The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-17

HN r1wa win asissssy Snssosl
Ill Down with cDuArSN ~ war;
~ The msmbsn n pssiismsnt
IL who Won't stick ~ any ssps~
dent 10 save th~is SIMS and
nspbswS aad the sons sAA nspbsWv ~
shsss pari.smsntssv agents from military
s~rvses, which they themselves have e.
earsd. may h sbls 70 continue some time
bGSer the rrss~nt hateful milltastsm. they
vii not b. aide 10 psrpstusss H. We will
yspsai, until We nns1Iy wte euv cause.
"Dowa with a.ittAsy tusssssl Down Win
military pr'soos' Down with councils Of
war"
senator Rsvc istsIy told the public about
tts principal pvntshsnsnts iaNic's1 ~ 9ul-
tasy Judges. Th>D punleeOetes we're In.
ssOducsd into the French army ~ Cav
slsnsc H.. the son ~ - assasssn. . ~.
suvs ASSASSIN htmsste-s tsssursy mean
while. II was In the bAsiajlop ~ light In.
9sntry thas bs coWzmsaded IN Dsz. shss
csssisnsc n. FIRST employed ne purn,sh-
nssns Ut the "sit0" and that q the
"ersps0d.ns." ~. Utsphsns Asnouln
found the reports ~ me shlsf ms1tcsl end
eommassssy o2icsu. who sesmAsty gave
evidence ~ 10 the ensrt0 of thsss Mon
q funnsj-shsped pit The oesning n COW
cred by \ trap door shout . yasd szuass.
pierced With h0sSs - ~ - the nngw.
This pst b some seven yasds dep. snd o.,
the bottom n shout three yards In diam
stsr. On opening the trap door . warm
and quite Visible wager ~ . fssnDms sfssiI
rose from the ~. ~ the motion of when.
on the hare earth. ~ Nv eleven men IN
their shirts only, squsttsd sovnS Nc tub
length Of time they had psssed there ny
tins different degrees Of palm and suRsrtpg
shown on their faces. Two 81 thsn, Who
seemed IN the worss plight, 0bey told ~
had been two months under sreundl
The men In the stio ore fed on bread ana
water. and are aired" morning and even.
Ing, ths trspgoos bssns sntIrs.y removed
for one hour This generous sAowascs u
light and air seems - b. calculated on TIE
time u II possible 10 support existence IN
msphif'c and scarcely brssthsbIe stmos.
phsrs.
Many tims We admitted soldiers 10 the
hospital. who, after q long stay under
ground, were In r state o. exfrems omAcis.
ton, cold. discoiorsd. dsx,d and hardly
sensible TO the touch. They gradually sank
and died from gensgsl weakness Some
who had kspt thSir senses could watch
thsis limbs. attacked by On inctysbie sour
Wy, waste away befcrs sbsir eyes. Others,
after forty-ssUht hours In prison. we're
ectze0 Win tSeripta Ute " ny otsebseyvs
which soon Killed them. \ few. having ~.
cSpstonsi cenet1tvs,ens. aid not dte. but
they always sosvlssd s1ms inrrmisy which
brought then y the hesptfsi several times
. year.
Tbs future eut-thssst Of the ras,sssns
Anishs1 the regime NJ the siie BY the sps
pllcatiou 81 the "essnAudin~' (cvepau1.
. toad lie inflicted n upon soslisvs vine
slept away from tssrnckA
Thsse are three kinds Of csspaudtne- ehe
hanging crHosudIne. thst with tho fses 70
shs sun aal tbst WITH the face 10 the
gsound. IN I'll three ths Asms u the vic-
tim ere bound Asmjv tskin1 Me bsch. the
wrists snd elbows ere MADE "a touch. ths
legs sss benz bseh along the Thighs sal
tied 81 the Gskiss. when them Ii any.
thing ~ hang him on. such ~ . trss ~ .
beam. they hoiss the man up. ~ that all
his weight falls on shs cord that binds the
wrists; when there 10 nothing 20 hang him
on they place the fruss.d-up wretch witn
his fads 90 the sun--to the African sun N
summsr-sad NJ fsmains fb~re for long
hours. torsnsnted by niss. ants and other
insects. Sometimes. WHEN ~ raina In win
ter. they post the patients face dovnwsrd
90 that hs must me- his head ny . continual
effort. not 10 b. suRocassd by the mud.