Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-05-17
FLoeeINe WITH COLD WATER.
In the Oregon State Penitentiary Il
Has Proved Effective.


Has Proved Effective.
The cold water cure has recently
been adopted at the Oregon state peni-
tentiary, with apparently satisfactory
results. For all practical purposes
flogging has been abandoned. No rule
has been established prohibiting fog
ging, and If a case should be present.
ed in which all other punishment fail
ed, the lash might be resorted to, but
this Is contingency not deemed prob
able. The cold water cure has been
found effective in some very obstinate
cases.
The cold water remedy consists Of
stripping the prisoner to the skin and
turning upon him stream Of cold
water from an ordinary garden hose.
The infiiction Of the punishment Is not
as brutal as fiogging, 1t leaves no scars
nor permanent injuries, and the pun
ishment ends the moment the water Is
turned off. A prisoner who has been
subjected to the punishment once,
wants no more of 1t, though he may
be smiling within few moments after
the ordeal is over. Governor Chamber
lain and the prison authorities are
highly pleased over the result Of the
experiments, for they have been desir-
Gus Of abolishing the whip.
Only one prisoner has been fiogged
during this administration. The 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 the shops but refused to obey or
ders. He asserted that he didn't have
to work, and wouldn't work. He was
taken to the bathroom, stripped and
stood in a corner. The first spurt Of
water from the hose brought out
shrek that was evidence Of the ef-
fectiveness 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 prom
ises. The punishment ended, he went
to work, and has given no further
trouble.
The other prisoner subjected to the
water cure was white man. For sew
eral months he had been giving trou-
BILE, and seemed to find enjoyment in
disobeying rules. even when he. gained
nothing by it. Small penalties did no
good, and he was finally warned that
another offense would bring severe con-
sequences. A few days later he DELHI
erately violated an important regula-
ton and was sent to the bathroom. he
began to beg before the water struck
him, and before a pailful Of water had
been used he was completely subdued.
Before he had dressed again he was
laughing over the punishment, but his
subsequent conduct has proved that he
doesn't intend receiving second dose
of the water cure.
There are men in the Oregon peni-
1 tenllary WHO pSdT hoSSilS SSoI eA1e5S
they will carry to their graves. It 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 because OF
the method of inflicting 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. Flogging was degrading to both
the prisoner and the man who impos-
ed the punishment. The prisoner was
stripped and bound and flogged until.
In many instances, the blood flowed
down his back. Not so with the wa
ter cure. The prisoners are not bound
nor cut and bruised. The cold water
cure leaves the offending prisoner with
cleaner body and apparently a more
peaceful mind.-Portland Oregonian.
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