The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-06-08
EXECUTED.

Juan SdisiAds "a> HOtlS SN Nau Aalaci,
 Cal, on the 3lst ult, for the murder of . man named Wm. Brown. in October last
 Salazar was perfectly indifferent as 10 his ultimate fate. aS shown by his conversation
 to a reporter of the Stn Francisco Post, on
 the day preceding his execution. Read
 whst the unfortunate man said:
 "Weii. Juan, you are to die tomorrow,
 you know" WAS said to him.
 Yes" said he, smiling. "nut don't care.
 I've gotto die sometime, and II might as
 well he now"
 Where do you expect to % h when you
 die 2"
 Il lon't know. and q mt care d-n," S4ii h., treating n, afIir a, an excellent
 joke.
 Hasn't the priest been in to see you 1'' Oh. yes, he's been here, but he aint done
 much good "
 You though, Brown had s2,@oO, didn't
 you ?"
 Yes, d-n him. but he only had nine teen We g1t that, though 1 "You still say yon did not stab Brown Y No. l lassOed him. the lnjun cut him "lIal you rather 20 10 San Quentin for fife than die f'
 '.I don't know. I, wouldn't make much difference. anyway. guess And taking d.ink nf whisky, the first that day, hc rolled and lighted a ci.;arcttI
 with hand. devoid of a trcmpr, and sm- lingly went back into his cell to spend hs last night an earth As far as education goes. Sllazar was an utter barbarian. He cpald neither read nor write even hi, own
 name. The Catholic priest who hiS been
 l.npriag to save him at the eleventh hour
 h .S had an uphill job "f salvation On Mon d.y la,t hc attempted to plaIt some rcii- gious ideas in th. barren soil, and among
 other thinEs informed Juan, much L. Inc A,ter's surprise, that there waS only one God. He also explained the Trinity to him,
 and gave him s,mr further ideas. Upon
 calling on h.m The following dty he asN:d him:
 Now, Juan, you rcc'llcct what l told you yesterday How many Soi> are tacrc! Three" answered Juan, lightly, going
 momcn; after int a roar nf laughter over
 th" holy horror of the poor pri >t. ] His history is one of >hililcSsncsS and crime IT, was the illcgiimatc son of Henry Howe. d Chilcuo valley farmer. and a Spanish wom1n, Mrs Saiaztr. both of whom , are dead. AS l boy he idicl around th. valley. doing work here and there, and fol- ] lowed ihc same pursuit, mingled now and :hen with crime, in his ripcr wears. He was
 several times in the SonomI jail for larceny,
 and was col>id,rei thoroughly bal char ] actcr Iir has several h IitSiSteTS and an uncle, all of whom seem to take keen in- ] tcrcSt in his fate His uncle attempted to ] have his case appealed tp the Snpreme Court, 1 bur was unsuccessful fnr lack of funds. His ] sisters visited him few days ago and were ] very much affected throughout the inter view IIe however, remained collected throughout. His utter
 CoDLSESS AND RECTLEsSXEs' l Of con,cuucncc> seems the result of thorough . la.harism He destroyed the illusion ot the
 con lcmucd murdcrcr'S growing thin with mental anguish. for he has eaten heartily, and slept Suundly, anal weighed many pounds i more than when hc entered the jail. The l Scafrold k of the usual night and dimensions. l IL is painted black throughout, the trap bcinp d single door The lever that looscnS l the tran is a new invention, no cord being used to spring it. An iron bar extends : above the platform, which when slightly pushed by the eNecutioner turns roInd bar under the trap, on which are two iron fin gers which support 1t when Tn place These ! being turned downward, the trap falls by
 the weight attached to it, aided by that of tho unfortunate individual chosen to stand on it. The scaffnld is situated in n small yard 25x75, back of the courthouse, sur rounded by an lS-foot board fence. To-day
 the town presented lively appearance,
 much different from its usual monotony, the gymnastic performance of the day being the exciting topic of sidewalk talk and bar-room conversation. He died without a struggle. p;o,.v ,h. uo.orious ix likely to land in