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It?15 LASHES GIVENMAN WHO WHIPPEDWITH} Sheriff Wertenbaker Wields- 1, WMp: Waebter Says He (~t Deserved Penalty.i i ijjatl yt^icrday njoniinir. as a parr ol ' | ihv valence imposed by Jcsrfc-e Aagxr^r I ■ IT. Brsisr after TTachter bad been con- j [ jvicted of Z^atinc bis wife. A suspend- j I ed ^emenee of ix a:onrhs in zi e House'’ [of Correvrion is ^rill bansrinir over hlmt* 2 K«i JIwhich. will be carried into effect if hei £rao!e?ts Ms wife at any time in. thelI future. *lt; I got what I deserved and I hold | so grode arsxlns-r anyoue. said tVacis-{ter when f r*?e-L I:You hare treated me finnand I hare \ ■,[nothing to complain aboutf’ he adcen f [to the Sheriff! But somebody will j ] {pay for rfcis. he is said to have tie-;;'dares! as he walked from the eetl.IVaehter was arrested Wednesday morning by Sheriff WlXiiaxaO. W6rt6il' f rhaJcer a.nd Iepo;y Sboriif Cliarlee K. 1~ Klipp on vTiirrants s won* out by Mr?, J _TTaehzer and George TT, Tonusr. onj ~whose fsrm he is icnant. His hear-!| mir w:5-i 5Pt for Wedne^dny even in r: ar 1 15.30 o'clock before Jcsiice Eimw Air [she heannt: Wachrer gave no excusef „ | tor bis actions and offered no defense !fo the charge of assault and battervi=j on his wife. Justice Brasn alter cesr-ing the evidence, found Wacfeter gniiry., j imposed a suspended sentence of six j i months in the House of Correction; jam! ordered that he be given fifteen | lashes by Sheriff Wertenbaker as soon | as possible.First In 12 Years-The whipping administered by Sher- ; Iff tTerteubaker this morainrr'was thei iIfir^z zo be given in Frederick since StrOO—32 years ago, it was said—when Ii «i »Sheriff George Euward Myers dealt I h i out the same punishment to a wife-1 't I beater. The whip used by Sheriff i pYerreabaker was one such as is usedf'', I by farmers driving four and six horse I teams.! •The prisoner, a powerful man a not::years old. w.is taken to a lowerj cell In the corporation slue o£ the jaiJ jyes-rertiay shortly after 10 o'clock; after he had refused to exercise h!s ’ right of appeal. He was stripped ?« 1,rhe waist with the exception Ot a taiat-*rL.|lican7.0 undershirt- His hands v-erej '• handcuffed to the heavy iron bars on:M‘ one of “he windows, J| sheriff Wertenbaker told Wsehter;.that he was about to carrv out thej order'- of the court—a sentence of 2-5lashes—and then preceded to measure j out the puiilsisnifiit. Wsehter stiffeno; \ ri hi- Ixmsv and -ood perfectly still while tx *ne fir-t two laches fell. With the J third {Wre was a visible jerk of his w 'nerves and as* the lash wrapped around L,his body with the other twelve swings jc, :of tlse sheriffs arm. Waehser leaned a*=} j}far to the wall as possible la an effort!7 So tiiy the force of the Mows. He;v . kept his lips eks-ed Ughi and Ids jaws j t, set. although the falt;** jkst he was snf-;:: feting pa hi could he seen by the ex-inprss-sdou on bis face. jWacater, who had been handcuffedc t'Vl»«* tue bars by I’d see Iesk Sergeant T. U. ATexander and Turnkey Shaw. 5 ^ said nothing while tisey were releasing u him. 'Hie thin ac.irtc shirt was rolled sv . up to ills- shoulders, displaying 25 red * welts, and ar -*nse places slight iacera- j xIons. Be pulled on his shirt, at ihe iT; satae time saying he got what he de-|?i servet! and that he took his medicine, i i hold no grudge against anyone.” j he added, hut is said to have declared in the presence of the Sheriff that tomeiKXiy will pay for this.”! Hater In company with his father he walked down 'street and sat for awhile on one of the bem-hc*. in Court I'ark. Be betrayed no signs of his* p-inisiiTueiir. On the street he was ree-ognize«i by a number of persons several of whom remarked as he passed ,' ihere gees the man who was whipped.'o*liac■cI*
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The Frederick News Post
Frederick, Maryland, US
Fri, Aug 19, 1921
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Kenneth K.
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