| Show h a N I Ij j cl Ii I L U J China A The tail st W Zi Ea EalIS j lIS tA eel n I n a CJ 0 for tor boo I in the COu obe of the Ito o for tor One OM It w ta rued Dd a Do flab of It Saved to tobi rJ bi lucid tb D t lest at t Our Correspondent Spends a 0 lay Dag u ge Wang Wona an and pet OIt CJ UI Other Photographs Sonic Chinese Tortures c w c J v Q O Ong Car CarI Cerbat 11 FranR petar 1 I I lJ if September anh ng bat l will make mak tb tha misted courts courtl a atu hr war r of every tV bl big Chinese city They 1111 tu to tl all 1 be ee sip AI e and nil nilI forIn t g will willi I eH In the i be to them sad Ind to orell Ign judges uti dip III be needed of The Tb foreign II lall u na three pow OW II b It t hae haa tour tin ds ot of whom only Ave d population Europeans it t h bee It a are wIth and forI it court ruurt ills muted AmerIcan Jude II The f get lIell ral be II ly by the Interpreter ot of the Th The native Jud judge Is II a men order aerie I f The law and ond puns u Wan R which ChIn Chinese onlY are In for rears 8 r ere orl the Judge bt being allowed to hn have ht except where when are owa wa way HOBNOBBING WITH A E i 1 this mixed court the other la Ila un NI al went need me to with lIh m bw In court and this we 11 Im It 11 took tour four men to give Iv the two hundred blows blow cacti man ln lm down bamboo softy times on the the bare thighs of Ibe virUm aM Ave of ot cane eln labout bout two two Inches wide and feet III ht length lenth it was I CM U Cole leather Jut but so 10 that It seemed to fly tl back Dack upon touching the flesh fth The executioners held It In both hand It down don with I a nol nola like ilkI a pistol crack upon one n spot pot on the min mans thighs They never left C Ot It exactly and again stroke aloud In Inthe Inthe as 1 they counted the the first ten there then was 11 no ehan change ot of color although the man howled and Ind groaned After the twin the flesh tIlh was wall red and anft at al th the end ot of th the second leeond fly It hall had turn turned Id black When one hundred and twin were reached achell It was U bleeding the black 1111 line having extended out to II a ring about the else 1 of your At Ind th to the depth depth of In an Inch wee wall a AI CONFESS II fly Chinese ChInn la law no crimInal can eln be punished until he Its hll cau sorts ot of to woo mild n The Inquisition al In wIth the Chinese count ot of the present 1 once Paw lIaw In Cn alleged pirate brought In InI into to the native court lIrt It at Amoy Amo The man I hili hie He been beene e t 1 i turgid that he was not able to walk I j t I tf r J f fr tY t tI Y tf I f j 1 J r X r tit t i I 1 I x xi r f X r r 1 X XI XI XI i I I T r I r I r rt t t 1 I M t tf i 1 1 f c r s I i ii f i f fI I I If f I 1 t j 1 J L f CHINESE POLICEMAN 1 t i And II a thief who has been apprehended for tor stealing 7 drugs 1 HI H H H H i I I r r darll Wang Ik Dr the Inter Neler ot of our consulate who ho also allo act acted acted ed u as judge Judie translated for rte me and III flattery Iter that touch ot of nature which metes Inait the whole world kin greased d the wheels of If our conversation We e I bad a cup CUll ut of tea together before JO III lag Into the court room and Judge I Want WIlli seeing my I camera Bald he hoped I 1 would take a photograph ot of him himon on the bench I replied that I would I be glad to do ao If there was wa to be beany folly any la It the hl molt common punishment hero her VI Wit Witnesses It Itne ne nesses are to 10 make them con cun feis and Ind If this does not serve erv more mor terrible punishments are adopted Wang replied that he would be I StUnted delighted to oblige me Ine but that the I rues hour bour for tor was t In the afternoon when h he hop hoped I would re return turn i am sorry lorry your our honor said I but J I have In an at t tAb 1 Ah Ab said laid the Ihl old Chinese a ea b he reflectively sipped his hll tea lea In that CUt case perhaps I 1 can It up this moral to suit aull you J I hAve all an old thief be here who has baa not confessed 1 will II have bae him brought In near the doe clo of 01 the Ibe session and give him blows blow to losers bl his tongue ton ul it 11 will 1111 t be Jut just be tena foft noon and you ou will hAY have a fairly rood food light for tor your our picture At Al this moment the u us that the curt court war 11 read ready and the old oil invited me out OUI to alt It on Ih the bitch with him For two hour J I thieves burglars Pirate and others othell dragged In by police policemen men They Were tre pUlled long along lit ht chains Jerked rUd about by their queues and mae made to set t down dawn upon their knees before tee Whit there the judge examined them and the detectives and fete e I h nce Sentences Were quick Iy d Some ot IS much 10 of the bamboo some were aen to a the other to Im l ment In chains chain and some to hard labor BEFORE THE CAMERA CA At I lest the Ibe end ot of the docket Nae a Ind my victim aa brought t In Yo Rw poll emen In taR th hats ball Iud an Ion long rId red gowns W hIm forward bolding hIm b by hi his He trembled a as he entered tilt the theof the and on hI In of r the demanded his all conr lon The man protected his but Jud Judge e Wang In what mat hive been to the prisoner II a terri ble I tone tn said ald lou Tou ure not telling the truth you ou are a And nd then to