The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-10-07
CRUEL PUNISHMENT.
SCENES IN CHARLES READE'S NOVEL
WERE STRICTLY TRUE.

Tho Author of IT'S Never Too Late to
,.,am D.scr,hsa Thr,,,,,c p,,,sbm.nts
io" 'o i'' e' 'A
In an Old English jail.
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n''v ,,I., u Tn"l iv9 ie 80, pop
uiar hoVei' lVs never loo ia'e W Ehenu,
has not been touched by the intensely thrill
ing stories of prison life contained in it and
felt deep sympathy with the poor sufferers
whose terrible experiences are so wildly
toldp No one we would assert The story
roods l;Loo bi,blv colored 6ctior vet ev.
orv word of II 90 absolutelv trne
W., fa,,, ,,ao,,ia ,,,a,, ho o,roro +bo. +h;s
o.,ahratod III ,,os fonndod o, tho or,,ol.
49, ,rootiood n tbo 1ir,n;nI'harn ;aiI q,
tha ,aars 1870 ana issa Indead tho or;,,
;na, 20 H. obornnto 80 ~ H. hr,r 80
ati,i IT, al l.. Saot ;a o,.a,, ,,a,,
e. a. ao,.,,;oo 81 a. ,,r;sn,, autborit;ss no
T. NJ yv;,iiar, pro,,,,, tla ohiaf ,,,ar,on -
yU;nson Croan ioil pi,,,ingban, and
wa t;r,as ha hos heon I'D n iaroe no.
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81, 80 - l,irlsalf -, NJ, odant.tiop -
Psode,s bri,,iont novel
ia stor,, 60 ;,,daad n so,,sotiono, ono o,d
tor,,,s ,ronJarf,,I chanta, of nrison iifa IN
~ as.;or - H., 80 80, +, at,;tirr,
~aan,on ~, t,oat,,,oot 80 ,r;so,,ars rs
asa,..oa
~ tsso 1,o,,.oron. A,st;r, ,,,os o,,,,oi,,tod
s..a,1 - W., =, -, IT., n "a
sor,,,arI, ,oo, l., tbo no,,, a,d In tbot cory
;oa Lad foroad bimsolf 70 tba oonoI,,sior
that disoinIino u,os o,,orvtbing 10 tool n
doI;rbt IN sa,,a,,o ,,,,,,isb,,ant ond consid
go ,h.. n b,aocb ~ ,,iso,, discinIina ,,as
or;,,,o o,r,cst ,,,ootar tbar, thot t.. ,,,lioI,
q nrisoner entered a iail He mined his
faith 70 constant threats of nnnisbment
ond ON a,n,os, narnetual use ~ those bar.
h,rors to,tures tho collar straitiacl,et
dorl collie ond cr.nL labor
II WINS IN 1s59 that tbe nubl;c first had
.ha;r s,,enioiors aroused tbat or,eltias Of N
gross character were beinp nracticed in the
pirn,inoboro ia;l In tb.t vear n 1s.ve.r.
ala bov con,mitted suicide in order 70 as-
90 No tortnous nnnisbment The facts that
came ont Mt the inouest highly incensed
the inbabitants
7, ,yoo nroved bavond Doubt that strait.
iocLets ,vere constantly used "a nnnisb-
nont for tho SMALLEST ofrenee snch as the
INABILITY of n nrisoner tn fulfill the amount
of crank labor set him. or for talking tn
onotbar nrisoner or for using had languoge
Thasa ;aoI,ot, ,rora ,,royided viii ner.
tootI, ric,;d ooIIors inches Lone al incbos
49,, I'D ono o,,artor incb thinIt Tba 1r;s.
onar ,vas first rnnffled in The iackat With
bis orms tod topatber On his hreas, and
then ,trannad 90 tigbtlv at tha hack that
II ,ras in,possihle to insert n fingar between
81 n st,a,, and tba faeh Tha laotbor ooll,r
was then Fastened on in sncb a manner that
a. ont tho cbip ard neck md rreyentod ony
r,ovenoent of tho head Tban tho n,;sonar
r,os fastoned I'm 70 the wall of hi. coli in n
stonding noeition This nun;sbment was
terriblv nainfnI and vet IT freonentlv last
cd for hours and on occasions bove of IL
were kent in sucb nositions from q O'clock
in the morning until 10 at nightI
Very often they tainted and vvera then
bronobt round bv liberal annlication Of
water which was thrown on them from
hnokats
1be nrisoners in this nosition xere fed NV
q warden who broke mn tbe brasd ana
nlaced II in the nrisoner's mo,,tb Some.
t;uas however tho collar yas 90 tigbt that
a nr;soner conld not swallow broad or water
Amoro The Iohor bove had to ,a,.fc,,,
was the turn;ng of n crapk bapdl. With
| IN Mound nre.snre pnon II for n o0o rayo
lutions bet,veen snnrise and n;,,b+ g.
many revolntions had to he made befor,
hrea fast 50 many before dinner so manI
before sumner Iftbe reouired numDer was
not comnleted hefore breakfast NO break
fost. r. not oor,,,Ietsd haforo dinror re
dinner: If not before supper. no sumner. SC
that a weakly man or how wonid % 3
whole dav without food and wonld think
bimsalf lucky If at 10 O'CLOCK Mt night he
cot eight ounces of brown bread and a mini
of water