Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-06
THE wHIPPINe COUNTESS.
Alleged extraordinary Confess
sion by . woman sf Hsr Crim-
inal Experfeuc ceo.

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sion by . woman sf Ezsr Crim-
inal Experiences.
A. correspondent, who gives her
name and address and declares her
statement to be true in every particu-
lar, sends us the following narrative
OF her criminal experience
"I am the daughter OF poor
mason, who, am sorry to say.
used oftentimes to get drunk, then |
return home and abuse his |
wife and children. For some time
the former bore with meekness the
rough treatment OF her spouse, but
ultimately she, too, sought to drown
her cares in liquor. With parents
who both quatfed the Intoxicating cup,
is it any wonder her children (threo
girls and boy) went to ruin? The
son went from one degree OF iniquity
to another, till ultimately he ended
his days on the gallows for the muir
der of his sister. OF the two women
then left, one of them was transported
for life for burglary, oft-repeated; and
the other q. e., myself) fast followed
in her footsteps, but succeeded in es-
Gaping with lew months imprison-
ment for each offense, until the last
OF my parents was laid in his grave.
About week after / went one
night and stealthily opened the draw
ing-room window Of an Earl. | en-
tered the room and stole money,
together with many valaables, to the
amount of about g100. AS | lived
near to his residence and my charac-
ter being well known, the lady, on
discovering her loss, at once
hastened 10 my poor abode, and
was not long in finding part
Of the money-for I had willingly
spent about e2O-aud most of the
Jewels. She at once brought me by
force to her home, made me follow
her upstairs to an attic, with only
a chair and q wooden bed for
furniture; then she spoke to me
seriously and kindly about this and
other misdemeanors, and told me
she would not give me into custody,
but was to remain in that room for
two months, to be fed on bread and
water, and she would come three
times day-at morning, noon and
highland administer the birch with
her own hands. At first I felt in
clined to rebel, but after all l thought
anything better than jail. The next
morning after breakfast, which was
given to me at 6 O'Clock, l was brought
into an adjoining apartment, where
was stripped Of all my clothing by the
lady and one of her servants. Then
was stretched on a cushion as soft as
down, after which my hands and feel
, were securely fastened by means oi
leather straps, 80 that / was utterly
unable to repel the strokes of the rod,
which fell swift and smart.
At first, although l was whipped
| till cried (for my lady would never
cease the chastisement till the tears
. came to my eyes in earnest), when
was released / at once declared
would leave and go to prison, when
the lady said she was quite willing
should do so if preferred it, but
, dreaded jail too much from my for.
, mer experience; SO / decided to con.
tinue as was; but after the punish.
ment began to give mock laugh
, and thank my lady ironically, but
|, whenever did 80 was always again
refastened and repunished, which
, was repeated one as often as three
! times. Another time / resisted and
! would by no means allow myself tc
! be so treated, when two more female
! servants were called up and had tt
submit. The servants who helped
/. always went away before the
! punishment. Ultimately l used tc
undress and lie in a position myself
: as the lady after that came alone
though the whipping was a severe as
,, ever. When the two months were
, expired 1 was released, with much
prayer and good advice, and l never
after stole anything to the value of {
! pin, and / am now the wife of q re
spectacle mechanic, and bless Goo
for the experience of those two
months. l was at the time twenty
, three years Of age.
/ relate this circumstance, as be-
. lieve if the "cat" is beneficial in pre-
venting men from committing atro
cious crimes, that castigation might
also be performed on the female pris
: oners by some OF the female wardens
, Il Livorpool Courier.