the flu pollee nun Give UIe him tb the bamboo an I nuke ont coats two Chine In m ta hen W Jelled Ind laid tin on his 1111 face on the floor They t n down him hll One held III firmly by the bouldeN an oIlier by yellow Ibe calvI 0 t hi bla ta fat I n el showed out In all their their There I Is your our picture raid the Jud Judge as al h he ordered m I a policeman to mete a teakwood table to the end d of et the the visitors room and ADd clear out I 1 fired between belen It In and the man my camera on OD the table Stepped oft the e distance between It and the nal and set lit the hatter Th The melt knelt down dOlln behind hint him R and nd INd the PI M hi u M rod wu and taken at tb the lint blo blow It proved to be I a a and nd I U use e ett tt It one of the Ill ot of thus INDER THE BAMBOO After Afler the began beran r 1 halve ht e to would ed It Il It J 1 bu but t It filS 1 cs and he wan wall carried In n a bucket He had hadan hadan an Iron chain about his neck and an another other bout about hll hie feet feel and hands lie He was spilled out of the basket t upon the floor In front of the judge Ills halos were taken off and he was to his kneel The judge asked him If he were guilty guilt rte lie replied 0 and he was ordered away fur tur more torture Three policemen then dragged him to 10 the side all ot of the court room The They took R a like a sawhorse and forcing him upon Ullon his hll knees kneel put thIs boBe against him so that the board buard of the bench ench rested his back between the shoulders There was waa wasa a hole In the top ot of the beard Through this hi his queUe was pulled and his hie head hend tied hy by it II tight against the hoard so 80 that his neck was wao to Its ut mot moat Ills arms Were lent back and tied to the upper le legs of the horse The Theman man Inn wee is barefooted The pulled up UI his hili wide Idl pantaloons to 10 the thighs and bending hll hie Inge 11 tIed them to 10 the upper lean IfS of the b by strings s fast tul fastened ened around hi his big tore so that the whole weight ot of his hll bandy llOd retell rested on hie bare knees Inet on the stone atone Now ow an iron chain with rUled ragged links as al sharp harp as though filial rolled up and put tin no his bare knees kne lie was then told that Ihal bp be would be let down when hen he eon oon I cannot describe e the torture The mans eye almost started from theIr sockets i h le tic face twitched and ond his moaning maae made me sick Ick IckA A TORTURED PIRATE liens IIer la is another pen lIen picture as I took It In the at anton anIon n few weeks ago alo I 1 give rhe the notes nOle just JUlit nl as I wrote them I am In a Chinese court courtroom courtroom room A Judge In a gun gor gown fown with a 1 peacock feather In hie hiB eI cap sits behind a table him Are clerks cIrks In silks IlIk and eat In ma The officers ot of the court dressed In liver livery with tall sugarloaf hats stand tand about with instruments of torture In theIr hinds hands The flour is II of stone and upon the cold granite In front of the bench upon his hll pare knees kneel Is n a Chinese criminal JIll Ills arms lire are stretched out nl at right nn an anglee RIff glee to hi his bod body The They are arc bound by rope twisted round and round them to toa toa a Ion long bill bar h rests upon UllOn his how howden den just back ot of the neck neek throwing his hili fan fco to 10 the its front The Tb tar bar is III fastened to 10 uprights on each lAch side elite Ind ai d It senes II as II a frame to k keep p theman the man In position and prevent him from falling If he should taint faint Ills HIs head Is tied to the bar 11 by hIs queue Now at the direction of the Judge two of the court take a round sUck stick eight feet teet long and of the thick thickness ness nus ot of II a tele telegraph pole fl The They III lay It down don upon the mans legs Just hack back of the knees knes The They then catch hold bold ot of the bar bal to whIch the criminals arms are fastened and step with both feet upon the stick They are fat fal and the two nut must weigh at least pounds Their weight Is II pressing the mans bare legs Into the stones lie HI ores an and l the they In increase crease the torture b by roiling the pole under their feel back and forth upon hIs hie calves calve Ills toes have been In pulled out so 10 that the shins an the whole wole front of hi his feet teet lire are In contact wll with h the stones alit the men are grinding them Into the granite I uk ask the mans crime The Judge tells me lie be le Is accused ot of piracy but that he claims to 10 be Innocent The judge tells me mc he will be tortured until he con H lie seems seem I to laugh at the pain IM and he is III smoking a big water wlter pipe and languidly putting his questions Question os 08 to the rail ease between Iween the puffs purel At last legit and blood can stand It no longer The prisoner oner nods nod hI his head 11 j aa U eta vr J In token of end Ind till this step uhf Th They loosen hit his bends d and lae be drops In R a heap on tb the hoot floor They then smear mear II a Ink over or of 01 III his palms palmi and press prees them theft lilt flat down upon a sheet heet or of paper I above which some IOme writing In InI I has hall beth beep printed These e farm hi his signature to the confession It If hl he should he be detected