Evening journal., 1913-01-11
WIFEBEATER
GETS TWENTY
MORE LASHES
Smith, at Post for Second
Time, Takes Punishment
Without Murmer
NO BRUTAL SCENES
VISITORS DECLARE

Two white men and eight colored
men, were whipped at the post in
the County workhouse yard. before
crowd of about fftyf persons. by
Warden Leonard Crawford, this
morning.
The white men were Joseph Smith
and William Woods Smith. is the
man. who was given ten lashes and a
months imprisonment for beating his
wife about two months ago. Evidently
the post had no terror for him, for
he was back again this morning with
a doubled sentence, for the same Of
fence He is one Of the few men who.
have been whipped twice at the post
for the same offence When the court
pronounced sentence on Smith some
time ago, Judge Conrad stated to the
interpreter that it was the mans
second offence and il he came back
again he would not get off so we'll
Officials at the worl1house are now
wondering what effect this morning
whipping will have on the man He
took his twenty lashes without a
quiver and walked with head erect
back to the engine room where the
men who have been whipped are kept
during the whipping The marks of
the lash could be seen on his back,
but no blood was drawn.
William Woods, the other white
man, was given ten lashes for steal
ing three chickens from Martha
Brown, a colored woman He had
been convicted Of larcency in 1904
and again in 1910 and will serve one
year in addition to the whipping ad-
ministered this morning.
Edward Kitchens, a negro. was
given twenty lashes for larceny. He
tried a novel method TO escape pun
ishment, as soon as the first blow was
struck by squirming and kicked up
the dirt around the post, sometimes
hugging the post and at others jump
ing backwards and lunding over, TO
make il appear that he was in terrible
agony The blows we're really lighter
than those given to the white men
and as the big negro was lead away
he was seen to be laughing under the
blanket that was wrapped around
his shoulders and part of his head.
John Collins. a small colored. man,
was given ten lashes. He was badly
frightened when lead into the en-
closure and saw the crowd. AS his
wrists we're being fastened 10 the
post, he looked at Warden Crawford,
tnd said in a most pleading voice,
"Oh Please, Boss. don't hit me toe
hard" His remarks brought a laugh
from the crowd and a smile from the
warden who was not severe and Col
Inns smiled his thanks as he was
led away.
The other prisoners who we're whip
ped were: John Thomas. 10 lashesi
Thomas Lewis. 10 lashes; Samuel
Curtis. 10 lashes: James Bayard, Il
lashes; Albert Gaines.i 10 lashes and
John Robertson. 20 lashes. Robert
son was convicted of stealing a COW
while the other convictions were fol
stealing articles of less value.
That the whipping post has beer
pictured in other States in the Union
as a most brutal punishment and {
relic of barbarious times. was clearly
shown this morning from the con-
NefSdliOn OF ScNeIdl dclOio WhO dl'
playing in Wilmington this week, and
Of course were taking in the whipping
as one Of the interesting features o
Delaware. The visitors expected Il
see the prisoners whipped until the
blood streamed from their backs oi
they fell In a faint When the visitors
saw the first man whipped and tho
light strokes that were applied b.
the warden who did not bend his
arm they were very much astonished
and quickly changed their opinion o.
the post While coming from the
workhouse on the car one man was
heard to say that his opinion of the
whipping post was entirely changed
that the punishment was not bruta
and that he approved Of the form o
punishment