Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-03-31
EXECUTED BIZ E.EcrHfOfTY.
Jeremiah Cotto Pays the Penalty of Hi
Crime at Sing Cling hInndnu AIorninr.

Jeremiah Cotto Pays the Penalty of His
Crime at Sing Sing Monday Morning.
SING SING, N. Y, March 2s.--Jeremiah
lotto, the murderer of Frank Louis
Frankeloso, was executed here at 1906
o'clock this morning.
| THE EIGHTH VICTIM.
Cotto was the eighth murderer executed
by electricity in this state There was
nothing about him to excite sympathy or
administration. He was an abiect coward.
lie was o coward on July 25th last, when
he stabbed his companion, Frank Louis
frankeloso, in the back. He was coward
when he tried to throw the guilt of the
crime on his paramour, Frankeloso's
wife. He was groveling, pitiablecoward
during his whole imprisonment, and his
last days were spent in fearful tmaginings
and half crazed dreams OF his death.
Poor Jerry so dead, poor Jerry go
dead" He muttered and murmured that
necessarily in his waking hours. He was
saying It yesterday when the last persons
on earth who are supposed to have any in
terest in him were bidding HIM goodby.
lie was n feeble looking creature, with q
stupid, animal face and q low, retreating
forehead. His looks did not belle him.
lie could not read or write and the sole
resource he had in his prison life was to
recite the prayers he learned in his youth
and to walk up and down his cell mutter-
ing about poor jerry"
THE CONDEMNED MANS LAST HOURS.
The condemned mans brother.
pominick Cotto. and cousin named
liandolof came to the prison last night
ana remained with Cotto until D. in. /.
when they returned to New York. About
the llrst question asked by Dominick was
whether he could have the S5i which
the murderer had in his possession at
the time he was first arrested. The
man who was so soon to meet death talked
exeltedly in Italian with his brother and
SAD ne uld not care what became of his
cnects. Dominck seemed more interested
in the S54 than the disposition az his
brothers body after the doctors Ind held
the autopsy. Doninick said he did not
have any money for funeral expenses, and
That II jeremiah would sign over the s04
70 MN he would see that his brothers.
body had decent burial. The condemned
man either lacked confidence in his brother
or did not approve Of touching the SOL for
burying his body.
H., When the two brothers parted for the
last time there was no scene and neither al
tue men showed much feeling. After
Domlnick left his brother told Chief
heepef Connaughtont that Dominica would
not clam the body after the execution.
From this it is believed that the Condemned
man did not consent that his brother
should have the $54.
warden Brown, shortly before mid.
nlght, read the deathwarrant to the muir
uerer. keepers Hutts and Kinnane, com
grlsing the death watch, sat in front of
Eottos cage and kept a close vigil during
the night.
IN THE DEATH CHAMBER.
The witnesses entered the death chamber
AZ lU.5o O'Clock this morning. Electrician
laws turned on the current and found
everything was working all right. Warden
Brown then addressed the spectators and
told them they must not talk but must re-
main perfectly silent
AT i01l O'Clock the warden received the
signal from Electrician Davis THAT eyerv-
thing was all ready. The warden then
entered Cotto's cell. At l043 o'clock the |
latter proceeded to the death chamber.
lotto walked between the two priests az |
brooklyn. Warden Brown walked in |
front Of Cotto. Cotto was repeating the |
prayer in Italian. He was very weak and |
appeared to be ready to collapse He was |
lulckiy, placed in the chair and was |
Strapped down by two keepers. The two |
priests got down on their knees and con- |
linted to pray; Cotto repeating the prayer
after them. Warden Brown gave the Sin |
nal to Electrician Davis to turn on tie |
This was at 10.4520. Immediately there
was convtilsed movement on the part of /
Ootto's body and u soft sound WIS heard
n \, the room. Five contacts were given.
mere were ~ seconds interval of time
between the contacts.
me second shock was given at 10 1880.
Dr. lrvln then felt for the pulse and lis
encd TO the hearth beat The doctors pres- i
mt were invited to step up and examine \
he man. A number of the doctors ne
,epted the invitation. They all pro.
me right leg, where the electrode was
applied was severely burned and Cotto's |
ace was distorted and horribly discolored
md II was black above the eye. Electrician
Jaws sad that the discoloration and what
appeared to be burns on the leg were really
'niy Il slight scalding Sixteen bundled
'olts were used Those witnesses who were
resent and who had also witnessed Neil
ines execution agreed that Cotto's face
vas more diseolored and distorted than
dcElvine's face was.
Alter Cotto was pronounced dead the
'Qdy was carried into the autopsy room
djoining the death chamber, where he
loctors witnessed the autopsv. The
utopsy was conducted by DR.. irvine. The
'rson physician. Cotto's body will NOT
&c claimed by any of his friends or rela-
ives, but will be buried in quicklime this
iternocn in the prison graveyard on The
HIS oowARDLY CRIME.
Cotto Was by turns a laborer and thief
Brooklyn, where he lived with FRANKIE
$50 and was intimate with Frankeloso's {
ne. lie and his victim started out at
Midnight to steal vegetables from farms in
,ew Utrecht. AT o'clock in the morning
rankcloso was stopping over to fiji lis
lck with booty when Cotto stabbed him
I the back IL times. As he confesseu
fterward, he did it to get md Of FRANKIE. t
$50 SO that he could go back to Italy with I
is wife. When he went home and told
lrs. Frankeloso what he had done, he
lok the blood,stained knife and after the
18th his tongue. They were arrested, and
nperintendent Campbell of the BROOKLYN
dice got from Mrs. Frankcloso a confcs- I
on duplicating Cotto and than fra,s, | !