Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-11
FORMS IF PUNISHMENT
 ARE DESCRIBED
Former Governor Tells Of Modern, Ancient Ways
 Slamesc ENocutiOncrS

An interesting description or a pri son in remote corner of Siam. and of the instruments of torture that were used years ago. is contained ih a letter written by George w P hun' United States minister to Siam and former governor or this state. to an Arizona friend The letter contained four erewsOme photographs Of a Si- amese eXecEtion as it is now carried out b. native executioner with a bis sword. The letter follows in part:
 KoTat is situated cn the tablsland of northeast Siam. one or the most fcrbidding places in the world It. covers many million acres or land. all in the tropics and nearly all jun gle Owing to certain physical req sons. no air currents reach this sec ton and iJ is one Of the hottest places in the world In this dense jungle the tiger. elephant. and mary species of vicious and poisonous snakes live and no doubt will contin- ne 10 live in wild state until the end of' time Korat is abont thirty miles from where the wild elephants still roam. monarch Of all they survey.
 .We Wepe he only wLite p1oPlInin' that tC'vn. ?nd when We went Snt crowds of rs -Fle followed us for some dista~ce No doubt it wGs the first time some cf lhem had ever seen al white skin While there I inspected the prison KO-at is the capital of the s.a-e- or mOnthen as they call it here. We vert into the prison with out any formality and found it rather primitive, surrounded by walls on which are the guards stationed in towers. They climb ID or crude lad ders. which gre taken a-p ae soon as they go on guard After the in- spection they showed us with a grea, deal of pride the cid incfrrme7tq Cf torture that were used years ago. have seen the old instruments of tor tuTe in the Tower of London. but in this out of the way place l saw some cf the most cruel things of torture I have ever come across. As they took pride in showing us the discarded Instruments of torture I realized pri- s0n reform had arrived i1 Siam. for if they used them they would no. De shown with such pride They told ne # was many years since they had been used.
 The first instrument Of torture shown us was a great bamboo ball with spikes driven into it. The vic i'm wps put inside of this ball and then the elephants rolled it along. and in this manner the victim was imrale1 until he died Thas ieThfhi- tion was done. in full view Of the pop uIace to impress them as they d0 i7 Arizona and elsewhere when they hang a man. Then two narrow boxes resembling collins having two small holes in them where ihe victims w"r9 placed and slowly suffOcated- Anoth- cr inst ur1eUt Of horror was large iron hook which was fastened to the lower iav- uC the victim. When the vic-ir. wa hooked n" was hauled up with a rope. and as his weight came on the rope the hook pierced his low CT jaw ard came out at his mouth and he was left to die slow death. An other inst umeut was made " tw" F. mboo pclcs which were fastened over the head. and when ihov were pressed together it pierced the tenn Dles Next we were shown the mod ern instrument. the sword to decani- tate the victim. and as this country still has capital punishment that Is the cmfhod of disDcsing of those con demned to die They have about one execution a month here in Bangkok. I have never and will never witness one as il is quite gTevsome.
 Tho headsman is. ' believe. con fined 10 orc family. and he gets forty ticals. about sixteen dollars if he cuts the head clean off with the first blow, but if it takes two strokes he receives very much less. SO they generally take the head off with the first stroke Tn this respect tle English adviser who was at one lime il that depart ment told me a rather interesting