The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-07
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How a Saloon Keeper Got $40 for
FloRging a HAN.
From, the New York Herald.

Flogging a HAN.
From the Nelo York Herald.
In early life the saloonkeeper, who is an
intelligent, obser want man, with keen APP
probation of the humorous and a fair
knowledge Of human nature, had been a
hotel porter and worked in most OF the big
hostelries in the city, and had also done
railroading and Swallowing" the latter for
a short time oily, it being distasteful
When IN laxative mood he could tel
! experiences enough OF his hotel days to ill
a large volume and furnish material for q
dozen divorces. But the following remark
able incident in his career, he said, fur
| nished him more food for reflection than
the rest of his life put together. He vouohes
for the truthfulness of the story and gave
| me the name Of another party who could
do the same. though he did not want the
names published. give the story 10 his
own words:
Il had not been long in the liquor bust
ness at the time what l am about to tell you
| happened. Things were very slow and
was in the blues. not knowing what was
| going to become of me or what TO do.
was, in fact, desperate. kept little place
in the neighborhood Of Twenty-third stree
and Second avenue. That was eighteen or
| twenty years ago. One evening as I was
bordering over my affairs the head porter
VI bLc uOLol, WLlCn udu lhbSA1 4SlGt
dropped in and told me there was a gentle-
man staying at the hotel who wanted good,
strong man to do some work for him and
that it would be worth 500 or S25.
"My Godl 1t was regular gold mine to
me, and jumped at the offer. The porter,
who is now at the - house. did not know
the nature of the work, but said the gentle
man would call around the next evening to
see me. began to speculate as to what it
was my prospective employer wanted and
the peculiar means he took to have it done.
That night turned the matter over and
over in my mind, and the only conclusion
l could come to was that he required me to
slug some fellow who was his rival in the
affections of lady or the destroyer Of his
home.
1.-THE thought was not agreeable, but the
hopeless state of my treasury silenced all
qualms of conscience, and as for fighting,
why, man alive! at that time l would just
as soon fight as eat About 9 o'clock the
next evening man of gentlemanly appear
ance, about 80 or 40 years OF age, as well as
could judge, came into my placed. He
was neatly dressed smooth faced and ap-
parently OF southern OF Spanish blood. He
might have beensan unfrocked priest.
After assuring himself that | was the
party he was in quest OF, he proceeded to
disclose the nature of his business, having
done which / was more astonished than
ever and punched myself TO see II L was
awake. He drew from under his coat
great strip Of cowhide, and told me that
was to beat him with IL for a certain time,
taking no heed of his cries or entreaties for
mercy. l thought the man was insane and
demonstrated with him, but finally con-
sented to do as he desired. There was no
body around. l locked the front door, low
cred the lights, and we adjourned to the
back room, where closed the windows to
prevent the noise reaching the neighboring
tenements.
my mysterious guest having disrobed
himself, commenced my terrible task. 1t
was frightful at first, but after a short time
l became callous and inflicted untold tor
ture. He begged. prayed, clasped me
around the knees, but kept right on as if
Infatuated. When the time was up was
blowing like a porpoise from my exertion.
Then l began to realize the horrible posi-
ton l had placed myself in if anything
had happened to my victim. came out and
stood behind the bar few moments and
then carried him a stimulant which he re-
fused
"Having dressed himself without assist
ance and complimented me on how the dis
agreeable work was performed. he placed
two $40 bills on the bar and walked out, and
my heart was relieved of mighty load.
never saw him again and never could learn
anything Of him.
"Previous to undergoing the punishment
! he described all the agonies of the terrible
ordeal so infinitely that l am Inclined to
believe he had been through the mill be-
fore. have never been able to reason
out to my satisfaction what object a man
could have in torUuring himself in such a
| manner