Washington sentinel., 1901-02-16
Mans cruelty 90 Mar.
New PeRHy II ga=tHe,

NeU PeWHY ~ gd=Hc'
Th most prominent building IN
rhe ancient city OF Nuremourg IS
the castle. 1t stands upon a pre-
c,prtous ledge Of rock. AID rs two
towers overlook a singular sea OF
red rooted. irregularly built
houses. One # these towers served
asa prison; the other. called the
Funieckigt Tower, its wa Is form
,ng an irregular peotagon, was
used for torture. 1t is so old as
10 antedate the castle itseli, and
contained a VeTitabls museum OF
horrors until 1t was purchased bv
The Earl OF Shrewsbury and Tai
bot, in whose possession the relics
now are. The wheel"
was made of stout wood with
fanges on the rims at certain inter
walls. The man was fastened, tace
upwards, to the rungs of ladder.
when the wheel was run over him
backwards and forwards more or
less heavily, the fsnges pene,rat-
ing the flesh. The Chair OF Tor
ture" is a piece OF heavily made
furniture, studded over in the seat
and elbows with wooden blunt
topped spikes. o it the victim
was tightly bound, and IN short
time discomfort began TO manifest
itself, and increased until it became
unbeaTable. During its continu
snce the torture was enhan ced IN
various ways by means Of Wedpes
inserted between the legs'until the
skin burst, or screws applied to
the thumbs until the blood burst
forth. The maiden" was coun-
terfeit presentment OF a YounP
woman, but ner limbs we're cast in
an oaken mold, and woe to him
who experienced her fearful en-.
brace! She was constructed IN
three parts, the 'front.' two swinging
on hinges. and these doors were
studded with stIlettoes so placed
that the enclosed victim would he
pierced in his most vital parts,
The 6endlsh ingenuity OF the fig
ure was enhanced oy the position
Of the two uppermost stilettoes,
which were so arranged as 20 pene
trate the eyes.
Though offenders were usually
| confined in the prison tower, the
unhappy wretch condemned to
death by the "Maiden" spent the
night before execution in her COM
pany. Taking his las; look at the
light OF day, his last breath OF the
tree air of heaven, he entered from
the ramparts a narrow doorway in
the FIVE sided tower, and bV wind
ing stair gained the torture chan
ber--a low room some nine feet
each way. Profound gloom added
to the horror Of the place, but as
the eye grew accustomed 10 its
surroundings the dim light that
filtered through the narrow sits
which served as windows revealed
the shrouded form Of the
Maiden" Within a couple oil
PAGES was a sort OF a pen, where,
stretched upon a miserable pallet,
the heavily manacled prisoner got
such repose as his racked limbs
and fearful snticipations permitted q
Es~aPG was impossible; no des-
pairing scream, no groan OF an
guish could penetrate the immense
thickness OF the walls. The soil.
tude was irightfull Imaginatioy
pictures the condemned man awaR-
ing from nightmare dreams = a
iull consciousness oil his position.
The ie Y feeble rays Of lIgbf'slant-
ing from above just showed in
| CHASTITY outliDe the awfUl form that
with sightless eyes watched and
waited! a new daY dawned, the
city woke to busv lie, and by and
bye ths,minions of the law visited
the condemned cell The poor
wretch was dragged from hIs bed,
he Maiden's" arms opened. and
he was thrust within them Then,
Sc :ond by second. slowly but
surely, those fatal arms closed
upon him; and, the deed OF blood
cousumma1eJ, a trap door fell, and
his mangleu remains descended to
he sepulchre be ow.