St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-07

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in 1910. Not so much distinct mode
of punishment, as an atrociOuS accom-
paniment of death penalty. Drawing
and quartering was an adjunct.
Ii. Dr0wning.-Syria. Greece, Rome,
and Persia employed this method in
former times. The usage was to weight
the body and then cast it into deep
water. The Duke of Clarence, who
protested against unjust acts of his
brother, Edward w., it is said, was
drowned in butt of Malmsey wine.
IA. Exposure to Wild BeaSts.-Bible
records. tell of this method, and in
Oriental countries this form of death is
said not to be obsolete. Thirty years
ago British prisoners were delivered to
den of serpents by Sepoys. In Coch-
1n-China adulterous women were tram
pied to death by an elephant trained
for the purpose.
/. 10. Playing Alive-Stripping the skin
from the body of the condemned while
he yet lived was formerly doIe in
England. 1t was scarcely regarded as
a punishment in the judicial sense.
Is. Notwithstanding means of
inf1icting death included the forms Of
scourglng and whipping, and was pri
marily used in European countries.
Russia still uses the knout to kill GRIM
inals, saving the vitals for the final
strokes.
II. Garrote-Tbis mode of execution
seems to have been originally devised
by the Moors and Arabs. and to have
been taken from them by the Spaniards,
from whom it has been transmitted to
the Spanish colonies in America. In
the earliest form it consisted in simply
| placing chord round the neck of the
nr.tf itnl yi,n fAI aInf
fixed to post, and then twisting the
cord by means of a stick inserted be-
tween it and the back of the neck, UNI
til strangulation was produced. After
| wards brass collar was used, contain
| ing a screw, which the eXeeutioner
turned till its point entered the spinal
| marrow where that unites with the
brain, causing instantaneous death.
This method was seriously considered
by the commission which prepared
new form of capital punishment for
! this state, and which chose the electric
bolt instead.
IS. Guillotine-Decapita by means
of all instrument first urged. if not in
vented, by DR.. Ignace Guillotln. of
Lyons. France. to supplant the AK and
block. Guiilotin himself barely escaped
death by his own machine during the
inal is fastened between two grOoved
posts, down which shoots heavy knife.
In 1898 twenty-one GirOndists were dis
patched in thirty-one minutes. At
later date il was the boast of French
eXecutiOner that he had disposed of
sixty-two subjects III forty-five minutes.
Germany. the Netherlands, Rome, Italy,
England and Scotland have each used
the guillotine or like instruments since
1851, France using it now.
10. Hanging-This method was pro-
baby introduced in the Roman dOmn-
ions soon after Emperor Constantine
abolished crucifxion.
20. Hari KARA curious punishment
attributed to Japan. 1t consists in the
condemned man disemboweling him.
self by ripping his abdomen open with
sword thrustS, first upwards, then across.
1t is said this is done in obedience to a
judicial sentence. Other statements
are that the criminal, pending proceed
ingS against him, is given the option Of
thus committing suicide, in which case
ms family, and not the state, may enjoy
his property.
81. Impalement.-Th subject was
thrust downward upon the point of a
spear fastened in the ground In Siam
q stake of wood was driven lengthwlse
through the body of the criminal, the
point coming out at the stomach or
shoulders. The body was then lifted
and the stake was driven into the earth.
%. Iron Maiden.--A continuance for
causing death by sheer compression.
Used in Scotland.
%. Peine Forte ct Dure-This con-
sisted in placing upon the chest q
weight that should suffice to gradually
reduce the breathing to minimum.
Not strictly capital punishment, buta
means of compelling accused to plead
to indictment.
"a. PoisOning-Death caused by
poisonous drugs. The death of Socrates
made the mode familiar.
25. Pounding in Mortar-The Bible
is held as authority for the use of such
means of death.
20. ecipitation-Romans cast GRIM
inalS to death from mountainous pro-
jectiOnS.
81. Pressing to Death-Bending to-
gether of the legs to the thighs, the
thighs on to the belly, and pressure
applied till the criminal had no form
save that of a globe. Also pressure be-
tween iron plates.
%. The Rack-Chiefly used as an in
strument OF torture, the limbs being
torn from their sockets by means of
windlasses.
90. Running the Gauntlet-A mill
tary punishment most familiar in Rus
STA. The condemned passed between
two rows of soldiers, each of whom was
forced to strike the naked offender with
Iod OF whip. An authenticated case
involved 2,619 strokes to produce death,
the subject being torn to shreds.
30. Shooting.-Method of executing
military offenders.
81. Stabbing.-A military method of
killing in Rome, France and Germany.
The subject was made the center of
circle of spearsmen who. narrowing
their circle, finally hlled the condemned
with spear heads.
80. Stoning.-A Mosaic form of in
fiictIng death.
SO. Strangling.-By the bowstring, as
in the land of the Ottoman; by the cord,
as in Portugal and China, and by I'M
mersiOn in mud or clay, after which the
cord was frightened, as done by the
ancientS.
81. Suffocation,- the Per
slams, by shutting the criminal in
tower, where wheel constantly cast I'D
ashes about him. In Algiers criminals
were smoked to death.
80. Electricizing.-For the first time
in history upon Kemmler at Auburn.
Ten powers or states to-day use the
guillOtine, 10 the sword, 3 the gallOwS.
2 the musket, the axe, l the cord. l
electricity; in 90 executions are public,
and in they are private.
SHANGHAI, Aug. GA mob of SOL
diers combined with the peasantry and
destroyed the railroad to Lutai on the
nrptpusa thai the road pauSnd the rpcpnf