Davis County Clipper | 1909-08-13 | Page 3 | Cruel Punishments in Persia

cruet cruel punishments in persia punishment by crucifixion still survives in persia lint but the victim Is ia nailed to a wall instead of to a cross at tha gates of towns may be seen pillars of 0 brick with domed tops top about the tha height of a man in fit which victim saro walled up they may be heard beard calling for water though generally the pillars are supposed to have their hol hoi lows fillod filled up with earth so that the victims cannot move and die quickly another way of is to bury a man up to his neck in wet slime which when it dries contracts and gradually crushes him this is the most terrible of all deaths