Show 11 '' r — 14 2 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE t FEBRUARY 28 1987 SUNDAY MORNING - - - ' '7 7 " '':' ili- man s 4" 4 - - i ' 't 4 : ' P -- T ' 11 5 I Said the Wise Woman Judge - :::::5:::: ? '::11:: :: :' i '' t e ':5 4i411ØMf'!155 0014:4:::: :::::::'::0' :10tit(brOgiNett: :r:: :::::q ?i I '''''''''::'':""'"Al: "'I1''!"':'': ' ': ‘V"':kw ?:':'''''?"""1 '''46r"" ' jet41 ''zi'-- " : 'uo1104i ilk 0t ":' — Illr:L x'4 1?4''' ko1 i2i4 mt k i —- — ' r'''' k' ': : - t 11 -:' -'' - ' ' ' ' '' ' '' ' 't ''' 4:-!- - 1 ' :''': 'I ': '''' :' ' ' ''' ' t4 :': '''s - ' '' 1 l::: "0e":::1'-'''- t "'''''''' - ':'''t)Nsk'- 4' i 64 :'''''' ::'::1 :: :':' :r i :::::::: Ill ' : '"1: t' - ":''":''''''''''''':::"5!:' 1i - " ::l ::: :k "''':"''::::'"':' '' 1i ::: ::: :::::::::: 14- :::ii::i:i::v: ::" t :44-- ::: 5i 1 4 iA 0)PMk ' ::: IP 14 I ::::") :::::::::::::::i::::::::-::::- :::::i N :i: :' : s:::1:::: l'I: 'I :i::::':::1 ::1' ?:: : ''''' e:' :::-:! ': : ':i'::::!: t ::::: - :: :"i :' :':' :f:: : !f i' :!::::-i::'::-- i :x::::::ig 1t::::R:?i''''i'tli'!:::4':Aii::4'i''4:Z:::::iil::11'':Z:''::':3)el')':-::1':::):':::i!:::::::::'''-::::?:::':::t4:':?'::'$:ni::''''-:-f- 't ' - fvf :(1" ' ' 1' v !:: - W Fred Menagh 4'1' 'r ' der than a man's" Members of the Washington State Bar Association and legislators they had lined up in support of a bill pre- togging for criminals were shocked at this expression from Seat- tle's famous woman justice gray- haired inscrutable Rhea Whitehead who has served more than 20 years on the Kings County Superior Court bench Tor Justice Whitehead during the years that the association had been toying with the idea of reviving and legalizing flogging as a punishment male violators of the law wee de- terminedly in opposition When themembers a couple of years ago favoredrevival of the whipping poet— for men—by a vote of 707 to 01 the j urist denounced the action Imagine then the surprise of boththe 707 and the HI at Justice Whitehoaxes :complete and amasing right about face More than one bald-heaed sagging jowled proponent of the "eat o' nine tail" as a crime deterrent visibly squirmed and shuddered as Justice Whitehead loudly urged "A whipping post for women too!" the proposed measure now stands" she argued "women criminals And there is no would be exempt reason why women should not be lashed for certain crimes as well as men However"-ah- o went on !VI we must have the whipping post then I say we should make those who favor it actually apply the lashes Don't hire professional whipping masters but se- lect them from time to time as we — draw our jury lists I e US LET r "F HAVE or mo urth WOMEN AS L A SHERS FOR WOMEN CRIMINALS AND MEN LASHERS FOR MEN" Women were furious Chamber' of Commerce and civic groups squirmed as the state and its bar association got nationwide publicity under such head lines as "WASHINGTON WOULD A' : 4 r 1 - ti '' t ' :: ? ::' :11 ' ' - A'CP dNe r J 5! 1 li' ' - ' 10c :' 11 i ik:2- )Liti s A I:f: ::'::: : ': :: k - -- ' N''-- ":: i' ? Z? 4 lti‘ 44' '- i' 'i k' LItt ':''4---- - 1:1!:' "4111"°' : et' P'111r :' I " flogging termed cruel ::: 1 ::ii :::: a ) t: s ''''''-''- - 17 ':' I ' '''''61 0 ) — t i -- storm — ::H: ::: -- t 1 400' ''''' — " l' ': :" - 5:: — -- i -- - -' - '- i t 7 - 4 :' '' ''S tt2 ' '1' ill Patterson Seattle attorney of national repti- tation 4516 :::2 47-- noon and Tom iil ' All of these highly - respected men were of the opinion that the present imprisonment method is unaatisfactory that lengthy imprison-min- t is more brutal and more expensive than the lash and that victims of the whipping post do not tend to repeat their law violations Mr May hail not changed his mind about dogging Hs told this magazine: "1 !eel that he who sub the lash should have it No man who leads a life et rectitude need tear it Under our present system the criminal knows " - I tt ' ' A ' i r 'i - -: A ': ' 14 4 :::: weak-woma- :::4 i 2 it il: :: A tea-"A- tl:f 1 m ' " ' I ts0: dea'at Iiiipm :': i : ?t (WIZ) )—1'"'''1:: 11'9111-- --- ' -- ' ':i:M::l'irl:?