Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-11-16

We received, per brig Adam GRAY from
oar attentive correspondent, some interes.
unE details of an affair of late occurrence
| ~ Iuoo, which IN atrocity, unnatural bru-
iai'ty and complicated tragedy. nearly
/ equals the horl9le history of the Borgias.
Condensed frofa the documents sent rs
! ny our correspondent; the facts of the
case are as follows;
In the district ofthe Pima del Rio. there
resided, some time ago, wealthy planter.
whose christian name was Don Jose.
ms manor rather brute in human form,
had been for some time living criminaiiv
with ms own daughter, to the know ledge
OF The wife and mother, who, however
vas afraid to excite the brutal vengeance
oil me monster, BY denouncIne and expo
Sirg MS crime. But as the daughter be-
gan to bloom into womanhood. the sense
otshame and degradation beginning 10 o.
crate upon her mind, she determined to
resist The approaches Of her unnatural pa.
rent. She threatened TO proclaim his in
i4ny. and denouBce him before the tribu-
mas ne persisted In his atrocities. Short.
y after this the poorgirl was found IN her
oeo, cruelty mardred. The father was
arrested tried found guilty. and SEMEN
ced 10 he executed BY the garrote, kind
of gui'lontine, which extingu;shes life by
means Of sharp wire, which Is made by
cer;ain spring to penetrate the spine Of
tie victim; as hetsits in char or stocks.
10 execute this sentence, the public
tunctlonary. as tie Is styled in legal par
lance, or in plain language, the cxecu-
TONER, was sent from Havana. Now a.
this individual IS held IN great horror bv
the people. who finve lately been threat
erred with visitation from aim. on ac-
count OF their ASPIRATIONS for Liberty. il
was deemed prnf'ent 10 lodge the cxecu-
toner in a sccuret place. iIs was there.
tore provided with quarters in the district
prison, IN the same apartment with scve
raj t'ions, who were appreheasiye Of be
coming better acquainted with him.
In the morning, Jack Ketch WIS
found dangling by the neck, from u rope
attached 10 the Eratln1s OF the prison
His fellow inmates o; the prison did not
appreciate his company and had thus rid
themselves u Il 4 iaceiious prisoner.
however. alleged that the execulouer
had been seized with renlorse. and DISCUS
ted with his profession, had res0lved5to
retire from il By suicide. But this story
did not impose upon the intelligent Gov /
ernor Of the district, who went 10 work,
in the old style Of the inqli>ition, TO as
certain the truth by the application Of tor I
ture to the prisoners. In the process Of /
hts Ingenious devices for the elucidation /
of the mystery, one Of the most murder
Gus looking of the accused waa tied up so /
tightly, that by the merest accident in |
The world, he was quite unable to give
the desired information, although when /
taken down he bowed his head affirna /
lively He was dead.
The Captain General has sent down an I
especial officer to ascertain the real facts /
IN this complicated tragedy. Our cores /
pendent suggests that he should follow .
the example of the District Governor. and .
hang a few of the individuals concerned f
- this rigid application of the torture,
There being no applicant FIR the office
Of rxecutIoner. the abandoned murderer
of his own child was taken ont and shot
by a file Of soldiers These are the SIM
pie facts Of this afair, which are sufficient
" tracical without the epsndical additions
IF the horror loving Spaniards Of Havana.
They are sufficient to illustrate the oe-
1ighted state Of morals and of the admin
stration of justice in this unhappy and
oppressed island.