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

siovenly habits, took counsel with an
old herb woman. and by her direction,
picked some poisonous herb on the
mountain with which she successfully
poisoned her husband. father -in-law
and brother-in-iaw. She has been ex-
ecuted by the slow process. Rescript:
Lot the board OF punishment take
note.
The criminal IL fastened to cross
and then the executioner with a
knife sharp as razor. slices of handfuls
OF the feshy parts Of the body, such as
the thighs and breasts. After this he re-
moves the joints. and the excrescences of
the body one by one--the nose and ears
fingers and toes. Then the limbs are cut
OF piecemeal at the wrists ana ankles
the elbows and knees, the shoulders and
hips. Finally the victim Is stabbed to the
heart and his head cut on. OF course. I'M
less the process Is very rapidly carried
out the man Is dead before II Is com
plesed. but II he has many friends who
are able TO bride the executioner. ne Is
either drugged beforehand with opium
or else the stab to the heart Is surrepti-
tiously given after the first few strokes,
A variation OF the slow and painful
death" IL thus described by NJ. Hue, In his
Journey Through the Chinese Empire.
The executioner puts hts hand into
"a covered basket In which are num-
Der OF knives marked with the names
OF the various limbs and parts OF the
body. and ORA wing out one at random.
he cuts on the part indicated from the
the body OF the victim. The relatives
generally sndeavor In such cases TO
shorten the unfortunate creatures SUI
fsrings by giving money 70 the cSecu-
nossssle the knife destined TO be
plunged into the heart
Henry Norman thus portrays the Chit
nese method OF executing pirates;
The execution is fixed at 40. 40 At
the Guide Gomez for US At shsmcen,
the foreign quarter OF Canton, ana
our chairs carry US rapidly through
the noisy alleys OF the native city.
Until we get close to the spot there
IL no sign % anything unusual, There
suddenly we run into a tamtned crowd
at the end OF . long and particularly
marrow street The chair coolies, now
sys EYER sssnsss nser s'sn ~. nv" np,,I we " are
brought up by huge pair OF wooden
gates guarded by little group OF
soldiers To hear these men talk You
would suppose that they would die
then and there rather than 60 let you
pass. but the production OF a couple
q decent pieces WORKS ",ssa sr,s an, ana
ing 10 stop the rush % natives that fol-
lows and carries us hcfore II risht INTO
the middle % the open space II ~
hare rIece 90 ground nfty yards long
~ a aosen wi3e. between two houses
whose blank ~alis hem Il On three
sides. To-day u Is The execution
aryins ground Of "A peter who hves
thers Thers IL 30 platform. No ropra
~ space nethins bat THIS nsss eit
that We are forced into the middle
rot more than four feet from what
u % take place u u useless 70 Try %
get further oT Here we are and here
wc must ss0r
suddenly the gates sro thrown 0rea
again ana welcomed ny a hCNi % de-
light fNaua the crowd strange and
Ia
FIRST 4 fs~ raEamuy1n soldiers max
ms hne prctcnse - riesriNs the way.
victims " small shallow BASKETS
siBng so hAmhosa poles ~ sncu a.
each pair reaches the rnidl - thr
space they stoop aud patch teolr "
ing burden Nut anA run 90 The pts
onar- arr chained hand and foot AMI
psrgectN helpless The eSecBfioucr
stands Is ana roints 90, where each
load ls Go no dumped We 90 dressed
sNaetlN as any other rc,7{ie Present.
without eul tadge az ohi-u whatever.
The condemned men have each a Ions
stuck inta MS pigtaHt upcn this ts
written bis crime and the warrant %
execution one after another thcY
Frs0sssi @',' never Ss end How asaa5 Ssa
there Nes This - rcrhaps mare than
We have tarSaiacd for AZ last over
hats ~ fwo petty uanaArlns ami aa-
hind them the gateS are shat The
tale % men is nfteen ana the sxecu-
toner has arranged them 10 two rNNs
about two yards apart all facing Que
waV All except one seem perfectly
calicus and he has probably been
dragged attn opium a last privilege
which a. prisoners friends can always
obtain ry bribery They "a -hapEe -e-
MARKS some % them evidently ohAG.
With the spectators. ana one man vas
carried IN singing, and kept up his
strain almost 70 the last.
The execstioners-thers are NOW I'VE