The "spankee" never seemed to enter very heartily into the mirth of the occasion.

As a rule he slept on his face for a week or so after, and took his meals standing.
The fear of the spanking, and Hill's skill in detecting the guilty ones, had a very salutary effect upon the smaller criminals.
The Raiders who had been put into irons were very restive under the infliction, and begged Hill daily to release them.

They professed the greatest penitence, and promised the most exemplary behavior for the future.

Hill refused to release them, declaring that they should wear the irons until delivered up to our Government.
One of the Raiders--named Heffron--had, shortly after his arrest, turned State's evidence, and given testimony that assisted materially in the conviction of his companions.

One morning, a week or so after the hanging, his body was found lying among the other dead at the South Gate.
The impression made by the fingers of the hand that had strangled him, were still plainly visible about the throat.