Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

inchee broad, and with this ne cAsti-
gates the offender on the back of the
thighs.
When q female is whipped with the
bamboo In civil onenses and courts
Of justice she lie simply made to kneel,
and then the strokes are inflicted on
her thighs or body-only her outer
garments having been removed.
THE TcUA OR CANGUE.
OF q more serious nature lie the pun
ishment or torture Of the tcha or can
que. This torture is inflicted for
offenses of q grave nature.
The instrument itself is a heavy
wooden frame formed Of two sections
fastened at one end by q hinge and at
the other by q lock OF screw. The
neck Of the culprit passes through q
hole In the center of this frame and
his hands through smaller apertures
on each side. Sometimes the victim
is allowed the freedom Of one hand,
which he uses in relieving the weight
Of the oangue from his CALLED should
ers. The average weight Of the
cangue Is from 60 to 200 pounds, and
the condemned is compelled to wear
1t from enc to six months. The efi-
cacy Of this species OF punishment lies
to q great extent in the ridicule It en-
tails and the utter helplessness Of the
offender, who is daily brought out Of
prison by the officials and placed in
the public streets.
SQUEEZING THE FINGERS.
Squeezing the fingers is q torture
used principally to extort confession.
The victim IL usually made to kneeil
down. he is then tied by bis queue
TO an upright post. The fingers Of
each hand r then put between rods
10 rod coming between two fngers)
which are so.arranged that by pulling
= cord 40 Ahsae rode the Rn-
gers are remorselessly squeezed be-
tween them. Finally the victim is
willing to confess anything which his
aecuser may desire. 80 dreadful is the
pain suffered.
SQUEEZING THE ANKLES.
In another form Of torture the VIC
tim is made to kneel on the ground,
his ankles placed in q frame consist
ing Of three sticks or poles fastened
near each other at one end. Each
ankle comes between two sticks. BY
pulling on cords fastened to the top
Snds Of the sticks the ankles are
squeezed by the sticks as the latter
are made to approach each other.
HoRRoRs OF IMPRISONMENT.
Except In the case Of those who are
rich or have rich friends willing to
bride the iailers to treat them well
imprisonment in China is awful and
revolving. The horrors OF q Chinese
prison are 30 great that even the
Chinese themselves prefer death to
imprisonment. ,
The prisoners are crammed like wild
beasts into : cage generally swarmIng
with vermin. insufficient and vile
food Is supplied and horrible t~ortures
unknown to the laws are inflicted.
For nor serious offenses the "su-
perior clsss'' Of punishment is inflict-
ed. This consists Of beheading, strang-
ulation or Punishment.
BEHRADNG, Or LIN-cHE.
The victim condemned 10 be be-
headed IL carried to the execution
ground In 9 kind OF cage or box made
Of stats or bamboo, The crime for
which he is to die is written on a clip
Of paper which lie fastened to q small
piece Of bamboo and is then stuck in
his hair. In his cage is generally car
ried the pail for holding his head.
This, when the extreme penalty has
been paid, is often suspended on the
city wall or on q pole near the street
10 act as a warning to the public.
One method OF beheading is simply
striking sd the head Of the victim
While be is kneeliDg with his hands
tied behind bis back. /
Another method is that known &c
"eutting into small pieces" This
consists Of cutting into the eyebrows
or over the eyes, the cheeks, the |
fisahy part Of the arms, breast, ETC.,
In such q way that the skin will hang
down. The executioner then stabs
the miserable victim in the abdomen,
and finally cuts OF his head. Il
"Cutting into pieces" lie regarded as
the most ignominious form Of ali cap !
itai punishments. This, too, rs the
form Of death metod out q parricides
and wives convicted Of inhdelity. :
LESS IGEoMNY IN CHARACTERIZATION.
strangulation IL considered the least
d~isgraceful Of all capital punishments, {
bscsuse the body is not INITIATED.
The victim kneels on . frame when
his hands are tied behind him. Or be
is stretched out and fastened TO q q
cross piece. His head lie then secured :
10 . perpendicular poet by bis queue, '
bis face turned outward or away from 4
H. On the poet, about &c high from =
The ground as the victims nscK, is a r
hole throngh which two ends Of a cord 4
that has bees passed round bis neck /,
put. !.
By pulling the two ends OF the cord I
The victim would loon be dead. In :
China, however, u IL usually the Gus !
tom when the victim is nearly dead 10
relax the cord and allow The victim IN
breathe, only to 60 through the pain Il
Of straugulation onc more. r
All kinds Of tortures r rssorted 10 q
for confession. They inoinde dismem- Il
logging in all rs varieties, in
szd knseling on bot chains. These 81
nodes 81 torture, entirely unauthor. 81