The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-25

was a sufferer from govt The brutes
then bound up his toes and fingers with
tin wire, cutting deep into the flesh.
drove pins under the nails and exploded
small quantities of powder in his ears.
| Then they rubbed salt and vinegar into
his wounds, gagged him and then left
him half dead on his doorstep.
The Manchurian natives have the repu-
| tation OF being very fond of children.
while, like most Chinese, the children
bear great love and veneration for their
elders. The Cars soldiers untllize these
! traits TO increase the yellow mans bur
| den. A particularly unprintable story
| comes from some place in the interior,
north of Kharbin, where children and
| parents were tortured separately in adj
| joining rooms, that the torments of each
| must be increased by the knowledge OF
| the atrocities visited upon the others. The
| old folks were finally hanged to a beam
! in the ceiling under their arms and in
! theis position had to listen to the outcries
of their little ones. In conclusion a cloth.
weighted on both sides. was thrown about
their neck TO force man and woman to
stick out their tongue. Only when each
soldier had stuck pin in tie tongue of
each suffer the scoundrels departed
Leading Manchuria by the nose is The
name of playful amusement, most pop
ular among the Cars men. A party of
natives, men. women and children, are
stood up in a row and as many nippers
as there are noses are procured. The
nippers are heated in the fire. the heath
ems ~ noses ares eized in the jaws of the
instruments Of torture and the victims are
made TO follow the conquerors through
the room.
The Ficeroy has, il is reported. ordered
that natives must not be sent into the
streets. Many of his excellency's soldiers
seem to conclude from this that in the
fouse every dignity may be visite dupon
ne Cars new subjects with immunity.
Men and women are frequently forced to
stand by the open hearth until their
clothes catch fire and they must needs
gcb to be relieved OF them. From one
place IT was reported that natives were
cr;leied to lean over the fire until the
eggs placed into their hands are done
1t is death to these Unfortunates to
4 ''A' 10 '~hN tlAt itltIA 2tt A--es WIN
the food supply of the Cars army shall
be executed says the Viveroy's law
and compliance with the soldiers cruel
and wanton demands means excruciasing
torture or Gripping for life.
\ punishment not accounted among the 1
cruel is that called smoking the ma
tives." The victims are hung under their I
arms In thee Kinney or fiue. there to be 4
smoked like hams or beef, care being /
taken that the fire IS kept low. bundles 1
of wet straw or hay being fed TO the 4
flames In many instances the victims I
atife, Of course.
y certain Cossack officer earned quite 4
4 reputation as 2 humorist among his saw
age comrades on account Of the Jokes"
he plays on the natives. When not all
the whisky and money ne thinks a house
should contribute has been furnished he
takes. upon his departure. a piece OF
burning charcoal from the hearth. presses
it into the hand OF the host and holds it
there with his own gloved fist until it
burns out. This Russian civilizer is known
throughout Manchuria as the "hand-de-
strcyor"
The following awful torture IS called
death 10 the pis-tail."
The hair Of the head and beard IS torn
out in punches. dnany every bit OF hair
5 removed from the victims breast. arms
md less By pincers. Wee to those who
endure the torture and without appealing
FOR mercy. The Russian viii invariably
NIB red pepper in the tiny wounds for
remembrance sake" as the phrase gees.
The Imagination Of sworn torturer'
4 the middle AGES IS like had BOYS play
with the inventive spirit Of the
'rlel Aiuscoyite conquarer- Here is
1pecimen punishment almost too rendszh
o believe. The victim Is ordered 70 put
N pair Of Russian boots. soaked with
ID and TAT So atIi-eI he .. she IS placed
N the hearth a.I questioned as 70 TIE
money supposed 10 he hl3den. The are
'riss ~ the boots uuln they become as
lavd as stone. i-6i-ttnE the nest an
'earaeio pain Upoa the v5earer. E1,ess the
oid-crs wishes are compiled win The ma
I've is forced 20 vear the boots Gay ard
.iSht until the feet and iegs are attacked
y gzrgre1e-
Tie Russians adoptsd the ro-z.esp tor
ure from their Chinese czezales adm F.
rcved % g. II certain plscs near the
Siberian frontier. Fich merchant. TeIas-
ag To give up ne wealth. vas seated n
be center II q room With ar irsn ring
tudded with sharp irons on The inside.
round his reck
The rinS was fasts1ed u TIE walls by
oar strings which compelled ihe victim
o hold his neck sir and straight as 9Th :
TV.ss TIE th0rzs would snts- IN Eesh &
h feE4i IN torture vas Kept NJ - tsc 8
sys and as many nights Duriug hat ,
inc the exhausted vsctlsn fen assssp s.
gain and again. BAT 2z.i at ole elsa Of {