The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-17
Where the Lash Brought Wealth.

OF a sound logging BY xae founder
There recently died IN san Francisco
John Magee, one OF the wealthiest resi-
dents Of that city OF millonaires John
aIagees immense fortune came original
~ as a result OF 3 fogging which he
received in san Jose Guatemala in
1874 In that year -dasee was a British
consular agent in san jose He fen out
with the military commander there one
Colonel Gonzales. Gonzales threatened
and stormed. but Magee defea m
nhereGpou the colonel took Magee from
his consulate, Ignoring the protection Of
the British flag. and ordered him 70 b
fiogged for his contumacy. he got sixty
lashes on his bare back and then was
thrown into prison.
A British man-of-war came steaming
into the harbor OF san Jose and a
wrathful man was her commander. He
demanded that Magee De delivered over
TO him Immediately, under penalty OF
blowing the town sky high. Nagee was
given up but that did not close the in
eident. Unless an apology for the insult
to the British flag was made ifnme date
I " by the government OF Guatemala, the
flag saluted and an indemnity paid 10
Adagee the British government threaten
Z ed direful things. Guatemala appealed
to the United States, bur this country
replied that the Monroe doctrine did not
lies in committing such outrages as that
perpetrated by Col. Gonzales and Qua
temala was advised TO comply with The
\ Just British demands. Thereupon the
government of Guatemala offered 10 pay
4 to Magee $4,000, $500 for every lash
he had received. The apology and the
salute Of the British flag were also FORTH
coming.
I Another California family. now pcs
sessed of great wealth, can trace the be-
! ginning of its fortune 10 an almost
/ similar occurrence. In the time Of the
Teeping rebellion Patrick O'Brien was
missionary IN China he was arrested
by the governor of Yeh on a trumpet
up charge of corresponding with the
rebels and publicly fogged with BAN
boo rods. Then he was put in a
cage and exposed to the jeers and IN
suits of the populace. Finally he was al
lowed to escape to the coast. he
thereupon came to this country and
laid his case before the authorities in
Washington This government demand
ed from China that TO the reverend
gentleman be paid an indemnity of o.
900. After considerable delay AMI
much haggling the Chinese government
paid the amount. and thus another for
tune was started.
Early in the nineteenth century Robert
Jefferson was a sailor on board a Brit
ish man-of-war. Now. Robert was
thirsty soul and had a weakness for beer
Capt. W Lake, the commander OF the
man-of-war had barrel OF beer on
board which he bad designed to drink
himself. but Robert siyly tapped the bar
rel and had "still on for several days
much to the wonder of the officers Of the [
ship, who could not imagine how he got I
it. Finally the captain examined his /
barrel of beer, and found that q large I
portion of its contents was missing. He
did not wait to go through the Formally 1
of a court-martial but Immediately or /
dered Jeffrey TO be fiogged Jeffrey took /
the hogging. but tire atened TO report /
the matter to the naval authorities-as
was his legal right.
Capt. Lakes anger having cooled. he /
perceived ne had got himself into a 4
scrape. If Jeffrey reported the matter /
the captain was in for a court martial.
He foolishly determined to make a bad
matter worse by getting rid of Jeffrey.
The ship was then cruising i'll the West
Indies As soon as she was ordered
home the captain sailed TO the unin-
nabited island of Sombrero, one Of the
small outlying islands of the Lesser An
TILES, and there ''marooned' the thirsty
sailor. After undergoing fearful priva-
tons on Sombrer0. jeffrey was rescued
by an American trading vessel which saw
his signals, and taken to the United
States. From New York he worked his
way back to England ard laid his case
before the naval authorities. His cause
was taken up by Sir Francis Burdett
father of Baroness Burdett-Coutts. Cap
tain Lake was made TO pay to Jeffrey
s. 900 damages and was, moreover. tried
by court-martial and dismissed from the
service.
In 1881 William Henry Barber. a Lon
don lawyer, was convicted OF forgery .
and sentenced to a long term IN one of
the British penal settlements While un- ,
iergoing sentence ne was logged for
some triflng infraction Of discipline. He E
never held up his head again. and though / /
after four years his innocence OF the
rhine for which he had been transport
ID was established. II was but the wreck =
If man who returned 10 England 70 /
eceive the congratulations Of his !
friends. 1t was the logging that had
)roken his heart. Parliament, as a slight { r
compensation for the chastisement to :
which he had been subjected, voted him b
q. 600. r
Within a few months after the Barber {
ase had been made public another inno- p
ent convict was found working IN the Il
hain gang on Norfolk Island He was :
former shopkeeper named Dunno. He u
vas at once pardoned, but thar did not ( =
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.een fogged. As salve for his sore back. =
he Australian eolonists raised si0g4 b.
Inscription and presented il 10 ain s.
)unne said that he never again wanted ii
o see England, so he settlei 81
own as q Sheep farmer IN Australia
lie invested his $1,000 80 well that when
g died, twenty years ago. he was pos Of
assed OF a large fortune. al Of which
e lett TO Charity. In
There is no weather family in Russia =.
han the Iapukins Of Ustlich mine / II
wners and bankers. A 1ogging with ! II
be kn0ut bestowed upon The beautiful / n
nd accomplished actress Nine. | -
ipukin, the ancestress OF the family
I'd the foundation for the immense for cr
me Of her descendants. tn
Nine. Lapukin fell under the dspleas-
- Of the cruel and INDECENT Czarina ii
lizsbetn. the last Of the direct line or
le house OF Romanof ESizaoeth had
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arket place Then the uuhap pr fadvss ~
ngue was torn Out and she vas ban
ned to Siberia. Ehzabeths successor "A
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n Punishment when he sscended the
rome. and bestowed upon her over sse-
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ously valuable estates and nEinlnz az
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