Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1894 — A HORRIBLE PUNISHMENT. [ARTICLE]

A HORRIBLE PUNISHMENT.

A flhlllan Criminal Shot and Tied In n Eng with Rati and Snakes. The terrible punishments inflicted on criminals In Chill are now fortunately done away with. How terrible these penaltiee were the following story, told by a correspondent from Conoepoion, will show: Less than forty years ago a beautiful girl, whose parents were among the wealthiest citizens of Conoepcion, married the son of another equally prominent family, and the pair settled down to housekeeping with flattering prospeote of future happiness. For several months their oourse of true love ran smoothly enough, and then the demon jealousy took possession of the young wife whether on reasonable grounds or not Ido not know. Among these passionate, high-strung, irresponsible people the “green-eyed monster” plays a more desperate part than coldblooded Northerners oim well understand. and the prisons are filled with his viotims. The senora in question, mad with jealous rage, crept out of bed one night, heated a kettle of lard to the boiling point and deliberately poured it over the head of her sleeping husband. Of oourse he died, after a few hours of torture; and so did she, in a no loss shocking manner. Though her father offered the whole of his wealth to save her life and the mother begged the Governor on her knees to Inflict some less horrible punishment, the poor demented girl was dragged lo “the hill of death,” or place of publio executions, and shot; and then her yet warm body was tied up in a sack, together with living rats and snakes, and sunk In the middle of the river.