The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-09-10
BETTER THAN FLocoIMo.


The cold-Waker cure has recently been
adopted at the Oregon state penitentiary
with apparently satisfactory results.
For all practical purposes nogging has
been abandoned. No rule has been es.
tablished prohibiting nogging. and il
q case should be presented in which al
other punishment failed the lash might
be resorted to, but this is a contingency
not deemed probable The coid-water
cure has been found effective il some
very obstinate cases, says the Portland
Oregonian.
The cold-water remedy consists Of
stripping the prisoner to the skin and
turning upon him q stream Of cold
water from an ordinary garden hose.
The infection Of the punishment is not
as brutal as fiogging, it leaves no scars
nor permanent injuries, and the pun
ishment ends the moment the water IL
turned on. A prisoner who has been
subjected to the punishment once
wants no more Of It, though he may
be smiling within a few moments aft
er the ordeal is over. Gov. Chamber
lain and the prison authorities are.
highly pleased over the result of the
experiments, for they have been de-
sirous Of abolishing the whip.
Only one prisoner had been logged
during this administration That man
was trusty and had run away, and
upon being captured was given the
penalty always imposed In such cases
up to that time. Since then two pris-
oners have been punished with the
cold-water remedy. One Of them was
a big, burly negro. When he came to
the prison he was assigned to work in
tho shops, but refused to obey orders.
He asserted that he didn't have to
work, and wouldn't work. He was
taken to the bathroom, stripped, and
stood in corner. The first squirt OF
water from the hose brought out a
Shrek that was evidence of the ef-
fectiyeness Of the remedy. After try
Ing for half minute to dodge the
stream of cold water, the man gave up
and began to beg and make promises
The punishment ended, he went to
work, and has given no further trou-
Bile.
The other prisoner subjected to the
water cure was white man. For
several months he had been giving
trouble and seemed to find enjoyment
| in disobeying rules, even when he
gained nothing by it. Small penal
ties did no good, and he was finally
warned that another offense would
bring severe consequences. A few
days later he deliberately violated an
important regulation and was sent
to the bathroom. He began to beg be-
fore the water struck him, and before
pailful of water had been used ne
was completely subdued. Before he
had dressed again he was laughing over
the punishment, but his subsequent
conduct has proved that he doesn't in
tend receiving second dose of water
cure
There are men in the Oregon peni-
Tertiary who bear fiogging scars that
they will carry to their graves. 1t. is
but fair to say that the scars were not
received during this administration.
Some of the men thus punished are
still unconquered, and are perhaps
more vicious and more desperate be-
cause Of the method of inficting pain.
Many prisoner has sworn that If he
ever gets an opportunity he will take
the life of the officer who laid the lash
across his back. FIogging was de-
grading both to the prisoner and the
man who imposed the punishment. The
prisoner was stripped and bound and
logged until, in many instances, the
blood flowed down his back. Not so
with the water cure. The prisoners
are not bound nor cut and bruised.
The cold-water cure leaves the of
tending prisoner with cleaner body
and apparently moro peaceful mind.