Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1899 — Boiling to Death. [ARTICLE]

Boiling to Death.

The last instance of boiling to death took place In Persia In 1890. The offender, who was guilty of stealing State revenues, was put in a large cauldron of cold water, which was slowly heated to the boiling point. His bones were distributed, as a warning, among the provincial tax collectors.