Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-26

VIC ciear tif and Drilliant sunlight (:
on east Guadalupe, nesting under the
foothills. and reaching out as II TO slahe
its thirst in the blue and iimpid lake
Iexcoco to the southwest, peacefully
pointing hesvenward, Popocatepetl and
itztlacihuatl, their snow-covered heads
far above the clouds, apparently CON-
muning with that God before whom two
souls were soon 10 be hurried and west
ward to the foothills, green meadows.
grazing kline, blue lakes. On all
sides OF this great and awful hollow
square, peace, rest, grandeur, beauty.
The sun rarely shono on a more mag
nificently beautiful spot tho lovely vale
OF Anahuac was clothed in oil its radiant
splendor, like maid ready TO be led TO
her bridal. But there's no time for such
musings The Silly morning air il
broken by the clear clarion notes of
bugler-" A,encion :" II is taken up in
turn by each body Of the soldiery, ring
ing and reverbersting across the great
plain, and breaking the silence with a
note that IL pathetic and voice that is
almost human-a long, last wall as il OF
q departing soul. Twice is this sounded.
"Carry arms and now one end Of the
column opens and
THE SAD PROCESSION
enters that parallelogram from which
two OF its number will never depart
alive. First comes two stretchers mount
ed on wheels and drawn by mules then
three coaches in which are the prisoners,
priests, and members OF Catholic 30
ciety-all under an escort OF infantry,
cavalry, and mounted police. The
prisoners after being driven to the oppo-
site end Of the square from that at which
they entered, alight in front of the
mound, kiss the holy cross, embrace the
priests, and at once two soldiers ap-
proach with handkerchiefs in their hands.
THE EXECUTION.
They are now standing in front OF the
mound and facing twenty-five infantry
men at distance of not over fifteen
feet, with loaded muskets at "ready."
The private is blindfolded bya comrade,
but the sergeant, q splendidly-made
fellow, standing full six feet, disdains all
help and ties the handkerchief over his
own eyes with apparently far less con-
Germ than that of the spectators. A
puff of smoke, rip, bang, bang, followed
almost instantaneously by two pistol
shots and it is all over. The sergeant
fell stone-dead, never quivering, but the
private's body twitched slightly, neces-
stating two "irOs de gracid An
officer placing pistol against his head
and firing twice in rapid succession. All
this has boon done in an incredibly
short time within three minutes from
the arrival Of the condemned men it IS
all over.
AN EXAMPLE
The order to march is given of once,
bands play, and the entire troop is filed
by the bodies lying just as they fell. AS
each company reaches the spot the order
is given, "Look to the right" The right
Of the column was occupied by the regi-
ment to which the prisoners belonged,
and the men who were detailed to shoot
them were members Of the same com
pany.
Executions of this kind present none
OF those horrid and sickening spectacles
seen at every hanging, and both of these
men apparently died without pain nor
was there any Of those disgusting exhibit
tons said to have characterized the cleo
trocution of Kemmler in New York State
a few months ago.
vIRGINIANs IN MEXICO.
Virginians are becoming quite nu-
merous in the busines.-circles OF this
ancient capital, and among them are the
following Paul Randolph, an old Rich
mond boy, who is to take charge of
manufacturing plant for rich native
syndicate Allan G. Hill, who represents
the Singer Manufacturing Company in
this republic r. Bruce Palmer, late the
popular clerk OF the insane asylum at Pc
tersburg. is also with the Singer Com
pany Thomas D. Briggs, formerly with
Major A. W. CARRIER, is one of the hust-
lers in the passenger department OF the
Mexican National railroad John Is.