The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-02-12
DEATH BY CA ,a0TE
Execution Of Four Anarchist Lead
erS in Spain.
VIEWED BY MANY THOUSANDS.
The Presence of Large Force OF
Outbreak on the Part of Anarch-
list Sympathizers-Thr OF the Com
demned Meet Their Fate Calmly.

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list Sympathizers-Thr of the Con-
demned Meet Their Fate Calmly.
MADRID, Feb. 1.-THE attempts made
by a number of prominent persons, in
GLIDING the Bishop of Cadiz, to secure o
communication of the death sentence
passed upon the four anarchists who led
the recent attack upon the town of
Here's We're without successful results,
and the prisoners were executed yester-
day, in the plaza directly in front of tho
Jail il which they We're confined. In ac-
cordance with t Spanish custom in
the case of criminals condemned to death
the four men passed their last night on
earth in the chapel attached to the pri-
son, where they, or at least two of them
who professed to be Christians received
religious consolation from priests.
Ever since the men were cond emncd
to death by the court martial before
which they were tried, they not having
been allowed the privilege Of trial in an
ordinary criminal court, the authorities
have feared that the lawless element in
Here's and the villages in the vicinity
would attempt to rescue them.
Viewed by Thousands.
Great excitement prevailed emong
the lower classes when the fact became
generally known that the anarchists
We're to die by the garrote, and the au-
thorities to prevent any outbreak placed
extra guards about the prison. The
military was also held in readiness.
These preparations awed the active an
archists and their sympathizers, and the
result was that the executions passed off
without any attempt at disturbance.
! The platform ON which the men were
executed was surrounded by detach.
ments of infantry and cavalry, and the
route from the Jail to the platform was
lined with soldiers with loaded rifles
The executions were public, and the
plaza and the streets leading to it were
packed with dense mass of people
The names of the four men executed
were Busigni, zarzetella, Lamela ant
Iaebrijano.
Death Was instantaneous.
/ Each Of the chairs for the condemned
men had been fixed against post 81,
feet high, to which the garrote was st
arranged that it could be raised or low
cred to encircle the necks of the man
at exactly the right spot, to produce in
slant death. Zarzetella was greatly ex
cited and terribly frightened. The othel
three were calm and resigned. The foui
executioners securely bound them to tn,
chairs with straps, and then, lifting theil
heads, arranged the metal collars. Ther
each executioner took his position a
the back of the posts and grasped tn,
powerful lever which operated the gar
rote. At the given signal each execu
toner gave sharp turn to the lever
and each Of the condemned men died in
stantly.
The anarchist propaganda has many
| supporter in the province of Cordova
and the civil and religious authorities
have been awakened to the fact thai
something must be done to counteract
the influence of these agitators among
the lower classes The bishop of Cor
dova has taken active steps to overcome
the evil, which is Speeding among the
workingmen in his see He believes
that by educating the masses they will
be inoculated against the disease of an
archism, and he is, therefore, organizing
workingmen's education societies. The
movement promises to bring about the
result desired, and large numbers OF
the workingmen are joining.