Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1849-11-03
From tho N. o. Desn1 n IA
horrible TnA0EDY1N CUDA.

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We ,received yesterday per brig Adams
GRAY, from our attentive Havana correspon.
dent, some interesting details af an affair o.
late Occurrence in C"ba, which in atrocity.
unnatural brutality, and complicated tragedy,
nearly equals the horrible story of the BorQi.
a.. Condensed from The documents sent us
by,opr correspondent, the facts Of the case
ere "a, follows; g a lsuf3ei4 ao
In the district Of Pima del Rio, there re-.
sided, some time ago wealthy planter,
whose .namc was Don Jose. This man, or
rather brnte in human form, had been for
some time living criminaily with his own
daughter, to the knowledge Of the wifi, ard
mother, who. however, was afraid 10 excite
the brutal vengeance of the monster. hv de-.
honncing and exposing his crime. Bnt a. the
uamghier began TO bloom into womcnhood.
the sense Of shame and degradation begin.
ming 10 operate on her mind, she determined
10 resist the approaches of the unnatural IA.
rent She threatened to proclaim his iufamv
and denounre him before tho tribunals II hi
persisted in his atroci'irs Shortly after his
poor girl was fonnd in her Rel, crrel'v mur.
dered. The father was arrested tri.d fonrd
guilty., and sentenced to be execn'ei bv the
Rarrote, a kird Of eul'cirr. VII h ev,;r.
enishrs if- by means cf a .r rp y ir.. " hirh
IS mode BY certain spring 10 penetrate 'he
apine Of the victim, as he sits in chair or
stocks. To execute This sentence ihr p bile
furctionnry, as h. is s'vled in legal parlance
or in plain language, the execuiionrr, was
sent from Havana. Now, as this individual
is held in great horror by the people, who
have lately been threatened with visitation
from him, on account Of their aspirations for
liberty, it wa. deemed prudent 10 lodge the
exrcutioner in a secure place. He was there.
fore provided with quarters in the district
prison. in the same apartment with several
felon., who were arprehensisc Of becoming
better acquainted with him.
In the morning, Jack Kerch was found
dangling hy tho neck. from a rope attached
to the graings Of the prisons. HIS fellow.in.
mates Of the prison did not appr' cia'e his
company, and had thus rid themsvr Of it
A IA etou' prisoner, however, leHc IA he
exe utinpr h dlen.ez d IS ith 'tuosc. an
disgns.rd with hA rrofssio", had resolved &
retire fom i bv sririln. b., hi s"tvd Il o
impose upon the in,elliprn, Governor of the
district, who want % work, in III" old .'vle
Of the inqui-fion, TO ascertain tn" truth by
the application Of torture 10 the rrisoners.--
In the process. of his ingenious devices for
the elucida,ion Of the mystery, one of the
most mmrderous looking of the accused was
tied up 80 tightly, tina, by the merest acci.
dent in the world, he was quite unable to
give the desired information although hen
taken down hr bowed his head affirmatively. t
He was dead
The Captain General has sent down an c..
pecial officer 10 ascertain the facts in this S
tragedy. Our correspondent sng-
ges,s iha, he should follow the example OF /
the District Governor, and hang few OF the
individuals connected with the rigid applica.
ton of the torture. q
There being no applicant for I'll" office Of q
execulioner, the Abandoned murderer OF his $ $
own child, was taken Out and shot by tile
Of soldiers. These are the simple facts Of b
Ibis affair, which are sufficiently tragical
without the episoiical additions Of the horror +
loving Spaniaids of Havana. They are suf.
Glen, TO illustrate the beniehied state OF NOR r.
ais and Of the administration of justice in this n
and oppressed island.