New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-11
FOUR ANARCHISTS GARROTED.
PAYING THE PENALTY FOR LEADING THE
ATTACK ON XERES. IN SPAIN.
NO DISTURBANCE ALTHOUGH THE EXECUTIONS
WE'RE PUBLlC-ANAECHISTS RESIST THE
POLICE IN BARCELONA

4C'f'NA'
Madrid Feb. 1O.-The attempts made bv Il num-
Der Of prominent persons including the Bishop Of
Cadn. to secure communication Of the death sentence
passed upon the four leaders OF the Anarchists who
made the recent attack upon the town Of Xcrcs
without any successful results, and accordingly the
prisoners executed to-day. The platform upon
which the garIoteS fixed in the plaza directly
in front Of the Jail in which the condemned men
confined. and the march from there to the place Of
execution short one. Extra guards had been
placed about the prison. and the military also
held In readiness for any contingency that might arise
These preparations had the effect OF awing the active
Anarchists and their sympathizers and the executions
passed of without the slightest attempt at disturbance.
The platform on which the men were executed was
surrounded by dctachmcnts OF infantry and cavalry,
AID the route from the Jail to the platform was
lined with soldiers with loaded rifles. The executions
public, and the plaza and the streets leading
to it were packed with dense mass OF people from
an early hour.
Each of the chairs for the condemned men had been
fixed against post six feet high, to which the garroio
was attached. The gar1Otcs arranged that
they could be raised lowered to cncrcle the nechs
of the men at exactly the right spot to produce in
slant death When the prisoners mounted the soaold
they were accompanied By four eNecutioners and by
the priests and monks. Zerzetela was greatly eA
cited; the other three cuprts were calm and resigned
to their DOOM After all had a,ccnded 10 the plat
condemned men were led to the chairs. The exc
cutOners securely bound them to the CHAIRS ana at Il
given signal each executoner gave sharp tin To inc
lever and each of the condemned men died instantly
Ore of the executed Anarchists left cOhIessoIl II
which he says: Ready TO appear at the judgment
seat of God, should my clear conscience set an eA
ample to Others. / publicly declare that nave pro
fesscd to my undoing the subversivc pnhclpea ol
Anarchv The misled Anarchist press takes advantage
of the Ignorance Of working classes To lh'uI'alc
theories a-ainst justice and reason. desire MY
comrades 10 know that the Anarchist Journals nave
been wofully decelving l am convinced "iat
many of those preaching doctrines 10 uS are pefle'NN
indifferent 10 our fate. | therefore advise my COM
rades tp rcpudate those teachings ana lie h"hr'l
workers. with fuith in God and IN reielOh' "I"'"
tcacLes that all men are brethren TWO oi TIE CON
oemned men spoke briefly from the ~caiiold' "he ue
clared that lie died the of the working c'sc'
,I ho ouu,nled 10 tho crowd not to respond by eA-
pressing sympathy. ,i,c- ,,citcd hv
,cot7.rs the o;ovcrnmcnt has decided 10 take mcd,
me- to prcv,nt AIr,rchisis from entering >IaIh =
coI.ou between Anarchists and the ponce, ID tuiI.u
en- barcelona to-day a number oi ie'"S ~,
niore . ,chauged several arrests were maze. ~,
hou>es Of the Anarchist leaders were -t"'Hcu, 'nu
-cvcril weapons. 4 black flag ana coll'S ui ~" ','-
arclr,t ur,cIamafion were seized lhirc tch'' -
,ect ,yere ,rre> and will be expelled from Nfln,
Tho bomb ,.NploGcd barcelona yesterday "'9 'n'e'
with gtaucshOt ard dynamite.