17 April 1899
Lashes for Girl Thief
Special to the Post
Manassas, Va., April 16 -- In the Mayor's office here yesterday afternoon there was a scene enacted which revived recollections of the whipping post law of this State, long since repealed, when Mary Ball, colored, by consent of her father, Tom Ball, received ten lashes on the bare back, well laid on by Sergt. B. N. Merchant, as the penalty for the larceny of lot of wearing apparel. The Legislature, at its last session, passed an act authorizing the administration of stripes as a penalty for misdemeanors in the case of minors, with consent of the parent or guardian.
This was loovely to read
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