Elkhart (IN) Daily Review, December 4, 1909, p. 4.
BROWN COUNTY, INDIANA COURT CRITICIZED FOR UNIQUE METHOD ADOPTED TO PUNISH
INCORRIGIBLE
Nashville, Indiana, December 4-Harvey Ayres, the 14-year-old son of John
Ayers, was given thirty lashes with a hickory switch Friday upon the order
of Judge Deupree in the circuit court. The whipping was administered by the
boy's father.
The punishment has aroused considerable criticism here despite the judge's
explanation in court that the whipping will do the boy more good, he
believes, than any other thing that could be done.