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Show A FEMALE FLOGGER. Second Exposure of Brutality Fo Which England Has No Law. Mr. Labouchere has been compelled gain to expose a horrible scandal, which khere is no law in England to suppress. It is the work of professional floggers of girls, boys and men. The establishment of the woman who advertises her services serv-ices at terms from 5 shillings is described in Truth as the result of a call by prospective pros-pective clients. The flogger showed what 6he frankly called the torture room. There is an iron bedstead, on which, she explained, the victim is extended across a pillow. On either side are straps intended in-tended to meet across the body and hold the victim down, while the arms and legs are fastened to the four legs of the beds ". by contrivances like handcuffs. ocd pads used to stifle the cries of the victim were also produced, the pads being used for the young girls .who are liable to bite their lips under the torture, tor-ture, and thus disfigure themselves permanently. per-manently. Among the instruments of flagellation exhibited by the woman were two cat o' nine tails, one consisting of thongs of leather and the other of knotted cord, about 16 inches long. There was ajso a cat made of a leather strap slit into strips about a foot long. Birches of ordinary or-dinary pattern were also produced, thes being preserved in brine to keep them supple. The flogger explained that sha no longer received children at her house, tut treated them at their own home3, taking her appliances with her. Tho torture room was reserved for big girla and adults. The last time Mr. Labouchere exposed ex-posed this interesting industry he found it impossible to check it by iaw. The neighbors, however, made the place so hot for the flogger that she had to movo several times. Her latest address ii printed in Truth with the suggestion that the same remedy be applied again. |