-::''-:-'''!a':--:':- '"' L 0):':''':::':::::: ' ::: '' ::::::: ''ii:::::i-::'- vs :::':i-'::'i:'':- ::::::::- '' :::::::::'::::::-:::::::: t : i :::::$i:::-::::::::::-::::-i:::::- ::::" ' ::i:-:- ' center -- ri f: was etrong N i senti- :: a i - - plainly — - - ed to extend the Jaw for woms n Bat they dropped the whole matter of flogging They — ' : i IF '':'' y --- 1' ri 4 :::i'' 7 :: 1 :::"Nr' : v41 r 1:: ' : 4s — :NNZ-:- i':::::::1:::::::: :::: :: ::::: 'te" ' k -- :::: Nc :: '' : ' ' :': :::::: - 41ili imitommwoosammiwoot04-100021:- - A- ' V t ----o- n A CHICAGO JUDGE FELT THESE YOUTHS NEEDED A THRASHING Instead of Sending These Wayward Adolescents to Jail the Chicago Jurist Who Passed Judgment Them Expressed the BellefThat Sound Lashing with a Length of Rubber Hose on Their Backs ' Would Be Much More Effective Thy Are Shown Taking IL- - s - Still Holds That Flogging Is the Most Effective Crime Deterrent There Is Despite Arguments Brought Against It for a time outmaneuvered proponents of flogging in Washington who in- eluded ouch notables as Luke S May internationally known Seattle crim inologiat preeident emeritus of the Pacific Coa3tInternation al Association of Law Enforcement Officials Judge Malcolm Douglas of - Seattle: King's County Prosecutor R M Bur pander Congressman Warren G Meg Features Syndicate ine s : ' Copyright 1911711LIng — - Carroll-capitulat- ' ed "The 1847- he said "in all its phases proceeds from the premise that women are physically) less able than men Hence they would be less able I bel- entirely aside froma question of ical endurance I would never advo or cate such a thing call what you will" ' Mrs Nell M Carr Seattle policewoman vigorously came out for I "double standard" of juetice but was not logical In her argument ' O K'S THE 141pPIIING POST Luke S htay Ab°ve' Internationally Known Criminologist of Seattle Wash :' N-- '14k :i:: :k: N‘ 'Vra"6'' :':::"::-"-- H O ieve-to :::' ''''"4 ::::" ''5 1 ' ' 7:11N " J)0 N t ::: "' 1k 0'1 ) - ' !Irr 3: i : had outrages not intend- - !6e '17 ' :: E: Pi i A ':: ment for flogging men aa a result of the Mattson and Weyerheuser kid napings and other — -- 1 ti::":041 Jono Legielators among whom there ' -- & :: c 1 l''' '''' 1 ' i 'J i " t il 1r' 1 41 :I :!p) r: 4 ! i :" I :: 11t r 1 Ici:: 5 - :''::: 0 i' ' 1 ::-::::- ' 4-- I :: : 1 4: 65 - 0 ' tto i I - 1 DELAWARE'S WHIPPING POST other states in which there have been movements to emulate the example set by Delaware in using the lash as a crime deterrent Delaware is the only State in which it is common practice and women are excepted from the law's scope there In Chicago one polke court Judge occasionally sentences wayward youths to be lashed across the Mick with a rubber hose The same punishment is meted on some occaMons to wayward youths in certain parts of Oklahoma It used to be a common occurrence In prison camps in Southern States until the furore over the case of Martin Tabert a North Dakota farm boy who wail whipped to death in a Florida prison camp Delaware's whipping law dates from s 1893 Today most Jaw brealters sentenced to the whipping post are lashed in prison courtyards with a few official witnesses The punishment used to be infticted in a public square in full view of crowds which gathered for such occasions Delaware authorities boast that whipping is one of the State's prime defenses against hoboes vagrants and petty thieves who wander through on their way up and down the Atlantic seaboard They argue that Bogging is far more economical than supporting crimihals in prison and is a better crime deterrent The number of lashes is fixed in ac- cordance with the seriousness of the crime Arson for example draws 20 to 60 lashes larceny gets 20 mayhem 30 perjury 40 The limit in any case is 60 There were twenty-on- e whip- pings in New Castle County alone in the last year for which totals were announced All of them were dealt for robbery There is now a movement for the lash'a abolition in Delaware led by the Society of Friends (Quakers) They argue that the whipping post is — not only