St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-04

was young white man, a delicate
looking fellow, who seemed TO teet
severely the weather and the punish
ment. lie stood in the pillory tor one
hour
AT IL o'clock the whipping com
menced. The warden brought out one
man at time, stripped naked to the
waist, manacled his hands to the whip
ping post and read the sentence declar-
ing the number of laShes he was To re-
ceive. Then the sheriff, whom the law
requires to do the whipping, laid on the
laSheS, the warden counting them as
they were given. The whipping is done
with a cat-O'-nine-tailS. This is piece
of white oak wood. about two feet long
and an inch thick, with handle. A
piece of heavy leather is fastened to the
other end. from which hang nine round
strips of leather two feet long, three
eighthS of an inch thick near the stick,
and tapering TO a point.
Every lash which the law requires To
be laid on is, in effect, nine lashes. and
if laid on hard will draw blood. After
criminal has been whipped he is taken
back to his cell. and his back is per-
permitted to heal up without any medi-
cal attention. The sheriff, in admins
tering the lasheS, is not permitted to
bring his hand over his shoulder, but
must strike from under.
The first culprit brought out to be
whipped was negro sentenced to re-
eeive five lashes. Ills back was covered
with large scars. showing plainly that
he had suffered in the same way before,
many time. He took his punishment
well. as did also another negro SEN
fenced to receive the same number OF
laSheS.
The next was a white man who was
shivering with cold when he was
brought out, but found himself warm
enough before The sheriff had laid on
five laShes. His back was red from the
shoulders to the waist.
The next culprit brought out was of
African extraction. He was a tall, lean,
dudiSh-lOOking negro, who had never
seen Whipping post before, and came
out laughing and in very jolly moot,
appearing To think it sport. He had
little stump of pipe iii his mouth,
and pulled away at great rate.
While the warden was man.
aching his hands he was dane
ing hOe-dOwn. aud Kept it up
until his sentence bad been read, much
10 the amusement of the spectators.
The sheriff took good deal of interest
i'll him, because he seemed so cheerful.
He was to receive three laSheS, and. as
the sentence was light and the fellow
behaved frivolOuSy, the sheriff laid
them OH hard, to the great satisfaction
of the crowd. When the sheriff struck
him the first blow the fellow dropped
his pipe and ceased his dancing. The
next two lasheS caused him to comfort
himself. 1t is hardly necessary to add
that he was not laughing when his
hands were unmanacled aud he was led
back to his cell.
His successor was q eheStnut-brown
negro. who came out with his coat OH.
The prisoners are always permitted to
wear their coats OH the way to the post.
This fellow plainly desired to have his
hands manacled without removing his
coat, hnt the warden invited him to
discovered that he. had one SuSpender,
which would have been a great pIotec-
ton to his back. The warden told him
to take it down and he dldhsU.s although
he pretended not to understand the
order at first. Then another negro re-
ceived five laSheS and told the sheriff
that he would never have another crack
at him.
The negro horse thief who had stood
in the piHory an hour was then brought
out and got his fifteen lashes. lie stood
them well. although the dark part of
the skin was removed in several places.
The last culprit to be whipped was a
young white man who had been SEN
fenced for burglary to several years
Imprisonment, one hour in the pillory
and twenty IasheS. Although young,
he was an old offender and had spent
about half his life in Jail. lie was
misunderstanding man. and seemed to
be suffering intensely. He had stood
an hour in the pillory-frDm IL until IL
o'clock, and when he was brought out
and while his hands were being
manacled he looked at the crowd and
then at the sheriff in the most pleading
manner.
His twenty lasheS were laid on as
lightly as possible, but before he had
received the twentieth one the blood
had begun to trickle down his back. The
twenty laShes were in effect $50, as with
each stroke he received, nine tails struck
him.
He had apparently suffered much in
the pillory, and while the laSheS were
falling he sQuirmed and twisted and
bent himself almost double. Several of
the crowd laughed at his actions. When
the sheriff bad finished the prisoner
turned to the crowd and remarked with
great truth that if they were to suffer as
he had they would not laugh. The
sheriff said the fellow had heart disease.