CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-08-30

ARE THk FoRMs pRAcricKp
BY THE CHINESE


the CulnGBe are the most CIuets Inc
most devoted to fearful torture Of those
in. their power and the most adept in
devising ever new forms of martyr
DOM for the objects Of their hatred
In their almost simple cruelty they
are worse than the animals. II they
merely delighted in the torturing. one
might say II was . perversion. But
they do not merely delight in It They
torture living creatures. from rats to
men. as simple matter Of course. and
the native victims accept It equally as
q matter OF course. There IL some
thing supremacy terrible in the mat
ter-of-fact stolid way in which they
subject prisoner to demoniac pain
with n much readiness as q magistrate
In New York would sentence man to
spend 10 days ION the island"
To begin with, there is the whipping
and scourging with bamboo rods This
is so common \ method Of preparing
victim for trial, that 1t is hardly con-
sIdered punishment, much less torture.
Yet the bamboo is laid on hard enough
especially when 1t Is applied to the
soles of the feet. the victim often faints
from pain and loss Of blood combined
One hardly can enter q Chinese court
of Justice" without witnessing nog-
ging-
The mildest punishment that il
known to the simple and kindly onicial
Chinese soul Is the cage or Cangue-
Its principle is that of all Chinese pun
ishments-slow torture A Chinaman
would take NO artistic pleasure in any.
thing that killed quicker or that
reached It's culmination Of pain quick
" His victim must suffer . little
more. and \ little more. and then q
little more. each hour In that way
he makes his delight last long and
can keep . whole string of wretches to
charm him by their slow dying for
months. II he killed tham At once
his fun would be over too soon-
The Cangue. then. is formed to keep
the agony of the penitent up for
months. till Madness or death end his
sufferinEs- II Is q delightfully."- simple
thIng-so simple that there Is nothing
At all terrifying about It II frst eight
Il merely In . large frame OF wood.
WIKI = C0iiMI ID Inc mtoatc- ~ s<4kA1
about 60 pounds. and II 10 made that
Il can be locked around the mans
neck When 1t Il 80 locked Il rests
directly on the muscles OF the neck
and ON the bones Of the shoulder. and
Il In 20 constructed that Il cannot be
shifted even 4 tenth Of an inch. NOR
can the weight be relieved with the
+; hands. In addition. the collar has q
sharp rim underneath Al arst The
victim docs not suffer much. except
| from Inconvenience He IL turned
loose as soon ~ the Cangue Il locked
ON him. and for an hour or two he
waddies around in fair comfort But
| gradually. a. the sharp edge Of the col
lar cuts deeply into the hesh OF his
neck. and all his muscles are drawn
more and more tense. pain begins to
conquer him. and In . week the tor
turers have the felicity Of sesfng q mad
dened wretch stumble and TALL around
blindly. weeping and yelling with ang-
aish-
TAs bamboo Turntables fsvorite i'm
pIsnasts for Chinese legal tDrturers
sharpsaed slivers Of bamboo are used
for ooantless purposes In counties
ways. Indeed. II the reader will i'm
aEins Just What be would hate most
to have done to him with = bamboo
silver. he viii hit 8 methinE that the
Chinese are sure 20 The most sim
pie and mercifui deeds are to stick
tiny siivers all over their victims and
to leave them there to Tester. Worse
stir 10 the cheerful practice OF driving
wcdEe-shaprd pieces OF bamboo under
the finger or toe nails of accused per-
sons. This is dome slowly with mall
let.
crucifixion IL a common form OF
punishment. but usually II IL only a
mere accompaniment OF other horrors.
OF all punishments involving cruci-
nxion. the one that delights the oficial
Chinese heart the most is Ling-Chee.
Ling-Chec Is such brilliant result of
ingenious thought that the executioners
rarely nall the man who is to suffer
this form Of punishment to the cross
They fear that the pain from that
might interfere with his enjoyment Of