The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-12

cheek She held large wooden cruf:ifx in
her trembling hand, ana from tina 20 time
she would press at convulsively against her
breast She h7d besh very handsome at
the time she had murdered her mistress, bat
her beauty had faded. like that of flower
cast into glowing oven, during the long
confinement.
Her frame was thin to emaciation, and
the glitter Of her dark eyes gave one the
impression that she was partly bereft OF
reason She was already half dead when the
executioDer presented himsalf at the chapel
to claim his victim, and, according to tradi-
tional usage. knelt before her and craved her
pardon for being obliged to obey the orders
given 10 him by the Justice
He then proceeded TO pinion her arms and
legs with fine whipcord aud slipped over her
head the sinister black cloth 9obe and hood
worn by the condemned criBinal on the
wey to the scaffold. Two monks theFeupon
led the woman out of the chapel and sup
ported her across large courtyard and up
the steps OF the platform where the garroLe
stood.
The vast yard was crowded by 10000
spectators in gay holiday attire, who whiled
away the interval before the execution by
hurting curses at the exeeutioner. Although
neither strange nor unprecedented, this
occurrence almost paraly Zad the man while
preparing for his disagreeable task. The
unfortunate woman took her place Il the
seat of the horrible machine of death, and
Immediately the iron collar was adjusted
around her neck. The collar is secured to a
stout upright post BY means of an apparatus
which, by few turns of thumb-screw,
causes the band of iron to instantaneously
contract, thereby choking to death surely,
if slowly, the unfortunate victim of the
garrote.
Hardly had the collar been set in its place
when the eXecutioner gave three rapid
turns to the screw and his official act was
completed. Among those nearest 10 the
scaffold the sounds emitted bv the lips of
the woman were plainly heard The head
moved from side to side, and well-defined
movement of every part of the body was
observed. In about a minute the motion Of
the head had ceased, but the tremor-like
movement Of the body continued for short
time afterward. Then he head fell slightly
TO one side, and all was still.
She was dead.
The horrible death Of the murderess did
not seem to produce any revulsion of feel
ing In the hearts Of the spectators, but when
the handkerchief covering her face was re-
moved cry of horror aud disgust arose
from the crowd Women tainted away,
children screamed, and men started aghast.
Her face was hideolsy distorted by strangu
lation in its most awful form, and her
tongue, black and tumefied, protruded from
her purple lips. And yet during the ten
hours for which the body remained exposed
to the public almost every inhabitant of
this city came to have look at it.
In the dead of the night the monks of
Hernandez carried away the body. which,
clothed in a nuns garb. was inferred in a
corner of the cemetery devoted to the burial
of criminals. On the next day mass was
celebrated for the repose of her soul, at
which the judges, who had pronounced her
death sentence. the prison officials and the
executioner were present.