Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-10-17
DEATH BY BOILING
The Way Poisoners Fared In the
Old Days In England.
TORTURE FOR MINOR CRIMES.
MutIistIon ussd to Bs . Fsvorits Form
d Punishment. and the slsndsrsr's
Tongue Was piueksd out--Ths Pen.
atty For High Treason.

sVt For Nt0N treason.
In these morciful days. when u man
who publishes a iibcl on the king cs
capcs with few months imprison.
ment, Il seems scarcely credible that
az late as 1870 tho punishment oriain
ed by the law for high treason was
that tho offender should he drawn ON
hurdle 10 the place of execution aud
there should be banged by tho neck
until bc was dead that then his head
should be severed from his body, that
his body be divided Into four quarters
and that his head and quarters he nj
the disposal ~ the crown
Aud this was by no mems the worst
fate that might hefall n criminal In the
so called good old days" M one John
Roose cook OF Henry Iiiis dny
found TO his cost l,ooSc was convict
ed OF the beinous crime Of putting pol
son Ia the broth intended for the faml,
ly of no less reverend pcrsonnsc than
the bishop " Rochester For sach
NtthV HuukiuNs uIHNlUk Nuh
Ing war too mercifuI punishment
Something lingering with boiling oil
or NJ least wafer was decided to he the
punishment that best Ii,ird the crime
and with thls object n speclnl act Of
parliament was passed ordnlnlng boil
Ing alive as the punishment FOR this
felony. John Roosc expialrd his sins
In u cnuldron Of hot wnler aud n few
years later. IN i3i., unc Margaret ba,,
met the same fate ui SmlIht".d
so sravcly was the crime uf poison
Ing regarded In there days OF old that
II IN recorded. u Scotsman. unc Thomas
Belle. mud his son were hanlshcd 70,
iifc for administering poison 10 a eon
ple VI noisy hens belonging 10 II neigh
bor.
These were Indeed days when th.
mnn Of Violent temper or criminal
tendencies must operate wnrly, II by
any cvil chance he cnme to blows aud
drew blood within the prccincIs OF the
kings pnlac he was Inevitably con
demncd tu LOSE bis right hand and u
statute OF Henry YIN regulated the
whole vrcwsonie renmoay with all
Its fupctionnrics. from the surgeon who
was 70 anpu,ate the attending mem
her. 10 the individual, WIN Used TIT
searins irons. the ,riuian oi the scnl
lery who umdr the lrnis red hot ~
hia tirr mud the sergeant ~ tie rellni
VINO wns provided with n Hi nf red
wliie 10 give the sane l,nity after ILL.,
hand " so stricken ufr nnd tie stump
scnred
Nulilntiun was u taNorl,r form III,
Iun.shmen, ~ thNc good uld days
following 10 doulh Tie Scr,liurnl i,ea
atty mn eye tur M eve RIld n tW'ib
for n tuoill THUS lm' >mndricrs
tongue was lhilc'l oui 81 tia, he
could NJ lraM inter sinnde ilu more.
and he who hcs,r,yvd the >lahi uf II
onr eyed mali bst bath his "wn eyes
l,y The Coventry Act N I,u Ilme ut
charles II any prtson whu shnnti ma
liciouslA .pui "lt tie eve. Ill, tue nose
or di4nble nnt illnh 81 au'tlrr with IN
teut 10 iiil,m ~ uisNgurc hiu Was .,
pay ,ur the wrong wilh his HE. Bi
another ncl the ulnn who fought With
weapons IN 4 church had pGe of his
ears cut on Il nc hud 1llrcady losl
both csis ~ many u linlclactor lad
nv was branded IN the rhc,'k With the
letter ~
.Bynu net OF ,!ren Ellsubtths reign
the foigrr was condemned TO stand IN
the plllufy, to have his cu~ cut Ufr by
the common bnngman, his nostlils sill
up and scared and 10 be- imprisone,
for llfc, and by statute OF James |