The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-08-24
AWFUL CHINESE ToRTUREs.
Crueltics Tractit i,
BY Celestials ON Prisoners

tGod-Curd,ing Cruelti,-s T'ractit 4
By Celestials on Prisoners.
Chinese milinary discipline is
something fierce, according to DIR.
A. l.. Shelton, of Anthony, Kan,
who has just returned as a mis-
sionary from the land of the pig
Tail. The doctor tells this blood
cordling story OF the cruelty prac-
ticed upon a good friend of his who
was mayor in the Chinese army
Three companies of Chinese SOL
ulers under the majors command,
put stationed in a distant city, re-
oelied and deserted taking their
arms and AMIN unition. AS the
Chinese army is in the main made
up of men who accept the service
IN place OF penal sentence, the
hna1,,g nost rigid rules are enforced
heartlessly to get a minimum of
service and discipline They are
paid the equivalent of $2.4O a
month on which they must sub
slst- To them starvation is al
ways imminent and a dead dog or
mule or other animal, even when
dead of disease, is greedily cooked
and eaten.
The major was held response
pie for the rebellious troops, and
only the intercession of the com
VINO got down on his knees and
begged for the life of his subordi-
nate to the civil governor, saved
his head.
me punishment was modified to
dismissal from the army and 900
rght blows from a small paddle
Ihe paddle used is from one to one
ahd half inches wide, eighteen in
os o9es Fond and probably the eighth
oi an lnch thick. In administering
IL the thighs are barred. and light
even blows are struck on the tbicI
Iiesh between the hip and the knee
sne victim lying PROSTATE on his
lace. The paddle is used with a
sort or flip and for some time
makes no impression: 500 blows
makes the flesh red and puffy. l.
QUO brings the flesh to ielly,like
consistency, and 1000 mark the
llnllt or torture a strong man NAV
endure and live
often gangrene sets in and the
VIcIlm dies; with the best of treat
ment it is months before the n,an
padded can use his legs naturally
In the case of the major the flesh
sfoughed Off his thigh an inch and
a half deep, five inches braod and
seventy inches long. He expected
70 get well btu his legs wonId aI-
ways be crippled. The rebeIIjons
troops We're pursued, 200 of them
we're Killed and the balance of them
IGrought TO camp for beheading
Eighteen OF the soldiers were given
s"ords and required to cut easbes
IN the flesh of their captain who
Was vas unable to prevent their rebel,
non then they were beheaded he
rore the captain.
To stimulate other officars e.
greater zeal in handling their mon
sne captain was then taken In
nand by the Official executionsr
VINO had bound him to a stake for
me me men to cash with swords
Win Keen knife the lips Of the
captain were sliced off then his
nose later his eyelids were cut off
ana MS eweballs were exposed to
sne pitiless sun. After a few bours
tue kin of the forehead was cnt
away and allowed to drop over
ene blinded eyes, hanging by the
Saner edges. Then later the
TIeasts We're cut off, all but the
SKIN at the lower edge. and al
lowed to hang; if the victim snr-
vLved that. and the captain did.
ehen the flesh covering the bowls /,
was cut away anda lowed tn hang
apron fashion while the wind and |
sun dried and the flies and yermin
Ieo upon the blood of cut flesh In
ths case the captain long uncon-
sclous died with disembowling: in
tsS ss where man survives that, /
Snen knife is plunged in the
- hart at the end of the day of horri-
oie torture. Kansas Journal.