Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-02-14
nIoar AAsa rs roR THE CROOKS.
HOW /" Broten. nosed" George and
iIeary ssiiter Pared at tho Whip

HOW .. EsrsIters. nosea" GcOrE. and
tseary nailter Enred at tllo Whip-
ming Post saturday.
Special Correspondence OF Gazette and Journal
NEw CASTLE, Feb. 9.--I2 noon--This
mornings $50 O'CLOCK train from Whining.
tan VITA visitors to witness to'day's whip
pinas was crowded to excess, men standing
IN along the alsles for lacR of citing room.
About mile out nom the city, as the train
slowed up q little, the conductor had TO
turn OF q dozen or so young men who tried
to steal ride, and again az Farnhurst the
traiu hands had 10 keep their eyes peeled
to warn dead heads Oh.
Numbers OF strangers are hore from Phil
adelphia. A crowd u about 200 hesieged
the iail yard gates, patiently waiting until
tho turnkey threw them open. This was
done al 10 o'clock when George Devlin,
alias "BYoken. nosed George" and Henry
Miller, alias "Ourly Harris" were discov-
cyered aloit on the high piilory stand.
their necka benz In unwilling homage to
Delaware's antique penal code.
Daylin's head was bare, while Miller had
his hat on, The slanting sunbeams tipping
over the high jail wall shnne WITH faint
wlntry warmth on the hie Hnyculeap head
Of Broken. rossd George and ths cold wind
blew his hair over HE forehead. Warm
woolen gloves covered ths dropping hands
OF both prisoners. Both appeared very
cold, silent, and apparently miserable,
There was soma difficulty In fixing the Pill.
Tory bars upon Devlin, his great neck being
too largo for the ordinary aperture.
The notorious crooks took the punish
ment with professional nunchalsneh, oc-
cRsionally casting glanees OF Indifferent
curiosity upon the crowd below, whose
eyes were intenty tixei upon them. IL isa
strange slight to witness such gigantic
fellow, a Hercules, as De ,lin literally Is, In
No haI Vla Vftla Nf fAillnFV plRftn MIA
undeniabIe impression felt 10 gazing at tho
two eulptits 4 that tn8i Il very definite
value In tho pill0ey phase OF our penal
code. that ls to say, what the law can do
despite what the most notorious criminals
may attempt.
Dsylin and Miller were released from the
pillorY alter standing there exactly ona
hour. AS Warden Toner unpadiooked the
bars the latter straishtaned himself out
with evident relief a1d drawing on his
gloves quietly commenced arraytng himself
4 ia u now linen collar following which he
tripped down tbs pii.orY steps landing
I amouv the crowd almost In run. Broken
| Nosed Georges" release was more dignl-
4 Ned and slower process, the big man d.
eeanding from his elevation with slow, de-
I llberate steps,
/ Five OF the prisoners inclu6ing the three
I eoiored men, Harry sharper, Daniel Miller
/ ana Jonathan Hnrris have each TO stand
4 ono hour iu the pillory, by which arrangs-
/ menL ailowluR two TO stand In pEirs. Tbs
i piliory punishment did not get through
! until O'Clock this afternoon when the
| wh'pplngs commenced.
Tne following Is to. days full list OF pill
Tory and whipping-post vicitns: George
4 Day IN Henry Miller and three colored int n,
Henry sharper, Dautei Miller and Jonathan
Hstrls, each ~ lashes aud one hour In pill
lory; and George Davis. William Pyle,
George W. Peterson, pmntbv Madden,
Flank Johnston and James Il. Groome, coll
ored, flvs lashes each.
As the Philadelphia crook. George Devlin,
was escorted out from the jail to tho whip
ping post al p. M, Warieu Nonsr had the
greatest difficulty IN leading the prisoner
to his destination 10 the jail yard. The
crowd WAS SO great that Sheriff Allen
threatened TO turn every one out and lock
the getes. With sllght tremor "Dtpseu-
nosed" George stripped his clothing OF
anu, placing bis two wrists one on either
lock locked "oae.S "tw S' "tnree," was,
dan Toner called out. as Sheriff
Allen slowly piled his new whip. This was
done in The mildest way, the leather last
hardly making red mark upon the
prisoners muscular white back. Tho a
lashes were counted, Devlin pulled on hi.
coat and walked OF triumphantlS "a II I'M
expectedly pleased at his easy experience
The same story OF mildest lashes wa
Miller's record, and the same with the thre'
ul.oiei men.