Wilmington Daily Commercial

The Right to Wallop 'Em.

THREE PHILADELPHIANS TIED UP AND LAMMED, YESTERDAY-THEY PROTEST THEIR INNOCENCE-STRONG SYMPATHY FOR GEORGE HOWARD- HECHT THREATENS HELL AGAINST DELAWAREANS.

[Reported Specially for the Commercial.]

Besides the two colored men who were whipped on Saturday, as reported in the COMMERCIAL yesterday, three more unfortunates, rashly importunate of law and justice were yoked, tied up and whipped, in the jail-yard at New Castle, yesterday. They are all white men, are said to be Germans, and it is alleged came from Philadelphia, where the Day, ("an afternoon paper" which admires the whipping post,) is still published. They were arrested in this city, a few nights ago, with tools in their possession stolen from a marble yard, under circumstances which induced the belief that they were about to break into the Banking-house of the Wilmington Saving Fund, at 8th and Market Sts.

It is probably safe to say that no three men, charged with an offence were ever the objects of more sympathy from the crowd in the jail-yard. especially in the case of George Howard. He is quite a young and respectable-looking person whom no one present, yesterday, seemed to believe guilty of the charges against him.

The pillorying was done in the forenoon. when Lewis Steins and Fredrick Hecht were placed in the stocks together and were thus tortured for one hour. After these two were taken down, young Howard was taken up. While in the pillory, he firmly declared his innocence to the crowd who were witnessing his "unjust punishment," and said he belonged "to three secret Orders, and if there are any members who see me here, they should be merciful. The Court showed no mercy."

Shortly after 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Steins was ironed to the post, and received twenty lashes. The whipping in this case, as in the two following, was done in as humane a manner as possible, yet severe enough to raise red welts and draw the blood to the skin at every stroke. Only the very slightest twitching of the muscles was perceptible during the whipping. Steins was then returned to the jail to stay two years

Frederick Hecht was next fastened up. He told the Sheriff that it was unnecessary to iron him to the post,as he would stand still.He was ironed, however, but his suspenders were not taken off, which probably lightened the severity of the cat. After getting his twenty lashes and returned to his cell, he stated to the writer that if he ever got out of this place and catch one of these Delaware fellows in Philadelphia. I will give him h-l. Frederick felt indignant.

Howard was the third and last case for the day Without a groan or motion of the muscle cord. he stood to the post, and received his twenty lashes, very lightly laid on, but owing to the extreme tenderness of the skin, every blow of the lash left its marks in red welts.

Joseph Derias,who was sentenced yesterday to the post, will be whipped next Saturday, which will end our fall exhibition of the licking business, at New Castle