| Show S 'S c I. I C t AN EXEc EXECUTION IN S SPAIN AIN r m l tr Four J Die at Madrid b Garrote Tho The four a B who led the tho recent mob in pillaging Xeres eres were exe exe- executed executed at Madrid on the lOth Tho The platform upon tho the garrote 1 was erected was surrounded by a rough I wooden railing inside of 01 which was a strong detachment detachment o of police and troops who had no trouble in keeping tho the people back Upon the scaffold there thero were four wooden partitions la in each cach of which was placed a chair behind which vas was a stake Attached to each stake there was vas a metal racial He lie collar which is put around tho the criminals criminal's crimi crimi- nals nal's neck behind the tho collar colar is an iron screw which is t turned tn until its point crushes into tho the spinal column causing almost instant death I IThe The streets housetops and windows about the plaza in il front of f tho the jail Ian jai were packed with people for the tho greatest excitement ex ex- has prevailed among amoni th the lower classes ever since the tho anarchist raid on Xeres on January last last when tho the town was held practically by oythe bythe the Re Reds s for several hours the leader o oi the four tour struggled desperately to escape being forced to ap approach approach ap- ap al- al the tho like chair chair Stake take So terribly did ho he struggle that it It required the tho combined combined com com- str strength of fida inen n to to force lim him into the seat scat and they had mu much h b difficulty in getting his neck into the tho garrote Finally Finaly executioner was two full ful minutes turning the screw of the tho iron free collar colar powerfully enough to break the tho neck of the tho unfortunate anarchist This terrible sc cOne the people into a state of rage rago and Indignation ton terrible terri tern terr- terr ble to boh behold d Men shouted and nd cur cursed d at atthe the authorities women wept and moaned as they buried burled their heads hads in their aprons and dresses and several people male and female fainted outright but there was no attempt made to attack the police or mili military military ml tary for the tho latter have havo taught th tho anarchists anarchists an an- of Xeres a l lesson ion which they are not net likely to to forgot forget for many a long day The other ether two two condemned anarchists and Lamela Lamela died more quietly death death appa apparently ein instantaneous t n a ous ou's from t tho moment the first to or three the tho screw were vere appl applied All Al the tho executed I men were either cobb cobblers ors or I Out of s sympathy for them the tho p people Inmany in inmany inmany many of the outlying towns and villages 1 closed their little or er elso elio ele refused to togo togo togo I I go go to work 4 |
