Show LASHED UNTIL HE HOWLED I Punishment t Meted Out to Miscreant in British Columbia Vancouver April 7 The whipping post postas as a punishment for a crime rime against a ayoung ayoung young girl was brought Into us use uee at Watts Wattsburg Wattsburg atts burg a milling town in the Crows Neat Nest Pass district A young man named Anderson con confessed to having attempted to entice a ayoung ayoung young oung girl Irl of or tender years yean Mayor B E BJ EJ BI J I Watts gave pe him his hI choice of a jail j 11 sentence or a lash The prisoner chose chOle the lash He n was stripped and com corn commanded commanded to place his hands above his head ead as he leaned forward against the flagstaff in the front yard ard of the court courtHouse courthouse courthouse House The lash was then applied vig vigorously on his back b ck Ever Every stroke brought forth cries for mercy n left teft the city later |