The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-22

Barcelona, Nov, 21.-Jose Salvador
Franch, the anarchist who threw the
dynamite bomb in the Iiceo theatre
in this city on November Z, 1898, was
executed this morning.
Franch was undoubtedly one of the
most dangerous anarchists of recent
years. This became early known at
the time of his arrest for the conspi
racy in Barcelona. an outrage by
which over twenty people were killed
and about fifty seriously injured.
Franch was about 80 years Of age and
native of Castelsaras in the province
of Ternal. He came of a respectable
family. At the age of IA he left home
and came to Barcelona, where he
speedily became a leader among the
anarchists. Twice after his capture he
attempted suicide.
'.Doyyn With Religion"
Franch displayed the utmost bravado
and shouted: Down with religion"
He died almost with the words of an
archism on his lips. The wife and lit
tie daughter of the condemned man
were admitted to see him in the chapel,
but their tenderness and sympathy
archist He scoffed at the supplica-
tons of the priest to prepare himself
for death, and laughed derisively at
references of a future life. The an
archist's wife made & last effort to
soften his heart but he roughly told
her to go away and she tearfully with
drew, after kissing him.
After his wife left the chapel Franch
continued to treat the priests with
contempt, saying, among other things:
II fooled you nicely. Hypocrisy is the
weapon which I have shown the anar-
chists how to use"
At s a. m. the judge and other Of
ficials entered the chapel and told
Franch to prepare for death. The exc
cutioners, as they dressed the pris-
oner for the scaffold, were continually
insulted by the desperate man. Franch
shrieked: DO your miserable work;
you are only the tools of the bour-
geoise."
Franch was surrounded by soldiers
and accompanied by members OF the
society knows as The Brothers Good
Death"
"Vive L'Anarchy."
Franch walked tremblingly 70 the
scaffold, which was erected in the
large courtyard of the prison. Troops
were present u hSep Spectators CT c"
proper distance from the scaffold. AS
the anarchist mounted the steps lead
ing to the platform upon which was
the garrote, he shouted: Down with
all religions; vive Panarchy"
The executioners seized him and as
he struggled and cried. they forced him
into the chair, at back of which was
the garrote Franch was strapped
down to the seat and as this work was
being performed he renewed his anar-
chist cries and tried to sing an anar-
chist hymn But he stopped in the
midst of his death song to impiore the
eXecutioners to hurry their final pre-
parations The trembling prisoners
neck was encircled by the fatal collar;
the screw was swiftly applied and
death was almost instantaneous. Only
a minute and a half elapsed from the
time Franch mounted the platform ur-
til he was pronounced dead.
The military band then played and
{he eXecutic1ers moved away from the
platform. The body of Ffranch, how
ever. with the collar of the garrote
around his neck. will remain exposed
until shutdown. 1T was viewed by large
crowds.
The execution occurred at exactly
S:O3 this morning and the body was III
TERED at O'Clock this evening, with
out a, priest being present and without
anv religious ceremony. During the
day immense crowds of people filed be-
fore the scaffold and took a lock at
the body Of the anarchist with tne
deadly collar of the g7arTote ellcirelinS
l,ic mock