Show executions IN CHINA decapitation by very blow other of for the minor offenses the punishment in china is beating on the mouth with a bamboo 1 said a traveler who had j from the flowery a st louis globe demo crat man it is terrible to see the mouths of women swell aa the cane is laid on and of men too when sent to jail they must supply their own food and that afi the jailer or they are allowed to starve if they have not blankets they are allowed to freeze to death there are different methods of execution one is what would correspond with our hanging but at is different the victim is put against a post and a rope is thrown around his then it is pulled till the i breath of life departs another form of execution is that of cutting to pieces by inches which is done when the sentence of death is for the murder of a father or mother or soma other near relative first one ear 13 taken kofl then the other next the tongue is taken out and so on A third is death by starvation L have seen man cagan in the public streeta and allowed to end his life by this method not being permitted to touch either water or food sometimes a small boy will bring him a little opium e which helps to lessen the suffering add bring about a more cleedy death tha most common form ia taking off the head by the sword and the extraordinary nerve of these chinese is shown in this more than any other I 1 have seen two men headed beheaded be ono placed before the other it took three strokes of the sword to kill the first and while the operation was going on the second knelt down with his neck outstretched waiting his turn thinking that the process was slow he turned to tho executioner and asked if he were going to be much longer with the first then when the executioner came to him he stretched out his neck again and waited for the blow which completely severed hia head from bis body |