Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-08-03
SEVERE PUNISHMENT.
The Penalty a Husband Paid nDr
Striking His Wifs
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One evening Cory came mt the restAa-
rant irunk Aad struek ais sifs savagsly
Ia ths f2es. he escaped throuzh tAs back
door II ths kitshsn, aud sbs eams IA,
scared and hIssdiuS. kld told the story u
sosns ~ tns bo@r,isrs- Al inlproulptu Ia
dlsnasiOn n4esting .~As hald arz.0as the
sboys" and it ~as decided ~ taT and
feather the fello~ and run him cat Of
tosa. The phrase sounded ~slt Ia The
uloeth u the man Who suggested II, ami
every body agreed IAas IL was the eoFrocs
thing - 10.
No tins ~as Io~L A couple Of men ran
over - ths refining works and go< big
iron bslcket OF pitch, and others pfocared
al O4a feather tick from q boarding house.
Then oonHistes started cut ~ get Cory.
They found him asLssp la . saloon and
hustled him over 10 . yscans ios Ia the
rear II sosss bailnings- he was half
dazsd and coafslsed With drink. and
thought the affair was foks aBtii the nssn
began - strip ~ his clothes. Then he
fought Ike a aBadnan-in truth. believe he
wa mad with terror. Hls shirt aud under
clothes hal ~ % literally torn OF Of him,
and 10 was q good tfteen minoseS WORK
before DO stood. shivertng and stark naked.
ia the mooalight-
can SEQ him now-his bIeared eyos di-
lated AMI he shock ~ yellow hair bristhng
on MS head. His naCtB body stood cut In
bold relief against ths group that sur
rounded him, AMI the chill, penetrating
air must have struck the wretch 10 the
bone. At any rate. no crouched down and
ls.f In IN
now 70 At the same instant the bucket Of
Tar lifted, and abou, . gallon thrown
with a swash over his hare shoulders
He sprang sr,-ct at tbs cold touch Of the
pitch, and whirled around just ia time 10
receive the rest OF it on tho head, face and
chest
Tor a moment hs stood petrifled, the
black stuff triekling down his body and
legs, and uniting with great puddle OF It
on the ground. Then he slowly raised his
hands to his eyes and tried to brush them
clear, but As his fingers had received
good share OF the pitch, he only made mat
tsrs worse, and dropped his arms again.
lie did not seem 10 be able To realize what
had happened, and wagged his head
bhndly from side 10 side.
~ no StOpu tituos ptso OF tho mon WI
the upper edge OF the tick and inverted IL
over him l suppose it was as complete
Job OF the sort "a was ever undertaken, al
least, nothing was overlooked u make u IA
succoss. Cory looked like nothing human,
but some strange species OF monster
blotched all over with fluffy white. His
head seemed about the size and shape of g
busheI basket, and his features were oblit-
Grated In the general blackness.
when tho work was done hs was given
fifteen minutes to get out OF camp He
was made 10 understand with difficulty
bat was finally started ON the trail and the
crowd Dispersed.
Early next morning some miners, going
% work, found Cory back of a building
lying on the ground and moaning. The
Tar had by this time rubbed all over him
and partly solidified. As 10 grew hard ii
contracted. and every contraction had
dragged with it the thousands OF micro
scopic hairs with which the body Is Gov
cred. In places 10 had broken the skin,
and tho mon who CARRIED him into IA shed
found blood on their hands. A physician,
then located there. and now living at Gree
ly, Col, was called in and atsempted 10
remove tho stuff with hcnzine. IL was an
utter failure. was everything else tried,
from grease 70 ammonia.
saw him in the course Of the morning
The lower portion OF his body was COW
cred with a blanket, but his face was "a
spectacle not easily forgotten. The hard
pitch was cracked ali over IL, like ali-
gator skin. aud had caked ~ soIidly
around one eye it was impossible 10 re-
move II. The other eye was opened, but
dreadfully inGamsd and suppurating. AT
places over the surface were sodden
splotches of feathers.
Business called me away from Carbon
Vile for about two weeks, and few days
after l returned Cory died. Meantime
most of tho tar had been removed by sue
cessive washes. but his skin was covered
with minute black specks like the shaven
chin q man who has heavy beard.
They were tho choked-up pores Of the
skin. and this was probably the real cause
of the death. A short time after the pun
ishment. ne had been taken with raging
fever and then symptoms of a singular
blood disorder set tn The skin over the
chest, neck. cheeks and outside Of the
arms rise In hard ridges, totally devoid OF
feeling These rapidly sioughed on. leav-
ting open ulcers. I shall not enlarge upon
ihese details. which would only perhaps
interest a medical man. further than n
say that the symptoms were in All save
one respect identicai with leprosy. This
sole difTersnrs vas the frightful rapidity
% tleir 'onrlent The distorted re-
mai vere IN lei into a coffin and hur-
ried l-. 40 -ronnd
4 wise physs,....4 II Denver told me aft
erwsrd that this closing ~ of The pore@
prevented The system from throwing of
its impurities, and when the poison that
every instant escapes in perspirstion -
heid hack or driven inward the blood -
vitiated with tnconceivshie swiftnass. he
eook down book and showed me case
quoted from French Government report
~ f-s9. where che CoNegn 4 Surgeons. a.
An experiments. covered boy with gold
leaf In dx hours he was s.ai1.ad With a
fever. then t0rpor. sad then tied The
. principle. he said. was identical. man
could M more hve with his pores ci0sei