Show Spinal Column of Slayer Is Is' Broken Spanish Garrote Garrot Used to End Lif Life of Cuban uban Murderer SANTIAGO Cuba July S g AP APS AP- AP S Aguilera was iut ut to death by the j garrot today for the murder of his aunt in March 1924 It was wEls the first execution n in Cu Cuba a ain in twenty years The garrote which breaks the spinal column at th the base of the neck by the turning ot of a 3 screw screWs waS operated by Francisco Paula Romero Romero Ro Ro- mero a convict trank Davis a a year old old ear negro of ot Savannah Ga and aull a 11 veteran of the battle of San SanJuan SanJuan Juan Hill wh WhO is serving a n two- two yuu yai sentence for tor robb robbery ry was the assistant executioner died eleven eleVOn minutes after the garrote was applied He lie broke down as the time for the ex execution ex- ex and it was necessary ry to administer restoratives restoratives restoratives restora restora- tives before h he could b be placed d in inthe inthe inthe the chair and arid the brass bras collar adJusted adjusted adjusted ad- ad about his neck ex execution Is the ty-first ty in lii the history of the Cuban republic The last previous one ne was on June 12 1906 in Havana About seven Heven years ears ago the Cut Cut-an senate enate passed a n bill abolishing capital punishment but It was wa never fully tully ratified Last year the house of representatives resurrected th the bill from a mass o of tabled legislation legislation legislation legis legis- lation but no further action has hasben been ben taken on it The garrote is a relic of ot the Spanish regime in Cuba The brass collar about the neck effects strangulation At th the same time a a. sharp spike enters the back of the tho neck breaking th the spinal column |