Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-07-16 | Page 4 | Cuba Goes Back To Garrote

oJ CUBA GOES BACK TO GARROTE la In n Santiago Cuba Salvadore Salvadoe Aguilera went vent to his bis death In the cruel punishment garrote carroto punishment for for murdering his hie aunt aunt whom he kill killed I ed cd to rob ot of It marked the tho revival l of ot of the death penalty In Cuba after alter a lapse of o 20 years ears and the executioner executioner was as a fellow prisoner ot of the cond condemned and a a boyhood f ffriend I IThe friend I IThe The Th garrote carrot breaks the th spinal column at the th base has ot of the tb neck liy by the th turning of ot a screw screw The executioner leaninG over Agull- Agull eras era's eras era's shoulder asked tile the condemn condemned ed mans man's man forgiveness received d it and then pressed the lever which which took his bis friends friend's friend life me For performIng that little servo lc Ice to hIs hi country the th execution er I er cc will receive II a a of ot his hla own sentence which was wu a II long long- term lone term one on for tor homicide How many Would oud be b willing to b barter for tor mercy In such a manner