The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-15

~ EATH after the inniction Of
I'll M cruelty tndsscribable and afro
cities scarcely matched by the
IN darkest and most bloody
A pages Of history. unauestion-
ably has been melted out
cisners and native Christians who
have fallen into tho hands OF
the Chinese Boxers Where death
through unexpected mercy has not been
sudden. II probably has been accom-
plished by the favorite methods Of n
and then death by burning, keeping
awake after cutting on the eyeiids until
death comes 70 relief. death by the drop
ping Of water, continuing nervous agony
perhaps three days: death by slow
stranguiation, death by ling Chez" or
death by the thousand slices" ara all
very likely among tho methods that have
obtained.
These iast-named modes Of punishment
arc referred TO by IL Hung Chang when
no threatens the Boxers with severe
punishment" unless they dispense. While
the inriction Of torture IL the rule. rath-
or than tho exception, In the so-ealled
Chinese courts of justice, such methods.
n H. thought. may have been too slow to
satisfy the hloodthirssy rahhle In the
cases OF hundreds OF Americans and other
natives OF the Western world. whose
homes have been deluged with their own
blood like the revolving slaughter pens OF
Cawnpore.
Hatchins n rebellion In China and car
ryinK Il through 10 no light matter. for
ssdition manEers. eonspirators and reb-
els against whom the slightest faint Of
suspicion happens 10 exist IN the official
mind, are promptly called upon To under
90 the most tsaffui atrocities BY way Of
puntshnseut. The boxer. u may he sure,
did no,ieuter upon his task without due
consideration OF the risks attached, nor
without an inner consciousness that the
powers that he were likely To wink at
his orensaa and smooth them over.
Linz chez. for example, the way capital
conviets are executed IN China. need only
20 have been suggested TO have caused
the Boxer 10 hesitate and think twice be-
fore entering upon hts present Wild frol-
les. To perform ling chez requires an
exseutioner more expert than any MI.
iinstoa. Executing ~ rne art In China.
First tho criminal II bound 90 a cross
ana as the wretch with buigtns cysballs
looks apcn the scene In horrhr, the man
upon whom devolyca the principal work
advances With drawn sword Possibly the
ofYcnse Is "a light one, cr II may he tina,
the wretch has obtained partial remis.
sion Ia which case he viii have the felt.
city - he.ng killed In eight STROKES in
read At A~or possibly a At the arss
e,roke the rxeeutlener nimbiy whipks %
enc ~ his eyebrows 80 neatly as scarce
~ 10 draw blood Hey. presto 81 comes
the other VITA a light horizontal stroke
he siashes a shoulder clean from tns
body, performlng Ike operation an the
other side moment later, Then tAs
breasts are similarly treated and vt,h
iunKe forward quick as fabricated
lightning the sxecutauer p,unses his
weA.on teto tire vittims heart After
that all that remains - % dccapltatt
the tfeies& ana maybe stiii QaiNvrtns
body ard the execution IS complete
THIS g the lsgAtect form ~ TINS cheN
WHEN hawescF, fan ling cAcc Il per
farped u h heightened eusiness, and
tho various operations e the sxecutteuel
are watched as kceniy hy the onlooeeri
as 10 great actor in new Part on
rrkt night lie rises Go the occasion
feealnE that mach - required ~ him
when he has removed she Breasts AZ r.
the nrst method. he has stlll a hong and
EXPERT cafStnW OPERATION before hifn 30
the mOnsNt when he shau dlsHatcA ~.
wretch eadA forearm. then each upper
arm then q slash trom each thigh. tot
lowed hy dcXtoreus slaShcs ~ each calf
and nnsiiv after the heart has besl
piesccd the hands. tert and other psru
all couc uader aistiuct operations
Death by unK chee. otherwise knowl
a. tho thousand cuts" the Slow proc
ess az the 'siteiRg process" Is suppose,
10 b. reserved tor PARTICLES and fer crtm
tnais guilty ~ trirle murier Henry Sor
man has given a striking description %
this hArharoGs and inhBulaR punishment
oasc case As announced So the official ~
ksng Gazette. Nas az follows
Ma Pei-yao governor OF Kuangsi,
reports = triple poisoning case In hts
province. A woman having been beat
eI eNesr husband On account % her