The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-06
ANCIENT AGONY.
sinners Made 10 Suffer Under
Ruperstition's Sway.
The Penalties Paid at the Plllory and
Post.
Chronicles OF Cruelty and Crime.

Chronicles OF Cruelty and Crime.
Antiquarisns OF the Quill dslving among
dusty state papers and the dry archives OF
legal tribunals have unearlhed many enter
aiming and curious literary relies OF the
storisi past. Mosl old Msrylan aud VIZ
| ginia families that can boast uf lengthy
genealogical trees and that highly srisIo.
cratic aud indispensable accessory, on nn'
| osgtfal ghost, have also uffed away in
soIno skeleton closet OF thtir manor ial fst.-
dances piles vi yellow pauers, redOlout WIN
Rgr and tied up IN tho o1nvehllonM iel
ape, recorda 81 romantic lawsuits handed
down nom time mmemorial--ounaies I
| priyaio y ,ssiuns bound ttgothtr WIN .
faded slring, The writer remembers en-
ons ooossion rum nsgiug IN the attic OF The
| old N maution IN Ge0rget wn, aud
coming across pile OF musiy, baok-letlef
| icliOs great Vellum.bound volumtsui law
reports containing accounts ol criminal
| trials ior witohcrai1 and other Srird od nsss
Of the time OF James 1. OF Englsld-Anti-
aaated tones bAnished from The light OF
| day, and the Cilded shelves at modern
library, TO max room FOR what Dp. Hoimrh
scientifically denominatss "the oyster
shells of literature"
Picking upGustave Dore's wonderful IL
|
with she ticudsl cruelty aud horrible gro
I.,suusucsl OF some Ot the fortunes perpe'
| rated upon suffering humanity txled 10
| tie internal shades. Oue can hardly mag.
| inr such conceptions tmauGnnR rom tho
mind OF mnn Yet, Dauie undoubtedly
cree most ofhis iuspirai lon from the refined
bSrDarity OF the middle ages. The puui.n.
ment VI criminals Ia med Gval lines "a n
matter of history. Tue following u eG-
| trscted from au Old Oermgn oide Of laws
and Is the penalty TOR Illegal coiuing;
should conner be caugh ~ tne act tnon
LED him DO stewcd ia pan, or caldrOn,
half an ell deep for the body, so that the
~ an ma, be bound to pole, which shell
| no passed tnr nigh the rlhgs 81 the churon,
and which shall be ugntly etrepped ana
| bound TO upright pps.s on either ellie, and
thus he shall be made TO stow IN oil and
wine"
Instances where men wore boiled 20
death Tor the offence Of coinage occurred ~
| he years 1920, I450 1917. Ia the reign o.
good Queen Eiizabeth-ihe royal lady
whose big ruff, red head and bad temper
have become proverb al-a ceftain NARA
ret Bitherur Was pr, es.d 10 death for NAT
boring Josuts aud hearing nasp. She re-
fused 70 plead 10 The Indictment aud the
punishment In those days for the obstinate
'by being laid on he back on .he
ground aud as much weight laid upon the
,ccused IS he or she eau bear, and that the
accused shall 90 continue Tor tntee dayr.
and should be or she e,il refuse to plead
then % he pressed 20 death, the bsuds aud
feet lied to post and sharp stone set
under the back"
Ordinances against shrpws are as old az
she world A Law ~ force AZ Dortmund, IN
Westphaiiu, A ID. lSiS prescribed that iii
twO women quarrel 80 ~ 20 come To blows
znd a. the same time use Sbuelve lsn9ung',
they shall be required 10 carry ih3 whole
rugth ul the Town, along tue Hen st'eet,
.wu stouee, Weighing together lUO pounds,
attached 60 claius. The first woman sOG!l
carry them from the eesJ gate 10 the wess
gate, willis tie second gpads
her ON with % needle fastened TO the enn OF
\ stick. The eeCOnd 10 then 90 take ina
stoues upon hei shoulders and To carry
them back to the east gate the 1rS, apply
ing the same Stimulus" Hanging IKE
funeral pail over inc middle ages Is the
black smoke arising from the cnarred re.
usIusoi the unfortunate ones burned at
The stake flr the crime OF witchcraft. De-
monism and witGhcrait are terrible and
bloody stains upon the parchment records
of the oden time courts.
Ia France, Germany and England thou'-
auds of untorunates were tried Tor witch
craft aud burned AZ The sake. There are
several cases Ut wi chcralt in the judicial
aunnls of Maryland. In the year 1910 john
Cowman, ot st. Mary's county, was ar
fnigned, convicted aud condemned upon
The statute OF King James L OF Eneland,
etc, Tor witchcrait. oOrjurGtigp, sorceTy or
pnchgnt used upon me BODY OF Elizlberh
Goodal. He was pnrdoned, however, by
Charles Calvert, the lord proprietary. In
1885 n woman was actually executed for
il crime. H. IL the single blot on the os-
Gu chson Of rhe province. The stocks, the
docking STOOL, the pillory and the whip
p NJ post IN Maryland dale back 20 tue
year 1868. But few pro-y old
burshers VINO sounter OF winters
morning in the vicinity OF Barnum's
hotel and gszs fondy at the superauuuhted
Battle monument have any idea tnnt the
last piIlorV and whipping post IN Maryland
wore m Baltimore upon the e1ao. position
wnere he eyed cpiumn now rears It's
head. IL seems ainoe. incredible. Ogce
the little p,azi resounded with the boots OF
the mob as they pelted some poor old per-
grrinaliug Hudihras iucarcerated in the /
STOCKS with the cl0ds OF earth aud kittens
cut off IN tno flower OF their youth. Nov |
palatiAl tGyer-s carkon the background, I
and nothiHg ia heard save the pursaioridl !
u attsr Of KNIVES snd forks aud the clicking /
# billiard balls manipulated by TINS gay /
and fesrige drummer.
some Of the cid wills filed in the probate !
courts u Englano aud France are curious !
Va the extreme, AND present many udicrons |
features. The iDlloSinR IS clause IN |
ShAkspeste's will: Il give unto my wife |
my -econd-best bed, with the furniture"
Poor Anne Hathaway All she got in the |
ties amentary document OF her illustrlous |
husband wss great, old, numbering Eliza.
bethan four. poster, and second-hest one
at that. HIRE Ii a collection OF others
CLEANED from reliable authorities;
A missr by the name of Tolsp made the
following hrq1ests: "To my sister'iu-law,
four old stockings which are under my |
he'd on the IighJ. Lem. To my nephew |
rAries, Two more old stockings Item. To |
my cousin. sn OLD. boot aud a red flannel
Docket. Item. 70 Hsmmick, my Jug |
VIII out n nandlc." Hammick was the
ii q ega'ro 10 ins ituts a search and he
d covered his fBmpus old Jug as anriferoue
At No chetnlsts cruc bic; IL was crowded |
with golden vereisns. The sist.r-in-law's
nrpbew sud cousin, seiziug upon Their re.
speciirs articles If personal property, came
in o. a similar coniugment OF filthy lucre.
A csuse Ia the will of the AbOe de la
r. Were, bishnp.duse OF Langr,s, reads:
40 nv steward | leave nothing, because
hr his been ~ my service Tor eighteen
years. imnie Day.
Because IL IN True.
Al, erh,oi. OF nm .dicine agree that Bar.