Evening journal., 1893-05-13
yME SOUND STRIKING.
foung Men Disfranchised at
New Castle To-day.
KILLIKIE SEVERELY PUNISHED.

Nine Men, Hardly in the Prime of Life,
Publicly FlogEed in the County Jail
xard-A ship That Eclipses the Rap
pahannock Passes Up After Flying
voyage-A Mate Brought Ashore Badly
Injured
NEW CASTLE. May 13-Nine young
men, some of them well born and bred
were taken ont of their cells stripped
to the waist and severely fogged before
multitude Of. spectators in the county
jail yard this afternoon.
The punishment to-day seemed not
only a torture but a great humiliation to
all who were subjected to Il. There Is
always large crowd Of morbidly, curious
men and boys some Of whom walk or
drive from Wilmington, when the
weather is fair and springlike as TO day,
to see the corporal punishment and these
seem to enjoy the exercises
After several convicted thieves had
stood in the pillory this afternoon,
those sentenced TO be hogged were
brought out slowly, one at time
Thomas r. Millikin. a frail but well
educated man suffered greatly while
the sheriff was executing the sentence
Of twenty lashes, well laid on, the
victim reeled and moaned as the re-
sounding strokes fell.upon his back in
rapid succession and his shoulders and
back presented sickening sight when
his hands were unfastened from the
post.
Millikin is the young man who came
to the Clayton House in Wilmington,
where he advertised for young girls to
join bogus theatrical agency. Mill.
kin's plan was to secure from his victims
whatever money or valuables he could
and then leave them in the lurch.
Among his victims were Annie Brewer
of Wilmington and Estella Sytzer Of
Philadelphia
William Galloway, who with Dennis
Caull robbed Duiiield Savage, of Balti-
more, last September of $500 on the
highway, was the next victim of the cat
on the program, but, luckily, Governor
Reynolds had spared him this pain. He
is also well educated young white man
who got into bad company. Governor
Reynolds yesterday remitted his lashes
Galloway was convicted of highway
robbery and was sentenced to two years
imprisonment and to receive twenty
lashes. Galloway's sister interested
herself in the case and secured an
audience with the governor on Thurs
day. She again went to Dover Yesterday
and succeeded in saving her brother
from corporal punishment. Galloway
must serve two years in Jail.
A remarkable incident during the
whippings was the punishment at the
post of William Hamilton, patriarchal.
looking negro, who bore his torture with
fortitude becoming a martyr He re.
ceived the hard hogging. the humiliation
and the Acknowledgement all because he
stole few pounds Of clover seed from
Isaac Caulk Of Appoquinimink hundred
on April 8 At his trial in Whining
ton last week Hamilton had a distinc-
tion never allowed any other criminal in
the history of the upper court of this
state Under the law passed by the
General assembly last week, he was
placed on the stand to testify in his own
behalf He made statement which was
full Of plea for mercy, but contained
nothing to 90 away with the charge.
and on the strength Of it the Jury rem
dered verdict Of guilty without leaving
the box. He was ordered to pay 50 60
restitution money, costs of prosecution,
be whipped with ten lashes and remain
In jail for six months.
The men who suffered the most bodily
pain, however, Of all who we're logged
TO day were John Dunn and David
Lynch, two young men who had PLAYED
the burglar act in the night time, and
robbed the store Of Bernard Dalton of
Centreville, Of various sundry srticles
Sheriff Gould appliod the cat vi0oro,, el q.