The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-04-11


Instances are given whore the fingers are
wrapped in oiled rags and burnt, and one
magistrate, some time ago, fastened two
criminals to boards by nails driven
through their palms. Compelling men to
kneel on pounded glass is noted and this
kneeling on chains with links as sharp as
knives Is common. Williams tell Of
magistrate who put q man into coffin
and kept him there until he was suffo-
Gated, and he gives the instance Of judge
who used beds Of iron, boiling water and
red hot spikes in his cruelties. At Shang-
hal l was shown q wooden cage between
Eve and six feet high, just high enough
to enclose the body Of man.. II was
made Of four posts with q thick board set
into the top. This board was made Of
two pieces 80 arranged that II could he
taken out and mans neck enclosed in
the hole in the center. At the bottom it
had cross bars several inches above the
ground. and the top was 50 graduated
that the man enclosed within 1t must
stand upon his toes. His hands were
tied and his torture was terrible. In some
instances men are left to starve 10 death
in such cages, and thiscage had contained
. prisoner only few days before. Ithad
piece Of straw mating stretched over
the top Of Il which the wife Of the last
criminal had put there TO protect his bare
head from the rays Of the sun.
Al Canton, just outside this court room,
/ saw q great stack Of cangues ready for
use, and the wearing Of these Is q common
punishment IN China. The weight Of the
cangue Is increased with the ofense, and
the cangue is square piece Of board 90
knocked together around hole In the
center that . mans neck can Just ut into
Il. It Is about four feet square, and some
Of those which looked at were 50 heavy
that could not lift them. One weighed
ninety pounds, and great bars Of iron
were set into It 10 increase the weight Of
the wood. The name Of the offender and
hb punishment is pasted on the boards
and there Is one species Of eangue made
in the shape Of barrel. Tho prisoner Is
put inside with his head fitting through
hole in the top and his hands fastened
with chains come through TIM sides. He
cannot move and has to be fed.
At the Shanghai prison ] saw cages
which looked as though they might have
been pens Tor the carrying OF noes 70 =
county 4alr' These were 50 low tnat =
man could not SUI up IN tnem' ana u Is In
these that criminals are oiten carried 10
execution. THESE had Deen used tne Gay
before nor the eaeing OF criminals ana l
took q look at the prisoners VINO mao peen
taken nom tnem 70 tne lai. Wan'eu 70
90 through TINS prison. out l was soid
tnat u did sol "ouid propaoiy nave my
CLONES tofn nom me Dy tne ptlsoners' as
tney were . pad lot' ana mao kiiieo tneir
laiior Anew Gays before HOOKED tnrousn
. mole In tne door ana saw tne most
brutal iAces l nave a. yet seen IN Emma
Inc men were enainea 70 tne wan nke
Wild beasts ana some oil them mad enains
about tneir necks as wen a. theli ieet'
Inc smell was horrible ana the Cninese
prison Is by no means . sanitary inStitu-
!uuop. Eacn prison mas us oeao mouse
connected win H. and deatns nom Semi-
starvanon and torture arenot uneommon'
Inc lailors make large part Oh tner
SALARY BY SQUEEZING,
And money will do as much and more for
the criminals in China than 1t will In
America. Judges sometimes pay $780,
900 and 10000 for their appointments,
and he Is q poor money maker who does
get rich during his term. The tautoi ol
Shanghai gets q salary Of about $1,000 and
his Office Is estimated TO be worth more
than 100000 year. The commissioner
Of customs at Tiensin nominally receives
q salary Of about the same size, but I am
told that he makes about 500, 900 year,
and his profits all come from brides Oh
squeezes. This system Of squeezing goes
through the whole course Of Chinese Off
cialdom, and the jailes exact money from
the relatives Of the crimiE.als. They have
the right to sell the food 10 the criminal
and they make them pay high prices. 4
they cannot pay they must in many case
90 without. The criminals cook for them
selves in the Jail and they are allowet
about 2 cents day for fuel. They havI
an allowance by the law, Of Tice, but tn