Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-07-06
TRANSLATED far the Boston Palladium.l
HAVANA, April "a.
EXECUTION FOR MURDER.

Don Jose Miguel lsquierlo, Clerk OF the Adu.i-
rally in this station, &c.
certify that on the 10Th inst. at half past o.
clock, ~ Nj. the galley slave o. this royal arsenal,
Jose Fiorentino Harra, aged - years, underwent
the captsl punishment on the ga!iows, To which lie
was sentenced by the court of this Comnlshdsnry
6eneral ot Marine the 18th OF April, OF last
year, (and which the Supreme Tribunal of the
Admiralty OF Spain and the Indies confirmed Tor
the teaeherous murder of the Justice Ut Peace, ID.
Francsco Rodriguez, and ut hali past s, Z. "A.
has right hand vas cut of and nai!ed to the hook
which Is without tie gate of the rai vi the royal
arsenal.
The aforesaid cr;tsiIal Ha5ra, being put iato the
chapel ior spiritual preparation, maui. SEED that he
ha'i a public aud judicial declaration nske, in
order 10 ease his conscience, AID his petition beng
accce ed 10, he declare the day bef re the pun
ishmcni, having previously taken oath, THAI he
had committed SEVENTEEN MURDERS
eight in ths city and nine out explaining them all
IN tl'e following rnanner The first in the arches
OF the convent OF our Lady de Beleu, committing it
with Snne on a white inan, whose name and sur
name heidi not know, settler did nc state the day
nor the year; but he stated that ii was after orr.
sons, ami ,nrous! jealousy AS to a vsInaG 1ac
second, on the wall OF PaIra, L. Rodriguez, CIV.
itg him two slabs with knife, and being dead he
th3ew lam a'O ,l,e the SAID wa,i-he did
neither state the day, year hour, but hat ihe
cause wss iOr having pursued hiIn as desertcr
rn'@ tie arsenal, rtqniti1g Of him contribution
ne th'rd, lie perpet aied on the gro Julien
NAttN'SL, IN o. santa Cdtl,ifi,
giving him stab with dagger about O'clock IN
d.e evening, neither did he state Iie day, mouth
nor year, but that the cause was, his having stared
at him: The fourth, in the wsi&s of ST JOSS,
without The walls ol tins city, on Young native
Spanacd, ot whose name and surname he gave
no account, neither OF the day, rnon,i nor
year. on account Ut SEINE variance he had with
MIN {: The fifth, he executed in the road which is
before arriving at the settlements Of Penaiver, on
a negro-he did not state his name, surname, day,
NIX. .tI roar he rAn ~
snmed he Was following him, whom he watched a
quaiter oian hour the might after his decease hap
peHed The sixth, il the irli 81 Mars, on o MO
sattos striking him with club nsilher did lie state
las lame, t,e Jas nor month"; bat that it in the
evening, aud because chat piaNiUg paw paw, III had
some difference with b,in: The seventh, he exc
eoted ia the district Of Mocha tiie negro C.Ii-
ostono-he lid rot state lis surname, tay, month
nor year, but. that the cause his hsying par
ssed him with two others and because at The bali
there was in thai town, lac broke The harp with
which they we;e pis, Mg The eigtti, was that
which he comD.it.ed Oh the person OF the abuye-
meutiunei cOnsnissary, ID. Francisco Rodrisuez
and ior which he was judged and sentenced to un-
dergo the punishment Of the gal,ows. as has been
stated The ninth, was in the city Of Porto Hiuo
AMI he executed 1t on the boatsWain Of a vessel and
Tor which lac was sentenced 20 , years labou. in
this arsenal, IN 1910: The tenth he executed IL
era Graz, on the Sergeant OF Lancers, i. Ava
reZ, being soldier in tne same troOp, giving him
stab in the quarters--he did not state the day
Snunth nor year: The eleventh, ia Mexico, Oh a
c"ninlsssIy Of the city, executing it o. Saturday
about O'clock ~ tns evening, III Tie month Of r.
pril, without stating the year, neither the name of
the person, bnt the cause being his haYag wished
10 arrest him rs deserter from the permaneet
regiment, in which he had enlisted The twelfth,
~ AlcsIt on Aatonio COrtes, sailsr on bosrd
French priya;eer, in which they both sailed he
killed Elm with stab, at about o'clock in the e.
SeRifS, IN the Inoatn OF January, without recoieet-
ing tAe year, bu; The having lent him
sash, and his having refused to return il 10 him. de-
caIag ti.st in this affair he was wounded By Cor
,es: The thirteenth, on the French Coasal # the
city OF Malaga, giving him three stabs in the castls
de Aliaro: The fourteenth, ON his Excclleney The
Senior Marquis de la Solana in Cadiz having been
the hrst WAC seized him, and gave him three NOR
tai stabs; The fifteenth, he perpctraled on the
Commandant Of the Revenue, D jose Heredia,
IA the said Catiz, in the time OF tie revolution
which t!e French caused in Spru: And Fl ally,
he declared, that Sailing from Tampico 10 Cs,liz
in an Americas brig, he threw cverb ard one Of the
sadoTs, witt whom n hsd quarrel in defence of
the Spanish rame, executing Il one night during 4
Storm and two Gays afterwards lie dm the same
by the mate, Al performing winch Rafael Aruianio
native oi;he island of Leon assisted hfp, because
the SAID mate mad suspicious OF his having thrown
the sailor overheard concluding that he cid not
specify the various aiirays and blows which he had
had with others; cause death rot having ~
sued, lac considered tie relation OF them rs su-
perfiuous, although some persons had remained in
lured.
Ia the same day he made his viii and notwitb-
standing that Ia the process Of the triad, he deear-
ed that lie wa native of Monte Video, lac man
Tested in that, that lie was of this city.
certify lkewiss, that on the same i9th DAY that
justice was eX cuted, he repeated his confession,
and tie Sacrament administered to him before
carrying hrn TO the gailOWs that being onii few
moments beiore expating his crimes, ainong o,icr
things which he expressed AMI sad, he confirmed
ia loud and public voice, the foregoing dcclara-
lion, whch, by a decree passed in The prcc e iEgs
Of his Trial, ordered 10 be Published 10 the
government paper OF his city % the end that e
there be any oGe charged vita these murders, aud
ifbe should choose to make of this information,
ie may, as faras he is able, il 10 BIS FAVOR aud
that the requisite epies there o ne officially sent 10
their ilOnors the Chiefs of the Tribunals OF Prov
inces in which the said murders were committed X
especially To- the Supreme Council 0fthe Admiralty,
ior their information, aud to tie gOvernnenl paper
OF this city.
JOSE MIG UEL IZQUIERDO.
Hayanns, April 10Th, 1916.