The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-01-23
WITH CAT AND PILLoRY
HowPErryTHIEv xRs PUN
q isHEpfN DFLAwARE.


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few months a report of the regular
whipping. The unique old Jail yard
was thrown open lately to the public
about 10 o'clock and there entered a
motley crowd OF men. women and
children. 1t had been announced that
about twenty persons were to be
whipped and that two of these were to
receive the full penalty OF the law.
This extra attraction drew big crowd
to the JAIL and when the sheriff started
In to do his work he had an audience
OF several hundred persona .e,i,i,.a \.
The crowd entered with particular
zest Into what they apparently con-
sidered the sport" and .guyed" and
laughed at the unfortunates who were
compelled to hug this Delaware relic
Of barbarisiD. James Carr was the
most unfortunate man of the day. He
and Joseph L. Townsend had been
convicted Of highway robbery, and the
sentence OF the court was that they
were to receive forty lashes. the high
est under the law, one hour in the
pillory and year in Jail Town
sends lashes were RENTED by the
governor. but Carr had to stand every
thing. When he went to the torture
OF the pillory his face wore smile
and he persisted that he was innocent
OF the crime charged against him.
When he descended the. ladder he
was scarcely able to straighten him
self out The locks OF the pillory had.
stiffened him so that any movement
caused pain. Sheriff Simmons at once
took him to the post and locked his
arms to either side. Never q, muscle
moved as the forty lashes descended.
upon his bare back. Sheriff Simmons
felt kindly toward him. and. in view
OF the fact that his companion in crime
had got of, he was disposed to con-
strue literally the laws requirement
OF 'well laid on" Carr's back was,
like fresh beef when the sheriff was
through. Although the blood was not
drawn the marks of the lashes were
plainly visible ,e r,, sgti
ATwo white mon, Charles Medium
and John Heck. were whipped. Heck
has been to the post several times be-
fore and is one OF the few men that
each sheriff. as he takes office, is sup
posed to have a chance at He views.
each whipping as u sort OF amusement,
and will discuss with any one that will
listen to him the respective merits as
whippers OF the sheriffs he has met
Heck does not steal for the sole pur- !.
pose Of gain. His only object Is to
get money to buy liquor and when he
has accomplished that he cares little
what follows The court knows this !.
and when Heck is brought before It,
there Is always disposition to be liberal
Four colored men were whipped for
stealing chickens, and. strange TO say.
nearly one half the people who hug
the post do It for stealing chickens. !.
Among the criminal colored. popula-
ton this Is regarded more as dis
ease than q crime, and sherinIs have
always been lenient with the victims.
The whipping post in Delaware < is
an institution that dates back. TO the \
settlement by the Swedes before Penn,
had come up the Delaware river. Up
to within few years ago every kind
OF offenso was met with the lash
About 1850 number Of the laws i'm
posing corporal punishment were re-
pealed, and with a strange anomaly
the law whipping women was allowed
to remain. Repeated efforts have
failed to repeal this portion of 1the
law. No woman. however has been
whipped for seventy years --Phila-
delphia Press. .. ~! +t