Deseret Evening News | 1910-01-04 | Page 1 | Further Light on Zelaya's Acts

FURTHER LIT liGHT liGHTON LITON ON ACTS I Gen Medina Delayed Execution I Of Groce and Cannon Purpose Purposely ly in Hope of a Reprieve DICTATOR WAS INEXORABLE Gen Con Toledo o That UnS or bo t to toNo I Xo No Purpose I Managua Jan Jun IGen to ln made pUblic letters and telegrams lii in ot of the claim Gen Toledo Toedo and ho bo all In 11 theIr thel to prevent the execution on ot of Groc an and Cannon the One of the letters I by Gen Medina from Groce on the da dy QC of the executions Is as follows As a last favor I beg and Implore rou to dela delay the execution oC the death sentences until answer Is received from a to plea for meIC moray for Cods sake let us live You can hope no longer as t L brother brothel Mason to be a friend magnanimous and kind kindI I beseech you tc to continue doing every everythinG everything thinG to save us Words are arc Inadequate to express our gratitude for all you ou have already done for our Gen Medina who ho wat wa commanded to see that the tho will of was waso o obeyed e ed declares he h dela delayed ed the execution lion tion purposelY in the hope that the ro rc rlee w wOuld uld be received from the pres on tile the day preceding the execution execution tion in which he was ordered specifically cally to proceed with the enforcement If the death penalty Another gram m received by him from President Zelaya on the tho cla day after Grace Groce and Cannon had been shot reads I 1 acknowledge your notification of oC tile the executions and rejoice that the re requirements of the law lav have been corn com Plied with The followIng telegram was sent by Gen Toledo to Medina the day before the condemned men were killed Am President asking that lives lIes or Cannon and GrO GrOhe Groce he spared Suppose you have already lone done so r I await final decision of the resident before with executions lions Gen Medina makes malos pUblic a 11 tele grail received bhim by him from the director tr of telegraphs and which Indicates that attempted to prevent Grace Groc and Cannon communicating with the Ole United States con consul ul The Thc director ot of the tel tela graphs wired President Pr disapproved your permit tin transmission ot of telegrams front from GI Groce C and Cannon to AmerIcan consul He will not permit such fuch concessions as the they are to place the govern tient In dIfficulties