| Show romance of crime the execution of two spaniards Spaniard sy pedro annas armas and manuel the murder of an englishman two and a half years ago ago took aceron the ad ot ju july ay in the ite oro canary islands I the murder says an english Efi glish paper was one of the most horrible and cold blooded ever committed it appears victim Af sir james rJames ears that the lilliain Will william iain morris W was 13 employed in an english house of business at port Oro tara and was on very in intimate terms with the two murderers so much so that it ia ig supposed he lie informed them that he be carried carr aed the ke keys s of ofa a safe in which was deposited posited a i large sum of money this excited their cupidity and one evening they enticed the unfortunate man inan to an unfrequented spot a short distance from the tile town near a cemetery and there while quietly walking along alone together one ile threw a handful into his eyes e es and after knocking him down with a heavy stick they both stabbed him after ransacking the body taking in among otherS things R the bay ke keys s of it the ie safe they carried his body into the cemetery and opening a tomb threw in the body then i after closing it they gat fat down on the stone to smoke a one remarking in ark ing that morris could not co complain P lain as they had given him a ch christian tin burial unfortunately for them when r replacing P ftc in g the stone that covered the t tomb b they broko broke off a small piece fro from the corner comer and four days day aften afterward vard a blind boy who was ivas attending a funeral was attract attracted ted to the tile tomb by a it strong smell and the people with him observed several flies issuing issuing from a hole in the he corner the authorities were informed of it and caused the stone to be raised when morriss body was found the having been stolen from the money safe suspicion fell upon pedro armas armasa and na manuel brito as both of them had a bad reputation and were known to have b been een intimate friends of the murdered man strong and conclusive ive evidence of their gui guilt it babir having ig been brou brought lit tra a against ainest tried and them tb they were arres arrested sentenced to death they friley were then bent to prison to awal await t a confirmation of the sentence from Th madrid ladrid where they remained two and a 11 half yea years N during which time several pet petitions tiosav were ere presented to the authorities in ip order to procure the remission of the sentence however thanks to the untiring efforts of thel the english consul at cruz the confirmation at length h arrived and the execution was fixed for the ad of july As ai soon as the date waa fixed the murderers were urged to confess their horrible clinic crime but refused ti to maka any statement until the eve of the execution when they both boch admitted the murder and also abo confessed having committed several i robberies lobb obb cries eries attempting to shoot a spaniard and twice setting firo fire to he the judges house on the morning of f the ad of july the inhabitants of were astir very early and at ai am a large number of people from all parts of the island ha had collected at the scaffold which had been erected during the night on tin vei very r spot where rethe the murder had been committed three hours later the prisoner left the jail ail in in a awall cart ste accompanied compa nied by a priest price holding hold in a crucifix they were both drency n black gowns owns with tall black back hats hat s the el elder ge r of the two P pdro dro annas appeared to be very much affected but his companion showed no signs of feeling whatever they were to s suffer death by ga parroting garroting garro r doting ting and to die facing the cemetery arrived at the scaffold they were both led on to the platform and after having kissed the crucifix and received rec elved absolution from the priest rie they were seated tide beside by side each eh with his back against the post to which the instruments of death were fixed there baing only one executioner one min re an had bad to witness the others d dath aab pedro armas was the first to suffer and the wretched man aid aided edthe ahe executioner to puttie irons round bia his neck before being bound he suffered considerably before dying aa as the executioner being a very old man had not sufficient strength to screw the irons tight enough the other prisoner died almost instantaneously their bodies remained till sunset when they were taken down and buried but the scaffold still remains as a warning to evildoers |
