Evening star., 1945-10-19
Wife -Beater F|ogged
On Barred Back in
Prince Georges Jail
Buschine Is Hondeuffed
To Cell Door as Sheriff
Executes Sentence

4lloya W 1oDSAAAtA5y ~ J WI -oAA
convicted wife beater, was
f1ogged in the Prince Georges
Jail at 10:45 am. today.
The 10 lashes on the barred lower
back of Busching were applied by
Sheriff r. Earle Sheriff in accord
ance with the sentence imposed
Wednesday by Judge Charles G.
Marbury.
The whipping lasted about 10
minutes. Busching was stripped of
all his clothing and placed with his
face against cell door. His hands
we're shackled to the bars in front
of him, according to the taller.
Sheriff Says "He Was Hit"
Asked afterward how hard he hit
the prisoner, the sheriff said:
He was HIT"
The sheriff said the mans skin
was not broken but that welts were
raised. DR.. James G. Sasscer, jail
physician and one Of the witnesses,
said he examined Busching immedi-
ately after the flogging and that the
man appeared to be all right. The
physician said Busching uttered no
cry during the whipping but that he
jumped slightly at each stroke Of the
whip
Jury Witnesses Beating.
The sheriff and about 20 witnesses,
including the jury which convicted
Busching, walked from the court
house, block away, and entered
the Jail at 10:40 am. The sheriff
reappeared at the doorway almost
Immediately and posed with the
whip for photographers.
The whipping was administered in
Second-f1oor hallway in the Jail
where Busching has been confined.
The first crack of the whip was
heard by reporters outside the Jail
at 10:46. Another sound followed
Immediately. Then minute elapsed
before two more reports were heard.
Another minute later a fifth sound
was heard. This was the last sound
reporters could distinguish. The
witnesses came out at 10:59.
Smau GrOup at jail.
The sheriff surveyed the crowd of
newspaper reporters and photogra-
pliers who formed a semicircle out
side the Jail door,
We'll, we might as well face it,
he said.
While the whipping was taking
| place, only about Is persons other
than the newspapermen gathered
outside the jail. Across the street,
children at st. Mary's Catholic
School were romping during their
morning recess, apparently oblivious
to events in the Jail.
Half an hour after the lashing
3usching was still in jail. He is
free to leave whenever he wants to-
The jailer pointed out, however, that
he may also remain as long as he
lpleases, and that lunch will be served
him if he requests it.
Sheriff Reads Statement.
When Busching was brought into
the hallway to receive the punish
ment, the sheriff, whip in hand,
|read to him the following statement:
Lloyd o. Busching, you have been
sentenced by the court to receive 10
lashes upon you for beating your
wife. As 7 am the sheriff of Prince
Georges County, it is my duty to
carry out that sentence, which will
] proceed to do"
/ The sheriff said he applied the
/ whipping without taking off his
j coat.
Ellis Middleton, jailer, gave the
following eyewitness account of the
i proceedings:
The sheriff read the sentence to
Busching and asked him If it was
all right to go ahead
YES Busching said. That's all
/ right
Busching Refused Reporters.
i ''The sheriff asked him If it was
4 all right for newspaper reporters to
come in, but Busching said, POSI-
lively not
/ The lashes were then applied
i Asked if Busching was hurt badly by
the whipping. Mr.. Middleton said
his lower back was raw but not
4 bleeding.
4 "Dr. Sasscer put some soothing
lotion on the welts," Mr.. Middleton
said. There was nothing brutal
about it. The sheriff did it very
nice. I wish the judge could have
lseen it. The sheriff did not hit him
as hard as my dad used to hit me-
The witnesses included County
Police Chief Ralph Brown, Defense
attorney George Burroughs, County
Police Sergt. Elon Turner, Mount
4 Rainier Police Chief Eugene Plumer
tSee LASTING, Page A-4.)