barbaric but that it has a on the brutalizing-effe- ct personnro must do the whipping This is done in Delawaze by the Sheriff or Jail Warden The prisoner Is shackled in the prison courtyard with both bands extended overhead After his back has been bared to waist the warden or sheriff steps ten paces and wields his "cat" The whipper must not bend arm but keep it outstretched force of blows is thus I I A '':" : i' A Rare Photograph Relic of the Early I900's Showing How Offenders Against Certain Laws Were Flogged hi a Public Square While a Crowd Looked On r ' ) '11 - ::i - ':::::: f k :::'''::4 Litoo00440:- - IZ 4E04 IF haatened in their deCitions by i::i another referendum among bar 4' tC: LET WOMEN too""0!07 4r:' :i:::t 1 elation members which showed very ":::: if LASH WOMEN 4" ' 4 few votes for flogging I compared to ':' 4'4Illustration by Paul' -'" ' N :::::!'0:: previous "straw votea" There will be ' II ' Prhm et Wbat Jae- — ::: :i::::e no flogging of either men or women in r ' '' '' ' Wititslisad's ':‘ Ilse tillea p: ":' 4 4 the State of Washington '''' 4114w i I- Proposal Conjured And it probably willtome a a - i: 4 i aAilltmqoab Up in °'' :"!7: ' ''''14!V)- - surprise to Washingtonians Justice Tie Washingtit t Whitehead is more than pleased! H'-SF- -' Bar Association 1::::111 1 ::'::' ::: In an exclusive interview given this woman judge :s: ::::! ::: magazine the calm-eye- d :':1: :r i' :::::: revealed that she had deliberately con-fo- r i'7: !: VW at ceived her "outburst" as the only ifNell Mi sfit enuntg 44: 4 " fictive method of combatting what she z N'k ::' :i C views as "the whipping post vil" uf (Sent ru t 011"011tIms& emrt t:: t 3n tlIt "I sought a weakness in the armor n i:::of men" ehe gated "And that ::::::::':: V ::::: M h ness is—women" vke6J1 i :1 She noted that during their cam- ' Pe± :::::::: paign for flogging members of the bar i :1"': :::::: i: association had gleVer mentioned a --:::::::I) ii: word about women criminals being 111 44rIr------- ---14041 ' mentenced to the whipping post 16'44 e" "711' 11°4 — 4il ! 10 i J& ' Itesessise Wont I si: "If I had a million voices' she said 4 t "I'draise all of them against the lash e ::::::::: 1 :::s:::: $k l :: Rut when I saw the danger of this '' :::::''1:t ::' :::': !'' :: 104 01019"1 t'lM:' terrible thing going through I ( ti M':':: 1 $: f iA''A lilted I had to fight it So I used the !:::::::V:::: ' —IT 4:::': liii::1 only weapon I could grasp—women" :7::::::: "I am against the legalisation of the 1 il - of lb'1 1'::::kk:7!""olkt' ' ' ' trKvtio!owl 'sm" — whipping post for two reasons: first cut ::-no '44'':$''':':''''''t!':'::'-:'-'''' :: it is an admission that we cannotsolve '''''''' our criminal problems second it is kt' ': ' inimical to every civilised feeling we H: :i '''Ik' i::'i:'::'4x:::::' ::::::::':: k have ::!:: Attempting to reform a 's :" wrongdoer by giving him the lash is a "FLOGGING TICKET" step directly away from the path of of a Typical Deiawars "::1:: Reproduction progress in the scientific handling of THE NEW SYSTEM Court Order Sentencing a Prisoner to ::::: :::::::: the criminal But if we should at any Prisoners Sentenced Well as a Jail time punish criminals by using the to the Whipping Post ::::::::::::::: Term of Two Tear& lash it should be the inescapable lot In Delaware Today ': ii:::::: ' of the average man and woman il they ::::!::':::--1::-':Ass Flogged In a ::'::::: '::':: ::'in::::-1:i:1i:::::too well how little prison sentences decree it by law to administer the ':::':::':::::::i::i Prison Yard Away ''::i!'::!::::::::!' mean He realizes that even if he gets lash !:::H:4s:::ii:from Gaping a life term the chances are he will be :: "They will then Stiffer in their ap::::::::': ::::::::: :::'::::::::::::::: Crowds The Whip::::s: in a little more than seven years out t:::1:!::''''N:-::::v:::::: ptication of the lash to the criminal's ping Master by ::::::::::::':::):::''': :::::: When properly administeyed the back as a just parent used to in inflict :':::::'::':::'::::: Law Is Not Sup lash becOmea snort