The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-08

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lnw's CLUTCHES before II hnA done ils worst
ior them. As II ", the mortality among thu
criminals Is 80 great that q dead house ~ n
a necessary adjunct 10 zach prison. The
turnkey hnda some morning that prs
oner or two hes tucc0mbed 20 starvation,
disease or tor .ufe,
Dead or dying The unhappy w'etch Il
taken up aud cast into ms dohd'house,
vhsru other tofpsea may DC lying, await
/ INK the farce 81 Rn Inquest, They Hrh then
passed lhrnunh small hole M the outer
I sall, into the adjoining street. Tor turial,
B he pOrtuia OF iuagi'trAio'a Yainnn being
100 sacred to ha uehled by tho rSit oi q
criminals corpse. Tho inferior prs1n1 hud
/ the police prisons need little description
,he same filthy deny, tho same hiihy iacts,
| thu same ennciaied bD1ies. Here arc
Gouintu persons cnrrgtd with lirhlrf OF
/ lHns. o, such az burglary, theft, nnd ~ OF.
/ These cells nro often ~ darsply crowded
that one is reminded az the Black Hoo oI
Calcutta. There In sometimes no space 10
lie down, Tue hoat In summer IL 80 sizzling
| tnat lhey strip themselves nude, while the
stencil Is simply sickening to tue moment
AIRY visitor. Tho writer will never forget
| III sight, on ono occasion, OF thu croad ~
maciat,d, unearthly ooking being, near
all covered from head 20 foot Win cnta-
ntops diseases, clamortng at the bars OF
tseir coils Tor medicine 10 cure Them
Every foreigner IN supposed 10 be pLysi-
clRn ana soma kind. hesr.ad visitors have
aiken quantities ot sulphur, iodine and
caibolic acid. which they have dispensed
gratis and with gord elect upon the bodies
OF these y, o. wreIches.
The punish nents for criminals Of the
first class are, first, linchi or sicing process,
where the cuiprit IL pinioned 20 stake ana
twenty-five gashts cut on the lace anu
breast, the coup dogracs Loing stab a. the
convicted suffer this ate. Second, oeheadipg
with Il long, heavy knife, whcrc The culprit
knsPl 4 aud rrcci yes the S ruke with bent mead
which is usual y taken oil AZ ono blow. Tine
wrler once cav ten pirates executor WI u
Ten strokes, in txacry one minute. Ihlrd,
strsLgu,atlon or "A cross uutii the eyes are
out OF their sockets. Female cOnVicts oiten
suffer death VA ibis way. Fourth. hanish
ment. 4 600 ii. tor lilt--s milo punishment
melted out to political prisoners or the
tighter crimes Of blood. After Il criminal
has hsen beaeaCed his heat ~ pu' into d
stone Jar containing line, sever'i ui whicn
may be seen on tho execution grohad ana
are called by foreigners "pOited stulis.'
Sometimes the skull ~ taken 80 the GENE OF
he mans crime aud Their exhibited on t.t
TOD OF Doie to bleach IN the SUMMERS
.uu. TIE hcailess trnuk - token - the
criminals graveyard, where 10 is oitep only
uall buried, aud becomes meal Tor the
hgi-siarvcd hounds that lrtqucnt these
places. Sometimes n compassionate iiiend
sayts the corpse from wandering III hanes
az headless ghost by Irlyidlng II WIN IN
artificial head aud burying IL IN n decent
coffin.
Every orininal must be b.eught 10 confess
his crime before sentence OF death II passed,
and 10 ext ort this necessary confession the
most horrible fortunes are practiced. IN"
mandarin sees over his doorway "a ne
tan hy h. I'M ~ al
nand 10 influence his daily conduct, Your
salaries aud living are the marrow anu lat
| of The peaple; men below can easily he op
| messed, bat high heaven cannot be de-
ceiyed.n Little heed, however, Is paid to
the emperor's maxim when stubborn
criminal stands before them. Inc longer
| hi, confession il delayed the longer lie re-
mains on their bands To be fed and guard
ed. SO severe ara some OF tho tortnres IN
| Gicted that many an innocent man has
| confessed crinie he never committed, glad
to nut an end 10 his misery.
We take up recent number OF
the Pekipe Gazette ard hnu
a mandarin eXtorung confession
| from lad OF II by tying Il bundle OF burn
ing incense sticks 10 his naked breast. Toe
lad confessed, but when on the execution
grouud recat ted, and was taken back TO
| prison and torture. Some humane by
| standers memoraliZed the throne, the case
| was iuyesti gated, tue Lad WAS declared IN
nocent, and the official was degraded and
bsmbooed. One magistrate put conir
| maoious pirate into collin ana Gun lcattl
| him in open court because ne han abused
mis- worship and ttruck The lictor who YVES
| tor,urinE him. Ia official sazettes We read
| Of brutal magistrates mailing criminals by
the hands ard ieot to boards, compelling
them TO lie on spiked beds, or heated iron,
or scalded with boiling water, ana such
soul-harrowiDg tortues AS were never prsc-
| ticed in the worst days uf the Spani:h ~
ouisltion. Sometimes the culprlt IL made
| iu knesl for hours ON chains. or his uncon.
Tossing lips are beaten To Jelly, ana no Is
snspended by the fingers and toes or ears,
| his neck is placed in Btock.lise barroi'
only the head teiug seen, anu the VIE or
children OF the poor wretch bring him 1000
to save him from starvation.
| Many OF these tortures are illegal, nut
| the legal tormen,s are In oil conscience
cruel enough, as Tor instance the use oil
three boards with grooves for comprising
| the feet and ankles, or four round stick ior
| souet zips the fingers. or beating with the
heavy bamboo, under which criminals
| often die The writer has often seen these
t,r,ures administered and can TESTIFY 10
| the agonizing shreks which riDg thf' ugh
the cham Der of torture, but never move the
placid countennnce and relentless heart 81
The imptriurable mandarin. 1t Ia salts.
factory TO find tina. a healthier pubic set
ment and humaner feelings ara beginning
to prevail. The throne has already pub
.iahed decree on the sdyice OF the cen
sors, suppressing all Illegal torture bsiore
condemnation. What the effect Will be re-
mains TO be seen. The fear that their cru
elly NAV be reported to Pekiug has al
ready deferred some mGgls, rates from re-
sorting to these tortures. The snirlt OF the
q ton is still barbsrlc and vindioiive, and