, 1866-10-16
DOUBLE EXECUTION.
Gonzales and Pellicier Hanged In
Brooklyn on Friday.

Gonzales and Pellicier Hanged in
Brooklyn on Friday.
sion Of Pe11lcler the Three
murderer1 Killed Otero, dc.
From The New York Commercial Adyertis,rl
Joee Gonzales, a spaniard, md Francisco
Gene Salvador, otherwise Pellicfee. born In
Barcelona, who, with man named Viele,
murdered Senior Jose Garcia Otero on the
night Of the I'D Of November, of last yesr.
In the City Park, Brooklyn, were hanged
shortly nfecr tcu o'clock this morning In the
The facts Of tliis Is murdes' tuoA1 ss Il the, were
brought out on the Coroncr's inquest, aud on
the extended trinl Of the mufderefs, have
been fully published. It Is only necessary
to recapitu1ate briefly that Senior Otero came
from Havana on the 18th Of November, In
denas, and became acquainted with Gonza-
los before he arrived In New York Gouza.
les, who supposed Otero had six or seven
Thousand dollars in gold. conspIred with
Pelliefer and with vfele. who is now undes
murder him. On the night or The I'd oi
November, seven days after his arrival here,
he whs eut!ced to Brooklyn, and backed to
death with razoTs aud daggess. Pcllicter was
soon caught and identified By . eash he
had received on his hand, which correspond
ed to cut In glove that was fouud uea1
the sceno Of the murder; and Gonzales was
found IN house In Centre street, VieIe.
who was not exposed at first By Gouzales
aud Pellicicr, both OF whom maintained that
they were innocent, was not arrested until
several months afterward.
TAK NIGHT HEpCAE.rME EXECUTION.
The doomed men seemed 1xftatcd, Con.
zales especially and although PenIcier had
shown an indifferent dk position, he seemed
to realize his situation at almost the l.st mo.
ment, and received the religious ceremonies
In iuA view Of certain deat:,, with apparent
resignation. Both occupied one cell Pel}i.
cler insisted upon having four uen.stsy with
them, and they were furnished. He slept
three houts In bed, and, awaking about 6 g..
clock this morning, dressed himself leisure
L. and stated, In answeT to the question
that he had enjoyed good sound sleep.
Gonzales slept two hours In 4 chair. and
hwoke At four o'clock this morning. He
said be had very refreshing sleep, md felt
easy in his mind. Neither ate any snppel
the evening previous. Pelilcier wrote ! ict.
ter to his father and mother, In Barcelona.
Spain. Gonzalez also wrote letter 10 hi,
wife and two children, in Madrid, Spain
both ln Spanlsh-aud the letters were given
in charge OF Mr.. Samsoni, the interpreter.
Their contents will probably never be di-
Both men convcrsed freely during the
hight, and expressed themselves prepared
for their final tu0ln. ALL theY regretted wu5
the manner Of their death
THIS MORNING
the prisoners cite q substantial breakfast,
Consisting Of eggs and dsh, bread and butter,
chocolate aud coffee, which they seemed to
relish
THE EXECUTION.
The morning Was 1aipy, and very disagree.
able. Al fifteen minutes past ten q o'clock the
moulnful procession came from the cell oi
1HxN =
black coats, black pantaloons. and bare
headed Gonzalez neck was bare Pelli
Sler bad handkerchief about his neck
lha osder was given that all the umbrellas
!anN NnGfe were some hundreds should bt
obeyed. f''
The procession, in marching to the scaffold
Sheriff AcSamee. with sword, and the ex,
Gonzales. supported On each side.
Pelifcier, the came.
A priest with each.
1ntesp5eter samsoni and Spanish fiend
and othe1t, with batons.
On reaching. the scadold, the priests Du-
raXuet and DeIAvene stood bY the prisoners
each Of whom had = crucifx in his hand. and
spoke few words to them In Spanish, when
81 1pf IL na :.ksd The Sheriff yho
j.
81, was the reply The eniprits kneeled,
and after short prayer they stood MP, ready
for Their dreadful fate: Gonzales repeating
the Tords, Save me, Heavenly Father, save
Gonzales looked worn, and hardly present.
Cd the appearance Of the sa.ue man he wns
n prison. He was somewhat agitated. Pei.
licier was unmoved, and seemed to take his
late calmly. When the e1ecutioner under.
took TO remove the handkerchief from biz
neck he aided him.