by menns of or them The cr will rill b be besent sent to 10 the viceroy and Ind hi his head he hc cut cutoff oft off a 8 day or so later CIP FOlt FOIt 4 Women Ire are not ta favored by Chinese judges In the court here J I herd heard a number ot of seven sentences pronounced 1 and ond et at Can Canton Ion one woman wen Wall pun Iun punished with the clapper This seems Hem to tobe tobe be for wom woman n It le 1 made of two pieces ot of leather each as thick RII as a harness tug but a little wider They are fastened to 10 a handle In the middle Th The clapper I is not more than thana a foot tont long If but It is I sea II deadly as It were wre Iron It is III used for I pounding the cheeks and lips often fr breaking kl I the e jaws jl and knock knocking hi o out t the I teeth Can Canton Ion woman was wa sees flUS Pt peeled ted of smuggling opium but claimed to be Innocent The punishment was given to Induce confession Dr John It the head ot of the one once saw w M a fl fe female male thief 1 treated to fifty strokes lINk on the mouth with the dapper clapper lie dt de described scribed the punishment to rne me SaId he h hOne One policeman man held the womans head hd back against hi his knees while hll an another other struck her aero across the mouth with the clapper lien Hr lips bled at t tb the first blow After Atter the fifth nUh t 1 began to towell well swell anti and at the end nd thy they were I as thick IS as your our three Angers Did III she scream I 1 I asked Ot of course coune she did replied Dr Irk Well after that Dr went wenton oil on WI we saw a a man get et blows blow I with the bamboo O This was ter Ubi tible for tor the fans flesh was 88 torn tram from hI hie thighs is 1 1 looked I said to Judge Tu the mandArin III charge chorge 1 dont see how you OU can all stand it II Wh Why not nol T Wh Why not he replied The They deserve It The They it II STARVED TO DEArn 1 IN CAGES In C a further chat with Dr Hyk he described a terrible punishment which he witnessed In a feW YellS years ago Said SalI he heI I WAS riding on upon the walls of the city when I SRI saw a crowd on the street below me I slopped and some of the tho men asked me to come comedown down llon and see Me the fun tun I did so 0 and found the crowd was gathered about two wooden cages each elch ot of which held hehl helda a man mall bareheaded barefooted and disfigured with beatings Their heads were ere lI upheld held b by shelves Into which their necks fitted so that their whole weight tested ested upon the toes The shelve Here ere fastened near the top ot of the cages so that wh when 11 the they attempted to rest their toes they hun hung by their necks n ks The men had been sentenced to death In the Ibe cage for tor robbery robber and nd out outrage outrage rage Pasted on the outside were placards which Yarned warned all not notto notto to them food Or drink waR wa waRin in III the middle ot of July when the heat was Intense Three days das otter after that I learned they were ero dead TIlE DA mOO The Tho ordinAl punishment of the bamboo le II very severe continued Dr anI and when more then than blows are given JIen It sometimes results In the victims being malm maimed cI for tor life liCe There I la considerable science clence In gIving the strokes and the policeman ran can make them hel heavy or light liS as he pleases In roan Inan cases eues the prisoners bribe the po to let leI them off easy and as a 0 arule rule rull It I is on only the man who has no nomont mont money who the full sentence Speaking ot of the bamboo I 1 have heard of 1 a punishment In which the living plant Is made the executioner I have never seen this thle punishment and andI J I am told that It is 18 not permitted by bythe the laws ot of the land The bamboo grows very Ir fast tast It lumps Jumps upward inches In I a nl night hl and It its stalk has a sharp ehrp taint which will force fart its III WRY way through In the growing bamboo punishment the criminal Is fastened fUr fas tenell to stakes over oer one or of these sprouts sproul and the plant grows slowly through hint enticing hIs death ALIVE While I was living at said Dr a young man In one of the villages near b by was wall buried burld olive R as a punishment for tor murder The criminal was 19 noted for tor his hili vIolent temper and general worthlessness Among mon hIs oth other othen er en faults was the lack ot of filial piety which Is one of Ih the of sins pins In China lie He quarreled with his father and he usually failed to give Ive hIm A present ot of a mess of Gf Perk lOrk on the ot of every err month as is the custom with good eons One day ta his hie father took him to task tok for tor this neglect t The son became angry and killed his father with a hoe The murder caused great reat excitement for parricide Is here considered the most terrible of crimes It if A man kills kill a parent not only himself hut but All his neighbors and relatives are punished The parrIcide Is tied upon II a cross and slowly sliced to death The ul of the province ure degraded In and the crime Is an Injury to the dl district for years to come When the ao above murder occurred the leading mon men ot of the com hushed It up and asked the family to perform the punishment There TheN wait WAil t n or of the Ian clan 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