Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-09-09
8, 1890 SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH TERRITORY
THE G,RRorrE.
A spanish Murdere~s Pat 10 Death:
A Horrible Spectacle.

4 a An4nlNn hurdtEN~- 70 DNaAL.
A Horrible Spectacle.
madrid. Sept. S.-Higinia Ba.
Lacquer, the Spanish murderess, was
garrOtted here few days ago, and
nothing 80 terrible or revolving Ia
the nasufe Of criminal execution has
for many years taken place IN
EIrope. The Marchioness Valera,
widow Of one Of the vealfhiest land
owners in Cuba, was beloved aud
respected By every person who
knew her, and the tragic circum-
stances Of her death created deep
and lasting sensation throughout
spain.
nn the night Of. July !, 1sss, the
people living in the vicinity OF the
Valera palace were alarmed by fear
full shrieks proceeding from Nine.
DE Valera's bedroom When they
arrived the door was forced open
and upon penetrating Into the mar
chioRess' bedroom the officers re-
coiled horror stricken. she lay
stretched across the bci. her faee
and breast n mass Of gaping wounds,
while the murderer had ssturised
tire lower limbs with petroleum, a.
IL for the purpose % destroying all
evidence tim. n crime had been
committed. Only the part Of the
body thus saturated was consumed,
immediate rssponsc 10 the lady's
cries having probably Disconnected
the feRdish murderer. Her maid
was discovered, apparently in 4
dead fain', on the flor ofan afjOining
room. A little ball terrier, a great
pet Of De Valera, was cr0uching
behind
THE PHOSPHATE SERVANT.
When she was reS;Ored 10 con-
sciousness the maid, Higinia Bal
aguer, became 30 confused and con-
Trajectory In her answers 90 the
magistrate that -he was Immediate
placed Under arrest. fIuailt
Higinia Bslaguer was placed in a
cell, where no one WAS permitted 10
visit her. This treatment ELECTED
acknowledgment that she, with the
assistance Of one Dolores Avilla, a
woman of lad repute, had together
arranged and committed the crime.
Both were submitted 20 n new trial.
the result being that Hlginia Bul.
agtier WIS SnDdeIuued ". death by
the carrote and Dolores Aviiis was
sentenced TO seventeen years penal
seryitude.
On the evening preceding the day
Of execution, according 10 the
Spanish custom, she was placed Ia
the chapel during the tweu,y-iOur
huurs bsfoTe her death. There she
was received by a score Of monks,
who wore the black Goals and the
white cross Of the HermlDdad Ce
Fuzzy Carload brotherhood. This ~
ligious order has, since the middle
ages, taken change % criminals con-
dsnned 30 death during the last day
Of their life and Il Was from their
hands that Senior Perdrgo, the eve
putionen fecelyed Higinia Bala-
guer. She was already half dead
when the executioneE presented
himself at the chapel TO claiIs his
victim anu according to traditional
usage, knelt before her aud eraved
her pardOn for icing obliged 10 obey
the orders given 10 him by the jus
tice.
HE THEN PROCEEDED
TO pinion her arms aud legs with
fine whip cord and clipped over her
head the sinister black cloth rolls
aud hood worn 10y the condemned
criminal ON the way 10 tiie sca;ioli.
Two m5nks' tnefgnpon lid the W
man out OF the chapel ami sippSs..-
Ell her across the large courtyard
aud up the steps OF TIE Platform
where the garr0te stool.
The vast yard was crowded by
10000 spectators, in gay holiday at
tire, who whiled sSsy the time b.
fore the execution. Although
neitlier sliauge nor unprecedented,
this occurrence almost Iarnlyssd
the man while preparing MS dis
agreeable task.
The unfortunate woman took het
place In the seat OF tiie horrible
machine OF death, and Immediately
the iron collar was adjusted arouuI
her neck. Tke collar Is secured 90 !
n stout, upright poet by means OF
an APPARATUS which, by few turns
Of a thumb screw, causes the band |
Of iron 10 iustantanenusly contract.
thereby choking 10 death sure
~, II slowly, the unfortunate vie
tim.
Handy had the collar been set In
it. place when the executioner gave
three rapid turns h the screw ami
i'll
Among those nearest 20 the sclfiald
the sounds emitted by the lip Of the
woman were plainly heard. The
head moved from side 10 side ami a
well-dehnei movement Of the body
continued for n short time after
wards. Then the head fell slightly
10 one side and all was stlll. She
was dead.
TIE HORRIBLE DEATH
u the murieress did not seem to
produce any revulsiun " feeling In
the hearts Of the spectators. but
Nhen the handkerchief covering her
lace was removed "A cry Of horror
md disgust arose from the crowd.
Women tainted away, children
and men stsried aghast.
Her face was hideousiy distorted by
In its most awful form
md her tongue. black and tumefied.
prOtruded frDm her purple lips and
get, during the ten hours for which
he body remained exposed to the
public, almost every inhabitant Of
his city came 10 have 4 look II il.