The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-29

It cannot slip out Of the hands Of the tor
turer. The etee whip. which is me kind
more generally used. cuts into the flesh
and tears It in strips from the body.
ST saw" says the writer. ''two Of these
whips Qatigos) in the state prison at Bar
ceBona- One Of them was red with fresh
blood
This whip Is inflicted on the slightest
pretext
you did it?" says the chief police ON
Ger.
ST did not" replies the prisoner.
Then nod from the chief. and police
man steps UP and rains blows on the ac-
cused. His hands are bound behind his
back while he 5 being fiogged. Sometimes
they leave him a shirt. but more often
they beat him naked. After he has been
logged ne is made to walk. continually.
He gets nothing to drink. perhaps nothing
to eat When they give him food. 1t Is
probably dry sat Goldfish. so that after he
has devoured It ne win begin TO perish
with thirst ne cannot quench-
THIRD DEGREE-THE, TORTURE OF
THIRST
and driven around for several days and
nights. and fed on salt Goldfish, he Is plac-
ed with his arms bound behind his back
before a table on which IS a big glass
pitcher full of water. They say to him:
Confess and you may drink" He rolls
dis parcted tongue IN agony. II he still
refuses TO confess he passes on to the next
form of torture.
FOURTH DEGREE THE ToENAIL
WEDGE.
Little wedges of wood or else steel pens
are introduced under the toenails Of the
prisoner, in order that he may sing as
the Spanish prison officials with dreadful
humor render confess" The prison war
wedges under the toenails and driving
them in so that they separate the nails
from the toe without tearing the flesh
The lacerat ton of the flesh would cause
less exquisite pain than the separation
of the nail in this manner. During this
operation the prisoner is almost sure 20
faint. The torturer waits till he comes
to before proceeding with his work. There
are yet other terrors for the obstinate
one.
FIFTH DDGREE-TTIE CRUSHER
This instrument resembles large nut
cracker 1t consists Of two peices vi wood
Joined at one end by hinge. II IS USED
to crush those parts of the prisoners
body which are the most sensitive TO
pain. The executioner, as in other cases.
always interrupts his work when the pris-
oner has tainted. This form of torture
al TQtrfi
there are other resources in the Spanish
prison.
SIXTH DBGREE-TORTURE BY FIRE.
In this case the apparatus consists mere
Is of a coal pan filled with red hot coal
such as market women use in winter TO
warm their feet. The prisoner i bound
and forcibly made to sit down upon the
fire. If he snrieks the gag IS applied.
This Is a cylindrical stick of wood twelve
inches long. and an inch and half thick
with a crosspiece in II. 1t u thrust into
the mouth so that one end Of it reaches
the top of the throat. II is then bound
fast by means Of cord tied to the cross
piece and passed around the neck. The
prisoner then cannot shrek, however
great may be his agony. He can only
make an inarticulate gurgle.
Even this does not complete the list OF
instruments Of torture, and is perhaps not
quite, the worst.
SEVENTH DEGREE-THE HEAD
CRUSHING HELMET
This is an intricate device OF polished
iron something like a helmet. At the
back Is a wooden bar with which all parts
are connected. In this there Is a sEew
by means Of which the pressure on the
head can be regulated. One part OF the
helmet slips over the forehead and the
nose and 50 grasps the upper lip. When
the screw is turned 1t pulls in an upward
direction and drags the gums and lips
from the jaws. Another part catches hold
of the under lip and drags downward
Two s.de peices compress the temples.
and. II necessary, can exert sufficient
force TO crush them in. AS II all this
mechanical torture not sufficient, II Is IN
creased by passing current OF electricity
through the helmet. The -Iorturer slowly
twists the screw and at the same time in
creases the current 50 that the pain may
gradually become greater.
thousand would refuse to confess II sub
jected to the three last forms of torture.
These are used not so much 10 make peo-
pie confess as a form of punishment The
Barcelona Anarchists were subjected to
them all.
Last fail / sprained my left hip while
handling some heavy boxes. The doctor
called on said al first 1t was slight strain
and would soon be well. but II grew worse
and the doctor then said I had rheuma-
tIsm II continued to grow worse and /
could hardly get around to work. ! went
to a drug store and the druggist recon-
mended me 20 try Chamberlains Pain
Balm. tried il and one-half OF a 50-celt
bottle cured me entirely. I now recon-
mend t to all my friends.-F. A. Babcock,
Erie, Pa. Il Is for sale by druggists
DAMAGE IN WISCONSIN
From Overflow OF Fox and Fast Rlv-
ers and More Threatened.