Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-02-18
A rERRTBLE DEATH.
Scenes at the Execution of the Four
Anarchists at Xores.

Anarchists at Here's.
The four Anarchists who were gar
roted at Here's, Spain, last week, as
cabled to THE GAZETTE, were exc
cuted separately and in successive parti-
tons. 1t was at first proposed 10 exc
cute them together, but, there being
only one executioner available, 1t was
decided to execute them separately.
The platform upon which the garrote
was erected was surrounded by rough
wooden railing, inside of which was a
strong detachment of police and troops
who had no trouble In keeping the people
back. Upon the scaffold there were
four wooden partitions, in each of
which was placed chair, behind which
was stake. Attached to each stake
there was a metallic collar, which is put
around the criminals neck. Behind the
collar is an iron screw, which is turned
until Its point brushes into the spinal
column, causing almost instant death.
The names of the four Anarchists
were Busigni, Zarzuela, Lebrijano and
Lamela, the first named having been
the leader of the movement this morn
ing in refusing to leave his cell for the
scaffold until compelled to do so. They
presented a horribly frightened appear
ance as they were forced, trembling and
deadly pale, protesting and praying,
clustering and imploring mercy, into
their respective partitions, from which
they could see the populace, police and
troops, but could not witness the death
agony of their companions. Zarzuela
was nearly too drunk to walk when he
was forced toward the stake and kept
shouting:
"More wine More wine | am in
nocent / am innocent! But we will
not act cowardly! We die for the
social causep
Busigni shouted: 1--WE are innocent
Oh, my mother! My motherl and
struggled desperately to escape. So ter
ribly did he struggle that it required the
combined strength of five men to force
him into the sent, and even then they
had much difficulty in getting his neck
into the garrote. Finally, the execu-
toner was two full minutes turning the
screw of the iron collar powerfully
enough to break the neck of the unfor-
tunate Anarchist.
This terrible scene worked the people
into state of rage and Indignation ter
rlble to behold; men shouted and cursed at
the authorities, women wept, and moaned
as they buried their heads in their aprons
and dresses, and several people, male
and female, tainted outright; but there
was no attempt made to attack the police
or military, for the latter have taught
the Anarchists of Heres lesson which
they are not likely to forget for many
day.
The other two condemned Anarchists,
Lebrjano and Lamela, died more
quietly, death, apparently, being in
Simultaneous after the first two or three
turns OF the screw. All the executed
men were either cobblers or bookmakers.
Out OF sympathy for them, the people
in many of the outlying towns and
villages closed their little stores or else
refused to go TO work.
MADRID, Feb. 11.-Dispatches have
been received here from several places
in Spain showing that the Anarchists
have been greatly worked up by the
| execution at Here's. At Reus, manu-
featuring town in Taragona, the police
have arrested several prominent An
archists who were openly distributing
fly sheets melting the lower classes to
make demonstrations against the au-
| thorities. At Valencia, in which city a
very large number of workmen are EN-.
ployed in the various industries for
which Valencia is noted, placards have
been posted calling upon the Anarach-
lists and their sympatizers to take ven
geance for the death of the Here's An
archists