of--i deterrent thin L Ing a whipping which has been posod to' Bend His 1 a punitive measure" Iron most Amfrican- homes 107 Arm While Laying ' on the Lash day" However May like the other notaThus a lone woman's courageous Wes mentioned above was noncom- statement which cost her ostracism mital on the question of a 'whipping I post for women too But one prom- member of the bar asiociation - 4 ) ::j::fW " :::' i :7(7:::----- f- ' 1 ' A'6'4:--- '':::' l::':!:1: 1 :: I ert' '''4- 740ØPI 1- 1!4' - t t '?t "' 0 ri-- r 44- 1 vs: '' i 'y t'-- t i! ! !: :1A i " ! i 1 P o ': But she shut up like a clam on the subject remark had acted like a match on tinder :!' ) : !4tis 1 :::!::: :i wainent barbarous Whitehead became ' '4 tliii ' y :$: A It '4'':7: v and Justice 14 ': I' :::1 r:::::: - i - '14i'llr ' t ' ''4:: mi: " !Pe---- 7 Letters poured in attacking the pro- return of the "whipping post'' as a step backward to the Dark posed - kIt i - WOMEN" '' '' i : " 01--"- of 1 ')'141 ': virrsi4a‘)1: F 4ri !!!!) - I PIERCED "THE ARMOR OF litEN" d Justice Rhea W'hitehead of Seattle Wash Who Felt That tho Whipping Post as a Crime Deterrent l Vouldn't Find Such Favor Among Male Proponents If It Were Made to Apply to Women P SA She Was Right - :- ii -- 1111:t '''' -- k ::: ::: : r i' : 44 4 "'14V 4 ! 4 ' i: Siki47:k : 1 i ' '44 L':'' 1 ::::::? 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Awoman's skin is no more ten- e ':T: ILlt-1- 1:in414:: it :::: csi - i By :':1!:l::: : 40'0 04 :':':'f ''' ' 'f: - '''0''?:':': ' :::::-- ''' ( 1) I s -: : V 1- :::::::y —f ::i: :::- i ::''Ft- 1' ' :' t - :'' '' k :--'' 4 ' 1 ' ' - k ''' ::::1::: :::::-::- 1 1 Ni ' ' tor '::::-- : t ' I )1 LI ::::: ' ' ' t ia'te - ?:::i:::1:::n::t::-45-777777:-4':i::::::: kk 4 :31i:iT A ' : : odo it 1:'s! 44!::- ' ' 1 '':''''i4''1'::tf'ff:1: :::::::46:4:::c44:":"""""'4"L:::::::: : ::1 :::: 4 :: ‘ ::i:::Y ir ' ' Z 1 r::- 2 t 4 " " A 4::'"::4::i::'::: "11: 'It - '' Il 1 " ' I 1:''''''''IS oi - ' ""'"4 k k " :? :: :"'"':"":::' "11- - "'' 1 - : - It i Ilk‘' ::': y "k Ilk — hi 1 tht ::'::1 f NS - - - 01 i0'::" k ' :s''''''"" 4 'Je:iew'''''7 1' i '1':N1::":" 1 ' ''':"l:!":' ''' ' ''''''''i' !:"i "::::-'- '( I - 91? 9t - ":"' ? '' ' '' t 4! 46 5 :i :'"" 7 f :i IP ::::: t - 1 - ) it — '' - otrl'codoowim ' 1''4( ! : A4s:-r14rirs- --v: $ ''')'"'' - ::f ? 'i ' '"i''1- -7 :''''' - t: ly "tall - 0- - t "it: I ' kF F1' 1 - 1:- le ' )4 ' vi ''''1IP ' t -- errIPNlik 4 :''''''rr!'7 et ' e1 'k : 4P - aor' - '''::A''': :''::''::5 :::::: ::::::::: 1::?:':':::-!-:":::':::'::::::17 :i:::::::::::J:::'n''::4' 4 e- : s 4 : With Astonishing Effects: on- -t the Campaign for Flogging ' 'l': 04 - 4 phys- - 'Women are totally - incapable- of committing the crirpes men commit Flogging them Just wouldn't do The whipping poit is tolerable for men where moral crimes are involved and might serve to curb correct or cure them in some cases" - - -- The question of flogging women may — serve to put ths damper on agitation aor revival Of the whipping post in - - ' "I' - a ! 4 a' 1 I i t 4 I 1 it - - back is seldom broken The whipping over the prisoner is led to the prison hospital where physician examines him and applies treatment to his back dltion justifies he is sent cell or released In many cases a law violator i x sentenced not—only to a lashing but several Years in prison as well Whipping wax general ardughout England in early days for what today would be termed misdemeanors For loud talk for fighting or even for speaking Uncharitably about a public official a person' was liable to a public flogging Women were not ex- empt Women of all ages were stripped to the waist and whipped through the streets for certain offenses Formerly Massachusetts whipped all Quakers men or women found in the colony Connecticut dealt with Quakers of both sexes similarly ' Medical authorities all agree that whipping is nO more Datictul to a woman than to a man but it is pointed out that the subcutaneous layers of fat peculiar to 'women causea their &eh to break more readily - - 4 monk : - 1 1 - - - — - 1 |