAT EXCITED POPULAR
IsDIGNAIIoH.

The following is the description of the fog
ging Of prisoner in the Winnipeg Jail. pub
h.hed in the Times of Thursday last. which
led to the burning in etfigy of Attorney Gen
eral Miller and threats Of vengeance against
him:
This morning. about 1915 o'clock, q
scene took place in the Jail yard which very
seldom occurs in Canada. IL was the logging
Of the prisoner Mccormack, who yesterday
escaped from the Jail, in which he was work
ing, and va. recaptured. Last night he ~ss
shsckled and sto~ed away in the dark cell.
and early this morning the Attorney General
Issued an order for the fogging At the
time mentioned all the prisoners, 70 in num-
Der, were mustered in the yard. the guards
standing over them armed with rifles and
Mccormack was then brought out. Up to
this time he had no intimation whatever of
the intended punishment, and at first was at
a loss to understand what ceremony was about
to be performed The sight of the triangle
in the corner OF the yard, however, speedily
dispersed any doubts that may have existed in
his mind and he was noticed to tremble all
over With fear. The Sheriff then called
MIN by name and proceeded to read the order
issued by the Attorney General for his pun
ishnent. The order directed that IL lashes
be given him now and IL more one month
before the expiration of his term Of impris-
onment This, however, is made subject to
his conduct during his stay in Jail. The
prisoner listened TO the reading of the docu-
ment in dazed manner, and paid little at
tention to it. After the reading was finished
he simply said that he did not understand the
rules Of the Jail. He was then seized by two
turkeys and stripped to the waist, and bound
to the triangle, which stood in the southeast
a a..
being adjusted he whined pitifully and plead
ed for mercy. A turnkey seized the cat, a
barbarou. machine, with a handle about
foot long. to which were attached a number
of whip cords with the ends knotted After
testing it he stepped back and, suddenly
swinging it around his head, it descended
whisIling through the sir upon the back Of the
unfortunate man. who literally beloved
under the influence of pain. My God ! he
cried, do you mean to kill meT and immed-
lately after the lash descended second time,
leaving long. red scars wherever it touched,
which almost instantly turned to black. The
knots at the end of the tails did wonderful
full execution, RAISING hideous looking blood
b!isters. Mccormack was by this time VT tn
ing terribly unier the pain. and his contor-
tons were terrible. At the fifth lash the
blood began to flow, and before the whole
punishment had been administered his back
was one mass of lacerated flesh, from which
the gore trickled in streams down his back.
During the last few strokes which were laid
on very severely, his agony was painful to
witness. He kept crying. My God. nv God,
until released from the frame. when he faint
ed, but was soon brought to his senses by an
application Of snow. He was then placed in
q cell and the wounds bathed in brine. He
lay on the hoor Of the cell sobbing like q
child lie was terribly exhausted, and the
opinion was expressed by medical men that
he could not have stood much more. The
ceremony was witnessed by the Attorney
General and his deputy, the Hon. DR.. Wilson,
Sheriff Inketer, DR., Benson, and the officials
of the courts, numbering about a Dozen
Montreal (Canada) Gazette.