| Show chinese cruelty some four years aso ago I 1 spent fiur days in canton the metropolis metio let polis of pou thein china on a special bals rais sion aioo to lo investigate justice and the results Fur surpassed passed my mosi most ghastly gha aly anticipation what I 1 was bothin no nothing thin unusual unusual anti and is i the daily practice of the lie country but I 1 am compelled to tone lone down the ho details to make alini presentable table tor for hohing but the strong A l spirit of f supported by v an in il aion on rebo lution carried me ine through the hor rols rois of those days find and fur weeks afterward I 1 suffered erad re d from p nightmare hit file place of execution or mami as it ills is called by the chinese chinecie Ch inece s i filthy i yard vard ion long and narrow like a bl blind nd allt alley y arid and insularly y it light it I 1 le used as it 1 potters field i lien not ri cuned e d for execution 1 on a cold january afternoon jl proceeded thither to in witness the inal delca release e ot it a bitch of poor i n bretches retches tt i ho had already under roni a prolong prolonged pd course of torture oil thin occa occasion mccanon ion hie death squad enlists ron ennis ests ts fin ho ara tightly bound hand and foot and carried carrie inh in huddled addled up in baskets a bamboo two tio coolies on 11 riving at the cente the ground these living loads are pitched outi out ui ceremoniously piously ly slid and immediately eizel c zed by the executioner and his hi 8 oe irlo arrange ther in two lines in a kneeling position at a nod from the presiding and with incredible 1 the butchery commences ahe he seizes the cirit vie vic t nm im by the shoulders from behind while the executioner steps up to ln III left side arvied armed an aej enormously heavy short anord with a broad blade and edge ede without any ill v compulsion the 1 victim I still kneeling bends bend his big head blad forward and almost ly it leaps from his body severed by one r stroke the th assistant pushes the trunk over for forn ird and a 1 arill burst of appio app Lovin li ili iii pith pahr goes up from the after the uncertain and clumsy operations of the medieval med irval headsman one had been led to suppose that a human head required a great deal of severa vera ncR hit alt so BO ade adept pt are the chinese that they appear to display no more effort or emotion in in cutting off a heid hed then they in lopping a poppy front its stalk with fearful elaugh ter proceeds proceed and nut not five fire s secondi elapse between the fall of each head one unerring uner stroke ends each life and the victims are so BO arranged that each can call wit witness lies the I 1 fate of all those in front of him before his turn comes the crowd is now in th the most jovia humor and signifies its light hearted lie arted enjoyment by ribald chaff chaff at the expense of the remaining victims ilio aniio frequently retort de defiantly fi and exhibit the most stolid indifference to their fate suddenly a burst of meni ment arises in one corner A portly merchant lias has approached too rear cear and his long white coat is splashed with blood how flow the aysta bystanders aliers laught laughl was there ever such a good joke the last few heads are ballio falling now v when hen my hand 11 a nd is plucked by b an excited youngster of ten felt dancing wit with delight who cries eagerly hotal ho tal tai isn t it beau beautiful 9 I 1 repress a fierce beshe to throttle him and in a few seconds second all is over justice is ia vindicated anti and the crowd quickly dis dispense all but the city gat gamins ains who remain behind to rehearse the ibe whole pro ceedie ce edings s anti and to skylark with the bodies though the sight has been death has at any rats rate been gniot and merciful but another day dav the bil supreme preme hot horror of chinese jum justice cc is I 1 iee e aled to us fr for chilain offenders ders notably pairicia des find and woi women no n who inho kill their husband the hie penalty is the ang L ng cooc coee or thousand cuts this I 1 i too ghastly gha for dt dl tailed des el eption but it to say that the N untim is 13 first crucified to a alow low eros cross arid and then slowly sliced to pieces witha knife so 0 is the executioner that although his ichim soon becomes 81 almost ost as a bunion being yit no vital wound is inflicted till perhaps perli aps half an lour hour of till this torture liaa has elan elj ed v alien lien the agony is ended by so superior au all entertainment as this is natu naturally lally by a full I 1 1 ara anil even greater prevails ailt lhnn at mere inere heal head bop deop ping display dis shiell anvor rone 1 nhit of monotony to the blase cantonese ilarae harpers rs weekly |
