Evening journal., 1899-05-23

As A DETERRENT OF CRIME. AS IN
Is THE MOST DREADED or PUN
lsHMENT FULL TEXT OF THE
ARTICLE IN THE HERALD.
following lis am article, 1.-THE Whap-
Ping F0st and PNlory." which, appeared
lon the NEW York Herald On Sunday by
Hon. Charles b. Lore:
In ,hs twenay-fifth year OF the nsGgn
OF George IL, KING OF England, "A. ID,
1852, Is was ''Vnaoted by Hon. James
HamilCn, with his majestys royal ap-
probation, l-entenanG governor and
Ccmmnfder-ln-chief OF the cmnties OF
New Castle, KENT and Sussex, upon
Delaware, amid province cf PenInsylYa-
MIA BY and with The advice and con-
sent OF the representatives OF the free
MEM of THE said countries, I'm General
Assembly met, and by the authority OF
THE same, B" that larceny or goods and
Chattels OF above five shiliimgs in value
should be punished as follows:
For the first offense the thief should
pay to The iiehtful OWNER double the
value III THE goods were restored: III
MOI restored. f0uGlfCld the value.
shon,d be Wrapped at the public whip
ping post OF the county with amy num-
her " .ashes not exceeding twenty
On his bane back. wem la.d on. and
should wear a Roman T as a badge OF
his crime. four inches I'm length and
one inch i'm breaflth, ON The outer pant
cf his ldit arm between THE shoulder
AMID elbow, OF, some dlistinct color (lt
may have been THE cOnvict's scarlet
letaer'), at all times when hs Should
travel Cr appear from his hab.taticm
for six months, and shOuad- a7e fmrgils-
oned untlr he had paid restitution
money and AL THE costs OF THE prose-
cutionl
For the seconhl offense the iashes
were increased TO thfrty-one, with an
hour in THE pillory added The third
ofense was punishable with death
wthout banefit ~ CLERGY The rsllory
and Whipping poslwae common, instru-
ments OF criminal punishment in all
crimes OF the grade OF felony, rhs
lasnes i'm SOME cases running up t-f fhs
number OF sixty
Inc pllory and whipping post THUS
maerited from the mother country bn|
copnLai times, have been uetafnai I'm
Lelawares crimimal penal system ungil
the present time tlhe pKi-ry being used
only in few cases on THE mos. helnloous|
crimes but the whipping post I'm, cases
or telouy generally, The highest nnn-
PCT OF lashes now given IN ans case
being forty
In colonial days and for a ,cnlz tms
bnere1iter whipping was an almost wni-
Neisdi e.ement OF punishment in the
mDther country and inthe cronfes and
states. While Il has been abandoned
BY neariy all other states, Delaware
has found Ed TO DE most efficient
and has kep, it upon her statute books
Tins has gnown largely olt OF two con-
di1ons:
f-rst, tine northern and MIST popu-
iolis part OF the state. Is a narrow
tongue OF land about twelve mt,.s I'm
width, wedged i'm between Pennsvlva-
ma ON the one hand and MARYLAND ON
une either. Across this wedge mfn two
or the great trunk lines or ralroad OF
ms country. the PENNSYLVANIA and Tho
badim-re and Ohio, connecting ahe
great o.ties Of Philadelphia and New
ncrk ON the north, with BALTIMORE anna
washington. on the south. in each case
Wluna midway freight train mako-a,n
suiuon located near the city OF WIN
mington, Dell, at which station 1s ia
nor an Unusual thing TO have a daily
dumping OF from thirty TO f-rty rail-
road tramp giders. many cf th9m he
nag or the criminal CLASSES from. such
large cities.
Nearly rne1ourth cs our convicta
are o. thls class. AT recent term OF
court N New Castle county rme-half Of
inc entire number OF convicts had MOI
been IN The State OF Delaware mo,e
thar twenty -four hours at the tim, OF
une coAm ssion Of The crtme. Many %,
Anese men are brutalizedl OF the low
est grace q criminals ana .ako pride
On Doasting that they whip others ant
are not whipped themselves. The,
nave a wholesome fear OF the whippinl
post and rarely return to Delaware feS
a second application We're 1T not 70,
TINS near Delaware would be overrur
argely by This class.
The peculiar location of The state
therefore, makes the whipping p1s
nal law. -'"'
The second and perhaps controllba
reason gnOws out Of the test Of e,cnerf
ence that the whipping post is IN
most efficient deterrent OF crime know
to our laws II is the MOS drea ~
Il all punishments, and I'm application
for mitigation OF sentence the prave
almoet Invariably is for the remissio
OF the whipping. Its appeals to brutal
azed nature as no other punishmer
docs, and has made and kept in III
past the criminal classes OF De.awai
relatively small in number
The noted bank robbers FRANCIS }
Carter, alias Francis H Mcdonald
Joseph Lawler. James Thomas ali,
James Watson, alias James Hape. al
Edward Hurlburt, when. caught al
onvicted in 1873 at New Castle for q