Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-07-06
Translated for tie Boston Pa,,adum
HAvAYNA, April "a.
EXECUTION FOR MURDER.

<Auh'Hhtt Ia lulS otdttoii, vt.
certify that OH the 10Th inst. at hal;
past O'Clock, A. NJ. the galley slave Of
this royal arsenal, jose Flureutino Harra,
aged u years, underwent the capital pun
ishment on the ga;lows to which he was.
sentenced by the court of this cou,mandau-
cy General uf Marine OIL the 10Th of A
pril, OF last year, land which the Supreme
Tribunal OF the Admiralty of Spain and
the Indies confrmed) for the trcacherous
murder of the justice of the peace, d.
francisco Rodriguez, aud at half past three
+. Nj. his right hand was cut OFF and nail
ed to th hook which is without the gate of
the rail OF the royal arsenal.
The aforesaid criminal Harra, being put
into the chapel for spiritual preparation,
manifested that he had IL public and judi
cial declaration to make, lii order to ease
his conscience, and his petition being acce-
ded TO, he declared the day before the pun
lshment, having previously taken an oath,
that he had committed SEVENTEEN
MURDERS---eight in this city and nine
out, explaining them in the following man
ner The first IN the arches of the con-
vent Of our Lady de Be!en, committing it
with knife Ell white man, whose name
and surname he did not know, neither did
he state the day nor the year; but he sta
ted that it WAS after prisons, and through
Jealousy to a woman: The second, on the
wall of Paura, on F. Rodriguez, giving
him two stabs with knife, aud being dead
he threw him into tie sea over the said
wall, he did neither state the day, year nor
hour, but that the cause was for having
pursued him as deserter from the arsenal,
requiring Of him a contribution The
third he psrpetrated on the negro Julien
Mendez: in the neighb,rhUod of Santa Ca
talina, giving him stab with dagger a.
bout o'clock in the evening, neither did
he state the day, month, nor year, but that
the cause was having stared at him The
fourth. in the walks of st. Jose, without
the walls of this city, on young native
Spaniard, " whose name he gave no ac-
count, neither of the day, month, --or
year, on account of some variance he had
with him The filth he executed on the
road which is before arriving at the the set
Elements of Penavar, on negro-he did
not state his name, surname, day, month
nor year, but the cause was that he presu-
med he was following him, whom he watch
cd aGuarter of an hour the night after his
decease happened: The sixth in the field
'ot Mars, on mulato, striking him with a
club, neither uid he state his name. the
day nor month, bat that it wasin the even
Ing, and because that playing paw he had
some difference with him: The seventh
he executed in the district OF Mocha on
negro CristnmO--hc did not state his sur
name, day, month nor year, but that the
cause was his having pursued him with two
others; and because at the ball there was
In that town, he broke the harp with which
they were playing: The eighth was that
which he committed on the person of the
above mentioned c0inmissary, ID. Francis
GO Rodriguez, and for which he was Judged
and sentenced TO undergo the punishment
OF the gaIlows, as has been stated: The
ninth was in the city Of Porto Rico, aud
he executed ii on the boatswaIu Of vessel
and for which he was sentenced to ten
years labor in the arsenal, in 1910: The
tenth he executed in Vera Cruz, on the
Sergeant Of Lancers. f. Alvarez, being a
soldier in the same troop, giving him stab
in the quarters---he did not state the day.
month, nor wear: The eleventh, ia MeXi-
co, Oh commssaryOf the city, executing
IT on a Saturday. abOnt O'clock IN the G.
vening, ia t;'e month of April, without sta
ting tie year neither the name 0f the per
son, that the cause being his having wish
ed to arrest him as deserter from thC
permanent regiment in which he had Ell
listed The twelfth in Alicant, on Antonio
Cortpz, sailor or board French privateer
in which they both sailed he killed hin
with a stab, at about u'clock in the even
ing, i'm the month of January, without re
collecting the year, but the cause was hav
ing lent him sash, and his having refuses
to return IL to him, declaring that in thi
affair he was wounded by COrtez; Th
thirteenth OF the French Consul III the CT
ty &c Malaga, giving him three stab
in the castle de AlfarO; TIE four
tecnth, on his excelIeucy the Senior Mar
quis de la SoIaua. in Cadiz, having bee
the first who seized him. and gave hin
three mortal stabs The fifteenth he per
petrated on the COmmaudant Of the Re
venue, DE Jose Hercdia, in the SAID CadiZ
in time of the revolution which the Frenc
eaused in Spain: And finally, he declares
that sailing from Tampico to Cadiz,. in a
American brig, lie threw overheard me Q
the sailors, with whom he had had quar-
rel in defence Of the Spanish name, execu
ting II one night during storm and tw
days aferwares he did TIE same by til