The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-05-12
FLOGING WITH WATER.
In The Oregon State Penitentiary it
Has Proved Effective.

Portland Oregonian.
The cold water cure has recently
been adopted at the Oregon State
penitcntiary with apparent salts
factory results. For all practical pur-
poses logging has been abandoned.
No rule has been established pro,
hibitinS logging. and ii case should
be presented in which all other pun
ishmcnt failed the lash might be re-
sorted to- but this is contingency
not deemed probable The cold water
cure has been found very effective i'll
some very obstinate cases.
The cold water remedy consists OF
stripping the prisoner to the skin
and turning upon him a cold stream
of cold water from an ordinary gar
den hose. The inhiction of the pun
iishment is not as brutal as hogging,
il leaves no scars or permanent in
juries, and the punishment ends the
moment the water is turned off. \
prisoner who has been subjected to
the punishment once wants no more
of it. though he may be smiling
few moments after the ordeal is
over. Governor Chamberlain ana
prison authorities are highly pleased
over the result of the experiments.
for they have been desirous Of abol-
ishing the whip.
Only one prisoner has been hogged
during this administration. That man
was trusty and had run away, and
upon being captured was given the
penalty always imposed in such cases
I'D 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
orders. He asserted that he didn't
have to work. and wouldn't work He
was taken to the bath room, Stripped
and stood in corner. The first
squirt OF water from the hose brought
out a shrek that was evidence OF the
effectiveness of the remedy. After
irving to dodge the stream OF cold
water the man gave up and began to
beg and make promises. The punish
ment ended. he went to work and
has given no further trouble.
The other prisoner subjected to the
water cure was a 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 penalties
did no good and he was finally warned
that another offence would bring Sc
we're consequences. 4 few days later
he deliberately violated an important
regulation and was sent to the bath
room. He began to beg before the
water struck him and before pallful
of water had been used he was COM
pletely subdued. Before he had
dressed again he was laughing over
the punishment, but his subsequent
conduct has proved that he doesn't
intend receiving a second dose OF
water cure.
There are men in the Oregon peni-
Tertiary who bear fogging scars that
they will carry to their graves. II
is but fair to say that the scars were
not received during this admniStra-
ton. Some OF the men thus punished
are still unconquered and arc perhaps
more vicious and more desperate be-
cause OF the method of inaicting pain.
Many 4 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. Floggng
was degrading to both the prisoner
and the man who inflicted the pun
ishmc,,. 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 cvl
and bruised. The cold water cur.
! leaves. the offending prisoner with il
cleaner body and apparently a more