The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-09


him up. Between his efforts to fan he
managed to tell the magistrate that he
himself had seen the men in his store,
and he could not be mistaken in their
identity.
Give that man there five, No. 245,' said
the magistrate at last, as he pointed to
the end man of the three, who was near
est to the policeman.
The policeman rolled up his flowing
sleeve and reached into a corner VIII re
there was a club, which the correspond
ent had taken for a cane, and was as big
around as the heavy end of abilliard cue
IL was four feet long at least and was
a most formidable weapon Il was lust
as heavy as it looked, too. No. 2i5 picked
1t up and stepped 10 the rail At the
same instant the other Chinese nOlice
man got hold Of the pigtail OF the man
who was to receive the I'VE, and with his
plgtall in one hand and one leg in the
other he stretched him fiat on the ffoor..
Another policeman came in and sat on
the man S feet, while the one who had the
plgtail sat on his shoulders.
No. 245 waited, the club was poised in
his hand high over his head while the
man who sat on the prisoners feet drew
the mans trousers taut No. 245 half
squatted and down came the club across
the buttocks of the prisoner with force
enough, it seemed, to drive him through
the floor. The man let out shrek that
was echoed by the other two who real-
lied what was in store for them He
tried to struggle, but the man on his
shoulders took a grip on the back of his
neck and ground his face in the floor to
hold him still Again the club came
down on the poor wretch and he shrleked
and struggled his companions roar
ed in anticipating agony.
The magistrate and the court officials
watched impassively. The spectators one
of whom was a woman correspondent
had creepy sensations as the bIow-came
again The two waiting. victims Jumped
and writhed almost as much as the man
who was being punished at the sound of
'la rI1f
it kept up Il continual yelling that was
heard far outsidGS the yamen walls A
fourth time 245 squared off. This time
he spat on his hands to get a better
| grip on the club and he threw all of his
muscle into the blow Once more e245
brought it up and Welted it down and
! the wretch's punishment so far as beat
ing was concerned, was over No. 245
| stepped back and the policeman who had
held the mans head got up and pulled
the prisoner by the pigtail, an indication
| that he might get up.
THE OTHER TWO CATCH IT.
Tt was plain that getting up was a, pain
full operation. The man first dragged his
legs up until his knees were under him
and then he slowly raised himself by his
| hands. This took a moment or two and
as the magistrate had not spoken a ray
of hope could be seen in the faces of the
other two men. But they were not to es-
cape. No 1 was hardly up when the
magistrate nodded to the policemen grain
! and the pigtail of the second was grabted
by one man, the feet by another and his
face disappeared with a look of agony
on it.
The policemen who did the holding
| squatted on him as they had squatted in
the other and as he had already began
yelling before he was hit the man at the
| head whipped around the queue that he
held and drew it tight in the mouth of
| the prisoner as a bit is put in the mouth
| OF horse. 1t was gag that prevented
| the victim from saying anything but
! didn't prevent him from shrieklng No
| 245 stepped to the front With impa ssiye
| down the club on the second man. This
man struggled more than the first and it
was-alI that the policeman on his feet
| could Go to keep there.
not yet been touched jumped clear of the
! floor His face was turned appealingly
| first to that of the magistrate and then
| to that of the complainant and he roared
out in Chinese ~ GU know didn t do it..
| You know I didn't do 1t.
No. 2's five blows over, he lay pros
trate moaning and shouting after the po-
liceman had got up from his body. It
! duce him to get up and even after he
was on his knees he appeared to be
! ready to tumble down again. No. 245' s
/ impression had not changed during the
he put aside his club while he rolled that
| Up again.
In the meantime another nod from the
magistrate had sealed the fate of the
had him down, yelling, shouting and
struggling, alternating his appeals to
the magistrate with curses at the COM
| plainant who now looked as if he wished
| he had not made the complaint Five
times more the club came down. each
! time with a force that made the man
| who welded it grunt. No. 3 had the bene-
fit of the whipping that the other two