The Preparations were now COMPLETE
The executtonez pulled the black caps owe,
their eyes. and adjusted the ropes The Sheriff
drew I handkerchief from his pocket, the
| rope was cnt By person concealed In i
a1nau board enclosure against the female
were suspended In the alr.
| The procession came out Of the prison al
ten o'clock and fifteen minutes the rope wa.
cut At ten O'Clock and twenty-five minutes
pulsation ceased In seyeu sud one-half min
ntes In Gonzales, and In ten minutes Ia Pei
lieier, proving The greatest vitality In the 6s
hitter. Being pronounced dead By number
OF physicians present, the ropes were Inv
cred. two stained pine collins, with a silye,
cross. name, age, and time Of death inscribed
,nseGn 1sas *ese brought up, and the bodie.
Goroner Lynch empannelsd q jury and held
came TO their death BY strangulstIon.
lhe bodies were then given in charge oi
me attending. prisets aud conveyed to the
cemetery OF the Holy Cross for Intexment.
>. Thus ended the career Of Gonzales and Pei
hStsr, Within Less than eleven months from
the time their crime WAS committed
AA Inc arrangements were excellent NO
time was lost and no mistakes were made.
Inspector Polk wss present with shout
one hundred men. Those inside. we're in
command Of EeEseant Carpenter, Of the For
tJ-fouEth Precinct, who kept the crowd,
consisting Of about four hundred tpectasofs,
back frum the enclosure surrounding the
self competent for the duty.
Af{cr fhc bodies were taken away, the
crowd which bad collected fuside and out
side dispersed.
prisoner Pelliciee made = full confession.
and gave minute details OF the manner il,
which Gonzales planned the murder, and In
which it YVES finally executed BY the three
men. This confession hss peculiar Inter
est, The following are lts main features:
coSyIAe1rE.
I. F1arci.eo Gene Salvador Pellieier1 hetn9
fully sware that there Is no tHI,ass ooPe seaI
Ersp,ts viii BE- granted to me- snd ~ 1dri1in M9a ae
ny counsel md Others, to whom I hare ,1 naas sss
false stateu,eafs desire now to maSe s sIns and
nns13iss a1asf Of ~ ote1e .sl p vhat nsnasF Goa;
zales and Vfele participated .s.,,o-, v7.,a
head o.e1s hans oSscy n sGn r. ae saa
daJ fmmediais2y preceding be uaEder. Loa-
kxfes Ele(e zpt were in tho soom ocEupte0 y
Viele. md ryselt Gonzales as THIS ume t2lo
! yIe}e thst h4 came On from Havana VIII eente-
man Who hid plenty OF money Wit HnlGa v nay
some machinery and other things tos thea15e Al
buTins tle conversation Gonzales s.s:ed hat
he wpniI rob Uteto himself u ne htreeiona ny
feI. ard with the money and OteIo,s ~aich 81 10
1bc Cuha Hotel: a1d tsat Oscro had iroo *7.AWt o
ii pcO in money, End also SONG drans. t.osGss ~
fhtn iefS. After be bad guae Ffeie xAo 70 ~
All yypuid be = very good thing 9oo9Aos so1f
O;eros bet4pse he viii bring II here and ~ WM im
be ahie 70 tnaka koue good rs: c1 u, Nv ~ ~
not be 10 any way epnnt cted with t6e foones5:
IN 1he mo,uius OF the mur1ts Gonn.es e3ne
to oat 70 IooT 7t15 eal1y Ee,s nd V;ss 1T
fa11 EdWsrl Fan, who was In our room, 20 leaIa,
=. ha eIpetted : visitor. t;onxaiss tne1 tod
Tiel- mn Otero had Eet1unfd- and ssked him
whsi be wss going To- Dc, vtsle said; "H,m9
tne 1te1 Hherr the dagger told him that when
rs rs r.nTra NJ sts1f1 LEFT It m tho ottar room
~ ;aid nc to 70 xf1ar # 1Put 1t IN M WAIST |
hsnd az ~ Id vent out q tr u Green stSess, ana
iSsn @ letu1aed and vent 10 ~ room. flels !
led ne whether bad seen Gonzales xnd his |
mend. land NO" Vls1e then len tho room,
md took my dagger a1d Put it On tha tshla uu- !
aeF pessFapef. toen VIA. out Of tae FQom,