The representative., 1899-11-23
SHOCKING BRUTALITY.

One Will nardly Del1eVe these state
ments, but they are taken from the
leading daily papers and are undoubt-
edly true:
ORELIA, Kan. Nov. 1O.-James Stetson
got job as corn husker on the Dogood
farm yesterday, and was hazed by the other
huskers who handcuffed and threw him into
well 90 feet deep. He was dead when
taken out. When the hazers were arrested
they explained that it was all joke and
that they had merely intended to make
S,etson feel thoroughly at home among
them.
/ UPPER SANDUSKY, Ohio, Nov 10
George Warner was hazed yesterday by the
men employed in Bowman's stave factory
three miles northwest of this place. They
bound him hand and foot placed him on
keg of powder and then set fire to the ex-
poslve by means of long fuse. After the
ceremony the haZers called on Warmers
widow and assured her that they had merely
desired to make it pleasant for him, but the
unreasonable woman has refused to be COM
1Orted and insists on having the men prose-
cuted. The indignation against her is wide
spread.
PLAISTED, KY. Nov. 19-The men en-
ployed in Haweys distillery, had pleas
ant little hazing party last night, when
James Jam sa Iopham new hand, was taken to
Cliff l25 feet high and pushed over after
rope had been fastened around his neck and
his hands tied behind his back. One end of
the rope was tied to a tree at the edge of
the cliff but a mistake was made in calcu-
lating the length of the line, and Topham
was stopped suddenly ten feet from the bot
tom. 1t was a good-natured affair and the
manager of the distillery is being severely
censured for discharging the men who took
part in the merrymaking, as 1t Is generally
understood that the breaking of Topham's
neck was purely accidental.
got a job in Harper's lumber yard last
Wednesday and was hazed yesterday after
noon. Several Of his fellow workmen tied
him across log that was being sawed, and
then went to supper When they returned
to the mill they discovered that the saw
had not stopped when Fraser reached it.
The men who took part in he exercises say
they merely desired to give him a proper
mutation That he was not strong enough
to break the rope with which he was tied
to the log was not their fault. hence it is
considered that he was alone to blame for
the unfortunate result Of what was intended
rs bit of innocent diversion.
Charles Becker and Allie Chudynski
thought it would be good joke to make
John Shinder believe they were going to
burn him at the stake. AS the result
Shinder is lying at St. Elizabeth's hospital
suffering from terrible burns and battling
desperately for life. while two practical
3okers are occupying cell at the Desplaines
street station awaiting the outcome.
The three men worked in the Crane
foundry at Fulton and Desplaines streets
aud Shinder was new man. 1t so happen
cd that the men were working in a room
where there were no other workmen, and
during the tedious hours Wednesday night
Becker and his chum planned and schemed
to play joke upon Shinder that would
result in frightening him. They decided
upon the stake burning, and procuring a
piece OF tar rope they threw it around Shnd-
erf's body while he was busy at his labor
He struggled to escape, but the men held
him tightly and told him in hollow tones
that he must prepare to die at the stake
Becker made the rope fast to bench while
Chudynski applied match to it, Not real
1ztng how fast the tarred and oil saturated
rope would burn. Shinder's tormentors left
the room to make the joke more realistic
The door had scarcely closed before the
rope in a blaze and Shinder's clothing
had been set on fire. When his companions
returned the rope had been burned in two
and Shinder was writhing upon the ground
frenzied with pain and desperately trying
to extinguish the flames.
Instead Of going to his assistance Becker
and Chudynski became thoroughly fright
eaed at the result of their joke and fled from
the room. A moment later Shinder, tearing
madly at the flames with his bare hands.
ran into the millrOom, where nearly 100 men
work during the night. Foreman Otto
&HeiueT ndStlly caIleQ TWO or his WOrkmen
to his assistance and they tore Shinder's
Burning clothes from his body 1t was
found that his face, hands, back and legs
we're terribly burned, and the pain was so
Intense that Shinder soon became uncon-
sdOus. While he was being carried into
The foreman's ONCE he said: II have done
nOshing to offend those fellows. Becker
tled the rope and Chudnyski set fire to IT,"
SANDER Is ~ years old and resides at 104
west Chicago avenue. Great inclination
vas expressed among the workmen AGAINST
The perpetrators of the joke, who were in
atantly discharged. Had they not fed from
The building violence would probably have
been done them.
After Becker and Chudynski were per-
mttted to leave it was ascertained at the
hospital that Shinder's injuries were so Sc
vae that there was danger of his diving.
O6cers from the Despalines street station
were sent to arrest Becker and Chudynski
who expressed regret and declared that thew
bore Shinder no grudge, but simply desired
70 initiate him." At the hopsital last night
1t was stated that Shinder had an even
chance for his life.
What is the meaning of this surpris-
Ing access of demoniac cruelty? Are
such people capable of self-government?