Evening journal., 1905-02-11
MERCURY At IS
TEN WHIPPED
Father and Brother of Whites S
Victim Saw Him Given
Twenty Lashed
.PILLORIED IN THE BOILER ROOM

From an engine room with a tempera-
ture Of over GO degrees TO a jail yard
where the best the mercury could do was
Is degrees was the experience of two OF
the ten prisoners, whipped at the New
Castle County Workhouse this morning
The whipping today was the result OF
sentences imposed by the present session
of the Corut Of General Sessions and the
lashes numbered from 10 TO 40, according
70 the extent Of thee rime committed.
owing to this intense cold Warden
Meserve arranged the stocks within the
engine room attached to the institution
and here four of the culprits, James King,
Daniel Hector, the Voodoo Doctor; VIII
liam Ryan and james King, stood for an
hour each as a part Of their corporal
punishment. 1t was the intention OF Mr..
Meserve to whip the men in the engine
room but the crowd was so great that 1t
was impossible to admit them and he con-
oluded to let the exercises take place in
the enclosure adjoining.
Father and Brother Present.
AL 1.-The men were brought from their
quarters in the work house and were
taken through the tunnel into the en-
closure wrapped in blangets and as they
were fastened to the post gloves were
placed about their hands. The spectators
numbering about 100 stood about and
shivered while me lash was applied with
vigor upon the bare backs of the crimi-
nails. About $50 persons who had come out
early TO witness the whipping, upon find
| ing that it would not take place until
noon returned to the city before that
hour. Considering the severity with which
the lash was applied and the coldness OF
the atmosphere the prisoners stood their
punishment remarkably we'll
Lined up along the censsnt walk in the
prison enclosure and directly back Of the
whipping post was the father and brother
of Miss Elizabeth Snyder the young wo-
man who was help up in Bartram's paper
store on East Seventh street by Alfred
White, the thug robbing the cash register
of sl2 in money.
As each Of the twenty lashes fell upor
Whites back a smile Of satisfaction
spread over the face of Miss Snyder'l
relatives although beyond the usua
squirming the victim showed but little in
dications of suffering.
pII Get Forty Moro.
William Ryan. colored, received tn
heaviest sentence Of the lot, he beinl
placed in the pillory for an hour and re
ceiving forty lashes we'll laid on. Pan Il
burly negro and as he was re.ease,
from the post he broke into a laugh an'
said III get forty more next time
Among the prisoners whipped was VIII
liam Postles. middle aged colored MAJ
who received ten lashes for the larceny o
tfree mackerel. valued at twenty-sevei
cents. AS the leather thongs fell upon hi
back he groaned several times but uttere,
no outcry. John Wilson. colored whl
received ten lashes, smiled complacentl,
as the feathers touched his bare skin.
Those Who Suffered.
The following is the list Of those VIII
were punished this morning and tn
crimes for which they were sentenced
Daniel West, colored, larceny. one yea
and ten lashes; Thomas Carol. white
larceny, five months and ten lashes; AL
fred White, white. robbery, six years an
( twenty lashes; Joseph Smith, white, tw
q charges Of larceny, six months and te
{ lashes; William Ryan, colored, highwa
] robbery, one hour in the pillory. fort
5 lashes and five years; John w. Newman
. colored, larceny, ten lashes and 81
months; James King breaking into tn
= Rev. W. C. Hursts home in Newport, on
hour in the pillory and five years; Alonz
Green, colored, house breaking one hou
in the pillory, twenty lashes and six year
Daniel Hector, fraudulenty obtainin
money, one hour in the pillory. and min
months; John Wilson, colored, larcen,
ten lashes and six months; Neil johnson
coolred, larceny, ten lashes and thre
: months.
Among the spectators were several pei
n sons from Camden, Philadelphia, ChestC
r and Kennett Square besides seceral men
f bers Of thratical troupes now in the cit,
= Levy Court Commissioner Logue was
attendance at the punishment which wa
Z the first of the kind he had ever seen