Telegram-herald., 1890-05-15
Tf BREAKS THE NICK.
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k4ouz Ehe eolFt1ss Ia ths prison u
a4sznA Hs q a0t "a BLACK - the ira
ilElsaal ace sf sgatss bat cup q TIE
sarksst sofss .oald nssd ths addition
- act m9rs tasn tsaspooGfui ot milE
b. closely rsasmbls aim IN soI pLszt0n
d - nss - a. sny means "a III %
soFsd spsei a 81 of ais race. Most peo-
Pls Eoald &c sps % look as ala tsies
aadsr sny circumstance. Ia his present
saFiron - snts they soald os more Ehaa
likely % hoasr him With unusual at
tsntto1. fhsrs Is = ssEtaia barbaris
grass Aboat aim which l. "a free from
sssam ption as the lsisursly movements
81 panther not engaged IN the oceups-
tioa q hunting dsNn ia prey or In any
DthsT Of ths more serious Affairs Of ami
clAl lits Hercules owes ais loss OF lib
srty - ,hs fact that hs Vas intudieious
snoash % .ntisipats aat1rs-in other
words, hs IL a nardsrsr HIS cell Is On
ths sr0cnd ho0r Ia one OF the corners
0f the prison, which Is built about .
s0artyArd, forming . square and mo-
O0POllEing an entire block. The cells
faos On the interior Of ths square and
very much of the courtyard Is IS the
disposal Of ths eoayicts. One Of the
TssRlta = that thsy have compare
fvsly anrsstrainsd time OF 10. No pent
up Utica of an sight by four apartment
contracts thsir powers OF looomotion
daring ths day They are privileged 20
ioungs aboas In ths sanshins within .
rallied enclosure when ths sunshine -
a0t 800 fierce and 90 tsks rsfugs la ths
= . -,
they smoke cigarettes, and the man who
l. TOO poor 10 buy cigarettes In Havana
must, even for a convict. be impover-
ish-d indeed Ths rallied snclosurs
within which Hercules can take al the
exercise 10 needs il almost large enough
to give reg m7nt room 90 drill In
When anything unusasl il IN pro
gress the Inhabitants or ons wing ofths
tail can hasten 20 the center OF attrsc-
tion In the other aud crafty their
s0uriosisY as 90 the cause OF the
sonnotion- These acco nm odsting con
ditions, which wozld De regarded a. rev
olaiionary in "a American prison. DO
no, seem 20 % attended with serious
consequences II you'd bs difficult for
ths Cuban convict 30 generate steam
snough 30 DO anything alarming IL in
SurAncs vils be can have mission in
life hs has IL. The ambition OF his day
kegins and ends with the consumption
% cigarettes. OF coarse, no afhiction
could assume = more intolsrable shape
shan ths necessity for personal eIer-
soa bat % % deprived OF cigarettes
would be even worse and Is in al prob
ability the only earthly AAiction which
would result in a revolt. Hercules Is,
IA more than an ordinary sense of the
word an object Of interest 70 his fell
Low prisorsrs and 90 visitors. The for
usr regard him with peculiar emotions,
A. they have any emotions, not because
ths whites Of his eyes are singularly
white or sven because he is a specimen
of muscular nsgnifcenos. AS already
intimated, there IL blood on his hands,
but few drops OF human blood, shed
IL murder, do not explain the concern
with which he ls contemplated. AS
matter OF fact for the eminence he en-
Joys Hsreulss Is indebted TO the circum-
stance that he has dislocated the necks
of half dozen people. About the time
that hs fell into the clutches Of Cuban
Law the ofics ot public sxecutionsr be-
came vacant Hercules was a lusty.
liksly-lookinE fellow and he had already
shown that a little thing like taking
human lie would not bother him in
tas least. Hs vas offered the dlstine-
tl1n sad accepted Is. to did not CO.
og-tts " CD the proposition when Il was
made sud takes proper pride In the per
f.rmAncs of his functions IL Is there
fore. a. ths autoerss Of the garotte that
la stands head aud shoulders, as it
wsrs. above any other inmate OF tho
iaI as Havana I was conceded the
honor Of A interview with him not
very long az. It vas not necessary 90
.xplsin ths obisc; Of nv visit.
Il suppose you van, 20 see is." be
asked
II Il Il aos too mach trouble Ire
Piled
Nos st all. SIR. vas ths rsjoindsr
lost sight of Hercules FOR Few mo-
tnsnss Thirty sr forty 81 the convict,
lsnxuidly ioan zsd - the spot. 80 tha.
taey m zhs bscoms spectators of the .I-
h.bition. with which many OF them
were probably slrsady familiar. There
f. evidently = grim fascination for them
IN The display of which duplication
does not seem 20 have worn of the
sizs when Hercules resppeared NJ.
vss dragging from his cell box about
Sc feet in length It vas heavy
snouEh 60 est his strength sni ths
superb physical Development of tbs
swarthv giant wa a. that mada him
equsi 20 che tssk There vas something
O. shs devil i'm ths wicked SleAm q his
.rss "a hsstraiEhtsusd salfup When
relieved from "a strain snd yet gent
isr voics never spot. in soft. oarsssinz
tones
"Tsp hssvY.- Z remarked
"Oh. not vsrY.- hs answered
r. - bor nd sctnsllv been coEn
Instead p remotely resembling ous IL
~c7Id srarsly have been more suEges-
fvs p Death The slssrs which secured
it v.rs sooa relieved Of the paddock a. 4
En- fsw seconds the id vss thrown
f.ek rt took Hercules about seven
minutes - zst ths machine IN working
rrs,r V-ns of ere difsr.1t parts -
fha xhastIv -ontriranre we're connected
80 rhev fsv the hor Th- Base - ths
-s~-otts - sr-~sitnEIT hsavy. Into
+his - fttsf ths arr rhf go 1st
-hl-h. .ud rith ~ back 20 it. ths
condemned rsn els on ~h>s ~ould -
.s-neh likss -chhisrs s-eoi a. cob
rr,--s st-o' ftse e hs8 IA tbr.s iszs in
-sss ~ f,rr The f--ns Ia-s - FUR