The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-21


Csurs 1Aae CsnAemn1
- Eash-1hs YflIsry.
- fhe chicago Nall
s szs, Nay i2.-four times :
4 111fne Eak between the Last
,5 "a he present time, u
EffJe from lie letharky b.
s;s n ~ shrOwing open the heavy
s510 es1es Of the old jail yard.
11 III times are upon the occa-
1sSS q ~ quarterly vhippingx OF
efininafs wha have been SEN
|3z ~ he court 70 stand in the
- "a to be- struck upon the barred
s. IT 8 eat-o' -nine-taiis IN the hands
81 II besfH These vhippfnes are
~ 7111eome 81 court Of quarter So
8 51Ss q H. peace and jail delivery.
- aafiyes Of this sleepy old place
- gffppiugs have lost most Of their
1921, and the audience that
111I1u ID the jail yard upon such Oc-
- II made up principally a
&. In --spmefirnes little tots hardly
RI = vsfk-and I0afers a The vi.
5 5ew curious men from Whining
81 three or four reporters. TIE
rs for which prisoners are cen
- 70 the whipping posts arr the
1910 grades Of stealing, from pesty
uy 10 highway robbery and buf-
rcY. and the punishment II accord.
RI - the offence. The piIlory SEN
- accompanies higher grade Of.
fne1s. and the number Of Iashes Il
Gysr 70 those who aspire 70 lead In
I111L.- - -
n most celebrated whippsnsx n
IN Castle took place about fssi. xhen
Asefal celebrated bank burglars. who
nl1empted TO rob . Wilmington bank
poFe made 70 stand IN the psIIory 10.
- hour and were aftrrwafd eiver
1brty lashes. The punishment & the
nOst severe In winter, when II Il no,
= unusual thing for tho victims e
! land for one hour Ia . cold rain and
- literally covered with ice before
1oken down and hogTed. Five is~fses
y the minimum and forty the max.
hum number. The court that dis
roses Of tbese criminals and imposes
" sentences sits In Wilmington Cal
kpugh this place II the county seatJ.
I'D Is very austere body. The chief
nsxiee t. Is years Of age. Judge Hoas-
~. one Of his assistants, Is "a years
q sxe. and has been on the bench for
nff3y-three years. The other Judge,
FAINTER. appointed two years ago. il
= deaf a. post. These three old
in1Gns sit and hear argument before .
m In case after case that should be
sfied BY justice Of the peace. Most
z ne offenders are poor miserable
0ncks, and IT looks to nm outsider as q
fsyes1y Of justice 10 watch tine
rPucess. A black boy. for instance,
he0nght into the court In charge
= : deputy sheriff. The clerk of
- pcacc fclerk OF the conrts) who re-
nmilcx Napoleon Bonaparte, then In
had sing-song voice reads the indiet-
uent d the grand Jury. This docu-
pent Is . ponderous affair. copied after
- old English. as Is everything con-
noe1ed With the court. and charges the
1lrudant with stealing two chickens
4 lie value OF 81. The prisoner pleads
- xailty and asks to b. tried. A jury
& drawn, the attorney general, who
4 he prosecuting officer In all Grim
IA courts of the state. reads the in
1Ictment again, aud the hearing Of
Vieueeea begins. The result j. gener-
M The same. The prisoner Il found
eu;lty. and the digniflei chief Justice
<puainands the prisoner TO stand ups'
n trembling wretch stands up In the
1erk. and this j. what lac hears:
The sentence OF the court il that
yoa pay e restitntion money, the cost
n ne case. be given five iashes on the
tase back on Saturday next, and then
b Imprisoned for period OF nine
, A. t.1f Sx.f
~ hands of the sheriff.
That Is fair sample OF the kind of
uprk that often keeps three judges,
~ attorney general, his assistants,
- clerk OF the peace, the sheriff,
~ grand jury and the petit
M occupied for four or five days at
! tine. for some offences prisoners
~ put In the pillory only. and not
whipped at all. A very few years ago
! pfisoner convicted Of larceny was
~. In addition TO the specimen sent
~ quoted ordered to wear n convict >
hcke( for six months after his release
| hpEa prison. That portion Of the sent
. acc which had really become dead
| h1>sr, was repealed In 1881. IL Is a
| niSsaken idea that wife heaters are
l ttipped at the 20 I, when, rs matter
4 4 fsst. only offences that relate 10
| nen1ing make the offenders liable 10
| ~ pillory and the whipping post.
The whipping post aud piliory in use
kfst Il New Castle are plain q fairs.
Hns. there is heavy upright post
shout twelve inches square and fifteen
~ high. About eight feet from the
fgnnd Is platform about six feet
4sxFe. through the center Of which
~ post runs. The platform Is braced
efnumerous stays. arranged ssuie-
vAxf like the rihS of a raised umbrella.
0atither side Of the post, about four
~ from the ground A. an iron semi-
Gnle with Ranges at the end. One
nd Il fastened 10 the post, so as to
ssinf loose. The other end slips over
axlaple. into which a pin i placed
vhen the wrist Of the victim
y b. hogged IL placed against
~ post and eneircfcd with the
ium. The portion OF the post
ahove the platform has cross beam
lbout i've feet from the floor, and il
txms large cross. The arms OF this
uors. on cit Aer side, are cut through
&eenter, the upper portion lifting as
aainse. Three openings are made III
u center OF the arms, one for the
yktiin's head and the other two for
y wrists, The upper portion Of the
| IN j. lifted up, the prisoner places
y head In the lower half OF the center
Ne and his wrists In those at the
- The upper part OF the arm l.
hsered and fastened NJ the end. and
u prisoncr l. secured. They are
butnly compelled 90 stand in a
speplng position. and not on tieiE
~ a. some aver.
ne post and pillory are used be
issen the hours Of 10 aud II O'clock,
nj always ON Saturday morning. AZ
Metiock the sheriff places those I'M
~ sentence 10 the piiiery In position,
&platiarm being reached by 4 ladder,
nd throws the Jail yard open TO the
Fzhiic As rule :he spectators are
NJ. but sometimes they may be as
rzny a. 30. They are not allowed 10
sanay the men IN he piiiory, who
Hvef stand there more than an hour,
and who sqairm and twist with the
pzsnfal monotony OF their position.
Tan the prisoners Ia be iioggcd are
Raaghi one hy enc. haired 70 the
vtist Their arms are fastened 70
Ne post. and a deputy sheriff, with
Isl in his hand. tells the
@rrif how many lashes are 10 be Civ.
e. The sheriff stands to the left, and
De brings the lash down each time
- Deputy counts aloud. The cato :
slat tails Is now laid on heavily. blood
s&ve- drawn sufficiently 10 run, and
g Sheriff. a. a rule, are very ienicnt.
sszsis every blow ot the leather
eNsags nlakes welt, especially upon
saae men, and the sheriff distributes
esst over the entire back. When