We received the following... The time period is the American Colonial era, and the following was printed in the Virginia Gazette: We hear from Shrewsbury, in New Jersey, that the week before last one Mr. --------, of that place, being plied by strong liquor by three females, until he was much intoxicated, they then proceed very deliberately to deprive him on his manhood by castration, which they effectively performed. The crime he was charged with was for depriving his wife of favours that he bountifully lavished upon his neighbors. The operators were his wife, his wife's mother and one other woman. He is in a fair way of recovering and the women are all in custody. Back to 2nd Quarter 2004 List of News Items Back to Master List of News Items Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2004 by Coalition Web, Inc. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com