FRIGHTFULLY SEVERE PRISON PUNISHMENT.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 167, 17 May 1872, Page 3

FRIGHTFULLY SEVERE PRISON PUNISHMENT.

,~£j.>r|— vLf I • *PB£ Times" publishes a | long and scarcely account ofj % visit to Sing Sing-Prison by " a re^j • l liai%plii| soutffe wfelrj says:—" Bespilejopjtyal precautions, it] • ■ihi&vfif ifi-i struinents.-ofrtoet u r*e are. at= ; -the-p risoiir a legislative enact-: ment the shower} bath, .in! . aur/p'gnH lMtiStffious/ %Lmsa«"| citizen applauded.-,- It was not tho%,gfit' l that instnEin@nt<§ of.rtojlfeiure eqMilyj :>b&rb&ifikr i ?jEiiai£ iwas y<: e&piieoiis; will - > roii »le&ririn»! the rooid so carefully from public ob-! s'ervafeou Irr this :$(&r& is'-Avhat^tlae <J$ e 9B 3 i,?fe s 9M® f ftWi^P re(i looking contriyancepyetjitbiueyjefcaffails trofti'tlffe -fu-ce <&f>l a conncf; expects to (ee ! The to the !tSmnib t s of the conviet ( wlfp it»"t6' be punished.. Then ouapuU,by ness, the and the victim is lifted off his feet. As the tnan dangles■■ in~~mid-air, his entire weight d.epending.on his thumbs, bib i ßMSriaftß">ffl%« rnost- s •. pains t left e%ry ffart !u di re Mi .fibre quivers f witli keenest .T-ve isi. <vJ ji'ff-joa /.ft/U». • sn<v!<r#? >»r-Yv j^i>tendons ot the arms are stretched to red hot wires m the man's flesh. " I^-s.M3I: /gH<)iilder biados snajj. as scp arate, and the thumb?, swollen and black , compressed blood, often actual! sblil At

* TO wit h teppo ry haj> pi 1 -iiitQ-ifi^nsi-. bility. . When released he is generaally aaable|fo|\va;l|c b.y porary * ppqJ&isj[ : Jsri£ was questioued concerning the trapeze v f I've seennmeur ,< >uutil3 out like a bull-frog's head. The rope cuts right into the flesh as soon as a mail is clear from the floor. . Very I ffi AWQf|S.fi|nt hanging. When they" got through with a mail on the frequently chucked into a dark cell. Next day he ujay-get-haulod -oiit arid hu-ag u,p again.' Ho.w long are con'fdf ! '6v&f ; air* libiir. But a good many men will faint before chat T-theranswer: i..4 dsCWi $ SSLi I s . . . is ts till fav-

ourite method of reducing refractory convicts to a,s bad as the trapeze. The dark cells 1 :;seveii jfeet^Jtangs thre'd f feet wide,' an'd-six- ] 'li%h f />with r afc'soTidar6n-door.-:th'at ;shuts * dff%HoW-e|itM : atixii&( > f I'n.f; o.ne.«■ of ; jthese dark cells is a companion piece to the trapeze. It is termed the' Bed of .Roses-

This luxurious. couohiis. a stout flooring- whSSMM Upon this frame is fastened half-sphered of hard wood about the size of a billiard ball cut in These are Secured tightly, with turned upward, T^&B punished is forced upon 'the bldf'after ; he has been deprived of his coat, shoes and s v dajsj. in *pp,/ containing and a reeking, poisonous ! reduces the convict to a state of utter physical and mental weakness. In vain he seeks for rest in sleep, or for : a iKMitio.n of ease, the hard knobs press ; incslff!d fpl.hi§ S£^d^'^vi^^a, j creaks His tort Sfi. -he Curves 'i i > n. it i> \vi !;h ■ diiidri vi m> i ipiiff with limbs bruised aud body lame and i sore throl#pp "IPS 1 S i ; ,yj