Evening journal., 1889-02-09

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WhipPings at New Castle JaiI-som'
Smiled, Others wept.
STAFF Correspondence Of EVENING JOURNAL.
New CASTLE Del, Feb 9.-Delaware'
ancient relics of barbarism to-day at New
Castle drew a large crowd of the curious
The $50 train from Wilmington carried
about go persons, the later train brought
more
Many Immediately went to the jail
while others walked around she town.
An effort is being made to get two
more wardens for the Jail here. The lis
prisoners, which more than fill the &C
commodations, are in charge of Mr.. Toner
in the day time and Mr.. Smith in the
night. 1t is necessary that
the prisoners be exercised from
time to time and this often requires some
careful tact on the part of the keeper
Now If there were four men as wardens
there would be more security. as two
could work together. The Jail in this
department is run at cost of 81 4o0 q
year, very small sum in comparison
with other such institutions.
At 10 o'clock the big doors on Market
street were thrown open and 4 large
crown went in.
The punishment was witnessed nv
about 500 persons who trembled with
horror or held their breath at the sight
Many, however, were not affected by the
lnfiictlng Of the most inhuman and IN
necessary punishment in existence since
the time of the Reformation and the In
QUESTION
among the crowd we're many prominent
cltizens OF Wilmington besides a large
sprlnkling Of its sporting" men, and
the female demi monde.
At 10 o'clock Wardens Frank B. Smith
and James j. Toner took George Devln,
otherwise known as "Broken-nosed
George and Henry Miller, better
known as Curly Harris" from
cells No and No II, respectively. and
took them to the pillory, which stands in
TIE centre Of the Jail yard on the Market
street side. This pillory with whipping
post attached has been in use twelve or
fifteen years, in which time about $50
persons have been put in the pillory and
a larger number have been whipped.
Devlin was dressed in a plaid coat and
trousers, wore short cropped mustache
and a black derby hat which he hung on
top Of the post.
Miller was dressed in dark eloth coat
paid trousers and wore a light derby hat.
His beard was full.
Devlin being SO tall had to double up
to stand in the pillory, making it more
uncomfortable for him than for Miller, |
who is the smaller of the two The latter
however was much Inundated by the |
degradation Of standing such q punish !
ment
The sixty minutes went very slowly to |
the men in the pillory. The great veins |
on 'Broken-nose Georges" head started |
out at the strain on his nerves his star |
ing eyes were i,mly fixed on the stage
below him. No such excitement was
noticed on Miller's face, which was
almost covered by full beard. From |
time to time both men shifted their |
positions to keep the blood circulating. |
At II o'clock they were taken from the |
pi iory and returned to their cells. The |
tme for which they were punished was
he breaking into Hart & Bro 8 meat |
house on December 5. Their arrest and
conviction are matters well known to the !
people of Wilmington.
At IL o'clock Harry Harper and David |
Miller, both colored, were put into the /
pillory for an hour, which no doubt went |
very slowly.
John Harris, colored, stood in the pill |
Tory from 10 to o'clock.
At o'clock all of the preparations for
whippings were made. There was a
larger crowd than in the morning, and it /
was with great difficulty that Sheriff /
Allen and Warden Toner kept the crowd
back.
The prisoners who were to be whipped
were brought out and stripped to the
waist. They were George Devlin. who
got twenty lashes; Henry Miller.
twenty; Harry Sharper, colored,
twenty; Davis Miller, colored.
twenty; ]. Harris, colored, twenty:
Frank Johnson, Timothy Madden, col
ored, William Pyle, George w Peterson,
James B. Roof, and George Davis. each
of whom got FIVE lashes.
Sheriff Allen inflicted the lashes and
Warden Toner counted them. The lash
was made of eleven thongs, each of them
about one-quarter of an inch in diane
ter. The lashes were all given lightly.
at the rate of about twenty in thirty
seconds.
The skin on the back Of none of the
prisoners was broken, but at the end of
the whipping each mans back was
slightly Redeemed
George Devlin, the big safe burglar
never finched when Sheriff Allen laid on
Ills bWtntJ ulOWS
Miller his pal stood the whip bravelv
but seemed to feel the humiliation and
when he walked away from the post was
very mad.
Harry sharper the black boy, is an old
offender and has gotten used to the lash.
Davis Miller, the colored man. writ he'd
at every blow Of the whip, but laughed
when his punishment was over, and the
crowd laughed with him.
Jonathan Harris, another colored man
who got twenty lashes, stood it up to the
tenth very we'll, after that he Jumped
and squimred at every blow.
The others, all of whom got five each
somewhat indifferent. Some
came up smiling and others with grim
determination. Two or three were stran-
gers to the punishment and did not know
enough to put their hands in the cuffs
until told to do so. James B. Roof was
very nervous, and when his five had been
laid on did not wait to have the cuff un-
fastened, but drew his hands out.
The punishment was not what the crowd
expected. Many smiled when the lash
was being laid on and not few pro-
uounced the affair farce.
Judicious Advertising.
As an EVENING JOURNAL man was
coming down Market street yesterday
morning, well-known business man