The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-01-28
FLOGGING.
How Punishment is Administered
in Winnipeg.
The Horrible Scene which Took Place In
. Fan Northern jail, and which so
Enthusiastically Excited Popular
Indignation.
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The following is the description Of the
logging of prisoner in the Winnepeg jail,
which led TO the burning in effigy Of At
torney- General Miller and threats OF
vengeance against him.
"This morning, about 12:45 o'clock, q
scene took place in the Jail yard which
very seldom occurs in Canada, It was the
logging Of the prisoner Mccormack,
who yesterday escaped from the Jail, in
which he was working, and was recap
tured. Last night he was shackled and
slowed 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, twenty five in
number, 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 intmation
whatever Of the intended punishment, and
ut first was at 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 oil over
with fear. The Sheriff then called him by
name and proceeded to read the order is
sued by the Attorney General for his pun
.ishment. The order directed that twelve
lashes be given him now and twelve more
one month before the expiration Of his term
of Imprisonment. This, however, is made
subject to his conduct during his stay in
jail. The prisoner listened to the reading
of the document in dazed manner, and
paid little attention to 1t. After the reading
was finished he simply said that he did not
understand the rules Of the jail. He was
then seized by two turnkeys and stripped
to the waist, and bound to the triangle,
which stood in the southeast corner of the
yard. While the straps were being adjusted
he whined pitifully and pleaded for mercy.
A turnkey seized the cat, barbarous ma
chine, with handle about foot long, TO
which were attached a number of whip
cords with the ends knotted. After testing
1t he stepped back, and, suddenly swing
ing 1t around his head, 1t descended whist
ling through the air upon the back of the
unfortunate man, who literally beloved
under the influence of pain. "My God,"
he cried, do you mean to kill mel" aud
Immediately after the lash descended a
second time, leaving long, red scars where
ever 1t touched, which almost instantly
turned to black. The knots at the end Of
the tails did wonderful execution, raising
hideous-looking blood-blisters. McCor-
mick was by this time writhing terribly
under the pain, and his contortions were
terriblA. 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 severely, his agony was painful to
witness. He kept crying: MY Godl My
Cody until released from the frame, when
he tainted, but was soon brought to his
senses by an application of snow. He was
then placed in cell and the wounds bathed
In brine. He lay on the floor OF the cell
sobbing like child. He was terribly ex-
hausted, aud the opinion was expressed by
medical men that he could not have stood
much more.