The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-15
zr,,,,rsE HORRORS.
,,,a Picture of fortunes ana
leTrlO- -,,.,5- Executions.

crime u. o-i-,e Is. there is the Punlsh-
ld Thei' IL T. ~, no means follows IN chi
nj, - the person pu lished IS the crlnin a.
g. -. is Is enough cruelty in canton 70
'ui inslo 1 : Ava. Respect for the presence
pussy . .,.s.ional foreigner causes gooo
p 81 80 he hid. and the spectacle Oh a
o.s, hing up in a cage to starye 70 uT !, :.
-rbIicis not & common one tnere, % - Us =
!. 5tber parts. But l think can o9''i'O'
.roprh to satisfy you. w.. d;sDsns-
Ine - He was a benevolent LOOKING
Of perhaps 40, with an ln ITactacIa
road and an enormous pa, - visiblv
eL I5lasJ nm at US as we entered, FlSAOly
IL glai tba intrusion, and hardly re-
snnoi eu az ~ salutation. But as we were I'M
tlrnihe - of a consul for whom Cnlnese
csr tng has no terrOrS whatever, TACT
rllcl;S'l.I, Tho Cantonese authorities nave
% . WIZ i experience. we made ourselves
hal rep" Sor,e There was little OF the
quite a. +,,os+ern law il the scene before US:
. Iolp "a els own chair, draped with red
le , Il IF57.ared with inscriptions IN large
c!o'n -..,rs was almost the only piece OF
g c1afaC;l7l .',',,sratus. and behind it were
zpIllo4a1 AraJf d. zen of the big red presen-
s groupeu l.. ,r-rl of which every Chinese
'atlon w. ~ rrolId Before him was alarge
olllC'a ~ - srd a motley crowd, IN which
8 olen oP' conspicous figures were the nl6hy
iIe i -, m red hats, known as "Hamen
OlaOA ts9'- ,rbosa bus ness it is to clear way
8 I'M M hair master in the streets and DO
DeIyiG alsa that he wishes, down to the
ay . 'ri,.3 of torture The magistrate
cat perfectly silent, writing busliy,
W - lo,,srel persons before him gaHbled ali
g ~ Da-, sana time. These were presumably
e.. nIaintitf. the defendant and the police
nan After while the magistrate inter
& rnnted one of the speakers with mohosyl-
&ioIIa spoken in low tone without even
s reisng his head, but the effect was magl-
cal The crowd fell ba K ana one Oh tne
s li-tia grouD in front of tie chair wrung his
& bands and heaved.
A THEATRICAL SIGH.
Bafore we could realize what had hap
9 ,ored half a dozen pairs of very willing
s sonds we're helping him to let down his
& ,ronsers and when tais was accomplished
s "a the satisfaction of everybody he laid him
q salf face downward on the floor. Then one
y If the runners stepped forward with the
8 bamboo strip of TINS toughest of plants,
& 3 feet long 9 inches wide, and, half inch
& thick SGuattiag by the side of the victim
& and holdi the bamboo perfectly horizon
g tai close 10 the flesh, he began to rain light
8 blows on the mans buttocks. At first the
81 performance looked like farce, the blows
4 were so light and the receiver of them so
indifferent But as the shower of taps con-
tlpued with monotOnouS persistence, |
q tethouCht me of the old fiendish torture
4 of driving a man mad by letting drop of
water fall every minute on his shaved head
After a few more minutes of the machine
like rap-lap-tl 10, rap-tap-tap, deep groan
broke from the prisoners lips. | walked
over to look at him. and saw that his flesh
was blue under the 1ogging. Thenit became
COngested with blood, and whereas as first
he lad lain quiet Of his own accord, now a
dozen men we're holding him tight. The
crowd gazed at him with broad grins on
their faces, breaking out from time to time
into a suppressed "ni-yah" as he writhed in
e special pain or cried out in agony. And
all this time the ceaSeleSS shower of blows
continued, tie man who welded the bamboo
putting OF a particle more force into the
last stroke than into the first At length
the magistrate dropped another word, and
the torture stopped as suddenly as it had
begun, the prisoner was lifted to his feet
and led across the court to lean against the
wall For obvious reasons he could not be
accommodated with a chair"
the next person to be called up was a DO
hceman. The m gistrate put question or
two TO him and listened patiently for q
while to his rambling and ELUSIVE replies.
Then as before the fatal monosyllable
dropped from his lips. With the greatest
promptltude the policeman prepared him
sell, assumed the regulation attitude and
THE EJACULATION
began again. But noticed that the blows
sounded altogether different from before
much sharper aud sariller, like wood fall
ing upon wood, rather than wood falling
upon flesh. So | drew near to examine
Sure enough, there was a vital difference
lhe policeman had attached small piece of
wood to his leg by means of wax: and on
Inns the blows fell, taking no more effect
upon ms person than If they had been d.
AVered on the sole of his boot. The fraud
was perfectly nsparent-evervbody in
1no ROOM lnclHding the magistrate himself
~ r5usU nave known what was happening.
lhds another popularity of Chinese Justice
u eFluehtiy that the punishment of an or.
ma oHender Is one hing, while that of
a. 81 my oillclaI Is quite another learned
E tuaU sne poIlceInan was ordered to be BAN
gooea LOT not bringing In prisoner whom
WI ail"S ioUItlCe had ordered HIM to produce
Hheh the sham punishment was over he
Jumped briskly to his feet adiusted hi,
court. 0u'ieS aoOuC Ine
W bile we had been watching the nrocos,
ol 'eatlng bamboo" far different 5nnisb,
lnehIs were going on in another part of fine
~ ul room I'm. oticed by US. The bamboo
90 aot Nv; SO very far removed from still exist
NV, U-,u CivIIlzed deterrent methods. but what
"o INV neIore us recalled the most brutaI
boS,j ~ one corner man had been tied
80 80 hi. anu ioot on small bench the length
w. a-io oach III such manner that his body
, ""o oehG as lar back as it could nossihlv h
0oetched n the form of a circle. his hacL
- ar.. On the fiat seat of the bench and hi,
S f anc legs fastened to tbt
a Uu' legs. Then the whole affair mar
rna pSeuch, mad been tilted forward till i
t TS|et upon TWO feet and upon the mans t1vf
ni mseS' almost falling over-almost hnt no,
80 : lie position of the mi .erabIe wretch
fm1 o a. grotesque as it was exuuisitelv main,
nrnt ms ma as and feet were blue. his eve
GAsPED CoNvULsIvELY
in that I,-.r2.: -l'H' ouu ne mad evidently beer
eve Of lt pGsiIioh SO long that he was on tn,
apnare ,yIing CONSCIOUSNESS. And he wa,
IL, N another corner an unfortrn4,
. .Ire was undergoing the punisbment o cTea
hon AdileeAag Gu chains.n A thin strnn. oaiie eC
to 1@ oean fastened to his thumbs and 1oa,
n rCss aaq passed over hook in a. siea
was wa" g lHen, by pulling it sufficientt,, H.
kneaSS ~ course, lifted off the rronn3 b Il,
Ind Ind oeing the lowest part of his bod ~ Il
edoa del H. tLom small chain. wish sbsr3
as pl ~ KS had next been coiled in q circI.
Tbe c c".i sailor coils rope on the Gac ok
whole mad u nau then been slacxened tin III.
his isl I've weight of the man rested nn 1u'
Chain - r. ana his knees rested upon rba
result is me process seems simple Init tbe