The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1899-11-03
BRAZILIAN JUSTICE.
Criminals Branded and Have Their
Ears Cut of.
Some Flee to This Country TO Hide
Their Marks of shams-Ths Span
tah Method Used In South
America.

The arrest In this city few days ago
of q young woman whose back bore the
marks of the three-lashed Spanish
whip, and whose left ear had been
shortened" by the e1ecutioner's knife,
bears evidence to the fact that barbar-
Gus treatment of criminals is still prac-
ticed in the South American es well as
in some European countries.
Louise Johnson, alias Little Lou"
whom the police call the cleverest con-
fidence woman in the country, was err
rested recently on the charge of shop
lifting. The police seldom have diff
Guilty in apprehending her, for the miss
ing ear is a tell-tale mark.
In this respect the woman's case is
similar to those of a score OF other
crooks who have felt foreign prison tor
lures and have been released, marked
for life.
The case OF the johnson woman is re-
garded by Capt. McClusky, chief of de-
tectives, as probably one Of the mos:
remarkable in its extreme cruelty thai
has ever come under his observation.
The wife of big Tom" Big low, the
English bank robber. young. educated
and beautiful, she was arrested in Dr'
iii less than five years ago, charge
with robbing a Spanish countess o
several thousand dollars worth Of dia-
monds. She had typical South Amer
;can trial, was sentenced TO receive 4
iashes on the bare back and to have Il
,eft ear cut OF. Forty lashes usu0i
means death TO a woman, Lut ;h's d
not alone satisfy Brazilian justic
/ hat the woman survived her uL!s
ment is remarkable, but as a crir.in..
che is no longer success, fer t. ouG
She wears her hair plastercd down Owe
the spot where the knife passed, she
cannot hide the Disagreement.
Some months ago a well-dressed
Italian was arrested by detectives who
regarded his actions in the banking
distrid suspicious. He was ques-
tior attpolice headquarters, but pro-
tcs,~' lis innocence Of criminal intent.
lie was about to be releascd.when on
OF the detectives observed an ugly sea.
on the mans forehead. On examina
ton it proyed to be a brand, the lette.
ct" Questioned, the man confessed
that he had been released from q Ser
Wan prison, where he had been brand
cd as q thief. Several instances are on
record at headquarters where prisoners
have been proved international crimi-
nails by the marks Of the knout and
whip upon their bodies.
a remarkable case was that of Aban
Sassen, Bulgarian, recently captured
in Boston. Sassen had committed some
political offense in his own country,
and the law demanded that his nose be
split. Sassen was wanted in several
cities, among them Chicago, on charges
of swindling, and, though a skilled sur
geon had long before sewn up the dis
figured nose, the scar from the tip TO
the forehead was too plainly visible to
be overlooked.
At the barge office are stationed gov
ernmcnt detectives whose duty it is to
prevent foreign criminals from enter
ing the country. Here the indelible
marks of the iron and whip often make
detection certain.
Frequently these poor unfortunates
beg for admission, saying that, marked
forever, they cannot live longer among
their own people, 'Jid they have come
TO America to hide among strangers.
Many were convicted OF political Of
fenses, and these are generally admit
ted.
Eyes, we frequently come across
poor fellow who has been compelled
to carry the marks of cruel punishment
to his grave" said Capt. McClusky. "A
marked criminal. like dead Indian, is
almost certain TO be a good crook, for
he has but small chance Of getting
away."-N. Y. World. -