The sun., 1898-11-13

in all the counties and with the adjourn
ment came the semi-annual entertain
ment of subjects at the whipping post so
ordered by that court before its .ssions
closed.
Court of General Sessions sat in Dover
the middle of last month and during
that time sentenced four negroes and one
white man to be whipped and three
negroes to stand one hour each in the
pilOrv.
Sheriff Samuel l.. Shaw OF Kent county
carried the sentence of the Court into
execution on Saturday, October 20. This
engagement with subjects at the whip
ping post and pillory was Sheriff Shaw's
last, as hiss term expires before another
session of the court, and while the num-
ber of men whipped and pilloried on
this Saturday was less than at any previ-
Gus term of court, yet this particular en-
gagement of Sheriff Shaw's was in no
way light relative to the lashes placed
by the Sheriff upon the backs OF the four
negroes and one white man.
One prisoner at the post was a second
terrner, he having s,Ond an hour in the
pillory and received 20 lashes from the
raw hide whip only the previous term
of the Kent county court.
The whipping post is al all times an
object OF interest to visitors in Delaware,
and, of course, on days when whippinss
occur many strangers crowd the quiet
town OF Dover, the capital of tile State.
Preparation for the whipping is also a
great event to the inmates Of Dover jail,
the great majority Of whom are negroes.
Many and perhaps all of those now con.
fined in the Jail received the lashes VIXEN
they were first imprisoned, ,and they pos.
SEES spirit of relationship toward the
prisoner about to be strapped to the
post, mis- back barred and his degradation
as criminal, made complete before 8
vast throng OF curious eyes.
The whippings take place between the
hours of ~ a. M, and p. IN, but early
in the morning the imprisoned mel
gather in the corridor of the jail, that j.
those who are allowed the privilege o
the corridor for that day, and Il Q OBJ
jects of interest are the vic,ims-elect o
the day. The hour before the first mar
is taken to the post are given 10 the re
cital Of the experiences of the old pris
oners, who tell how it felt to be publicl.
whipped and stood with hands an,
neck fastened securely by heavy piece
OF wood for one long hour Thos
who have been whipped tell the prison
ers about TO be punished how the
would sooner endure ten more years Il
prison than to receive five lashes at tn
whipping post.
A Large crowd had gathered by
o'clock. when Samuel Jones and J,
Fountain, both colored, were escorted b
the Sheriff and his turnkey to the pi
lory. Jones was to stand one hour
the pillory and serve five years for shoo
ing a white man named Kemp, on II
last registration day. Kemp. as he e,
planned to the jnry, was not in the lea
bit hurt, the bullet having onl, grazt
the flesh, but Jones, however, stond h
little hour IN the pillory because he ha
attempted q surgical operation If whic
he had not the proper know ledge. ar
for whic, e did not possess a license.
The accompanying cut shows JONI
and his companion, Fountain, in tt
pill ory. Fountain had once before sto
in tie piLlory, and as he is of end
build, was enabled to move his nee
slightly from side to side.
All this, however, got Fountain
considerable trouble as Jones is fat, {
pecialIy about the neck, and each mo-
made by Fountain caused Jones cOnsi
cradle pain. After they were releas.