Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-11-11
BURIED IN PLASTER PARIS.
Terrible Node Of Execution Used by a
GOTsfnor Of a Persian Province.
Revival 81 "gsiehipn'' q tsids on. rerrn
sftsssutia. rrseiiesd some
For,y wears sso.

Persia the authorities adopt harsh
measures 10 make the people Respect
the law. The murder Of the Shah
seemed 10 encourage the nomsj trioes
10 acts Of lavlcssness. On the road
between Boshire and ispshan there
vas large number CT u bbeties. In
some instance, caravans and villsges
were looted, and IN EnElishmau was
stripped naked and beaten with silcks.
The roads we're stfewn with mefchau-
disc tnat the robbers did not want, enu
during 0ne week u was admitted thAt
tney secured bOoty amounting 10
| 100000.
s,melni z had 10 be zone 10 check
| the msfau sfs. The governor OF
5hifaz. n. u. n. Rshkn.ed. Dovleb
decides 10 Ftfike terror into the hearts
uf tho people, AMI the method 10 cnOso
was the revival Of "iatchiug," hide.
Gus form OF execution which has been
In sbeyance for iorty year, To "faich"
y victim q hollow pillar IL uiected over
hole about two feet deep. Into TIL.
well the prisoner " putt metimea Win
HI head downward aud At Others with
his heaL stioki 4 out oil the top. Plaster
Of paris 10 then emptiei 10, and be-
tween each tueketiui water 10 pnurei
down the well. Tue "gstch" then
sweIis, and tho cifculations stops 40 u
batdens, causing the most iptense
ago y.
For his "hlfrible exsmpiep the gov.
ernOr did not select men VINO had been
engaged In the fobbefies. In bis heart.
less Psnisp way he cousiJefeI tnat
." Atching" any 6ody would serve ~ an
object Lesson 70 hia sublscts, rrminsl
OF otherwise. He picked out nvs men
who have bee imytis ned iOf non.
payment Of taxef. This Il q hrincus
oifeuss In tue eyos Of Persian tfiioiais,
aud tho governor thought that their
execution would no, only scare the
O bbrfs, but bo n warning 10 all tax.
dodgers that prompt settlement with
tue collectors was eniineutly deiifahlr.
o. Sunday, May ION, writes an eye.
wilnts. ~ this lsistt exhibition Of
catching, "ths i've prisousfs, chsintd
uetk anu neck, were marched out OF
prison, anu, slowly escorted by u large
mot, who were kept from pressing too
close by soldiers with nksd bayoneu
aud othefs with long stics., were
taken 10 tho Koran Gate, near thu
Bagh.i.Nc, on the townSide of wniob,
slongslds the road, their wells had
teen prepared. IL TOOK onc hour 10
reach the Bash.i.Ne. but the torture
u This fotm of execution being un'
known 10 tnu prlsoasrs, they walkei
u NJ without sisn 81 lear.
Tniy were taken into q hlgh walled
gtIdsH, guard being 81 csd at the
itfsuct, and In . short ume the ffs
I 10 executed was brought out. Round
/ lN mas 90 EaIlaH Alln -
chain, which his guard bsld tightly In
his hand. Somo onr Erred him q
pitcher OF water, from which he eagerly
drank, aud thsn. not knowing TO what
awful death hs was doomeJ.hs walAed
calmly aud without q word 10 his well.
J IL look neatly hall an hour 10 oil thu
veil aud gaien, during al which time
thr sticks VI tbs soldiers we're ia use
T. keop the crowd from pressing too
clote aud hampeting the movements u
! those mpluye1 with tho Catch. After
' this the ~ cond was b tught Out, Atd
the crowd moved " tue cell prepared
ior him.
9 Having obtained q photograph OF q
I, form Of txtculion which | hops ha,
! been f.eof,vd To for the last time,
. hurried from tho spot, anu only lust Ia
, time, as afterwards heard, to e,osps
. tho most hesrlTenu1ng scenes. Wner
9 the Catch became solid snd frightened
= on tue poor prisoner his yells wef,
I ifiRhtlui 10 listen TO, anu a. they wef'
. carried over the walled garden tho,'
= waiting their turn tealiEpd that III,
. death 20 which they were doomed, d
I far from being the painless one tneJ
(. nud hoped ior, wac, Instead, y terrible
Il nAtute.
. AZ the fourth man wac led from IN,
, garden he begged tue oxecutiUnef Il
q tsku him g. the bsIaai, where he weui,
y mai some one 10 givU Tim tea tumanl
Z, $40, after which he could cut his u, u,
\ ~. Tue iiith man became even IN u,
y ifantic Hs tho yells Issued from ia,
n IA "a he OF nls compauiO "bpArs
u al spare NIL" he cried, "and / WI
70 shvw you where 1900 tumsus tSa, 900
y lie niu," nut his offer came too lAtt
a When, three Jays later, l passed. Hionl
10 tue rOau found capitals had heel
- aiutd 10 tue pilhfs ojvsr,ng tnu head
4, VI the Door mon VINO had thus horribll
been done 10 death.
10 ThsgovurnoTship Of a state In bel,
yeary by the man who gives the Bhal
tho largest present; during his pefiOl
OF ofiios no collect. from the psopl,
the tsxrs, tho present he has given ~
y shah anu n good substantial sum Int
q the bargain Tor himself AbsOiulel
- Iililesf, the mou viii oftr
~ seize the last sticks OF ~
h. old man, anu n the psopl,
n seeing starvation staring them Ia "a
n, lace, resist, they sTa liAbie 10 be- put I
v. death by torture, ~ IN this cate,
what wac la the mouth at ovsTy0n
Y, was true. Ia tue ola days Il was nsce,
ID safy 10 maAv ifightfui example OF
T. iew oafavin robbers 10 kesp the roA
o through tho kotabs safe. In = eur
- try wnefb n ~ customary 10 oomml
a, suicide In y fsnslioal way-ar, Tor u
Y staLce, when WINS tbtow lhrmselv,
on their husbAnuS funeral pyT.s /
= lndia-an cutlery Oitun II made !
Europe, ana yet, ~ n country iull ,
EurJpoa 10, men are tAkeu out 10 bToa