Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-02
A REPULSIVE OCCUPATION,
PROFESSIONAL EXECUTIoNERS IN
VARIOUS COUNTRIES.
How the Legal Decrees Are Carried
Out i'll Cuba, France, Spain,
China and Elsewhere.

GhObABLY more legal execu-
- tons occur in Cuba at pres
4 ent, according to the New
6 York Herald, than in any
country in tho world, but there are
no professional eXecutioners in that
war-ridden island. Garroting in Cuba,
although under tho requirements of
Spanish law, is a very rare occur
renee. The circumstances must be
very grave before Cuban Judge will
sentence prisoner to death not from
any sentiment, but from the fact that
powerful pressure is usually brought
to bear by the friends of condemned
man upon the Judiciary. General
Campos has firmly objected to the re-
vival OF the garrote as means of pun
ishment for rebels caught under arms,
although a strong effort was made by
Cnban tories to have the barbarous
relic brought to use again. The gar
rote has been considered barbarous
because OF the horrible spectacle it
makes of victim dying under it's
grip. After the victim is secured in
the chair, and tho "cravat" placed
around his Ieck-the crayat being the
band which presses against his throat
the executioner gives a sudden half
turn to the garrote handle, and almost
instantly screw punctures the neck
at the back and grinds into the verte,
brae' breaking the bone and piercing
the marrow canal. For an instant the
body OF the victim shivers, trembles
and stlifens, as If suffering intense
agony ms lasts but an instant, for
aeath comes rs soon as tie screw has
broken ms neck. There IS no profes
sional garroter In Cuba. That Office
IS always performed by some attache
OF the prison where the execution is to
s'no ;SI, p."oo ; nSlc Is .no usual ,9p@n-
t9-- ''eo4'ii ','ninon' 81 PrleS's anu pa,
~ tIo-io " SGt''lol'. q. i'leSeht most Oh
s,lI eAuo.tV'on9 o'' IL ou"H' polng ot
1 lr'i' ,"iy t:i''t "oypi' "io " Ulo puitet'
81 t'' ~ I,o'iiS iii!eo 'i'e LIol niSiNsiuhSnlP
,1o eor,','io rii litHJ' tno scele l"r
Iii r. 'l'i' Il 'iio 'iiSoiief were
"a Itito'ine: t,i,,'t y: ..
tro - l'f fe,,d4.3 - biUD'o'y '' no io8l'lina'e
onI 40 oIa, iSllo ~ ~ ili'i r nlolo tepulslV9
II ~ I'4Ii en- ~ 'iio average person
s-l'n Nv vn"O VI ploiGSS'oi'Gl eXecutioher.
t,,,+l ~ -ii','o' ~" JoIy euu snv Ae"r'ea
l''"J W uo In"''of uo" Iney may
o. " oti''l oH "nN' Pi"y anu hilhgie
,',,,s.l,IrI "''11 C1ol iOoS; Onoy are Always
. : t4: ga ,'ou ''' ll'iNs hAuhtea liVes ana
Pms IL 'no ooInP"hy Vi neauleSS
bnGS''i ~. ca.
- 'ni' "'"'e' "hero conuemned
| pIlSonerS 'Fe executed by electricity,
'no In:n "Ho turns Oh tno current
1.'n"I ~ "no'IGi nn rooil ana IS pubic
y y ''lNuo"n Io,'ti. - lniS in"Aes tho lou OF
'ho eAoouVlohcr comparatively easy |
oHe'
In scotland the duty of witnessing
executions IS imposed on tho civic
one of whom attends for
tins purpose. Since lS47 Edinburgh
las mad no regular executioner, but
depends one the London eXecutioner,
VINO IS hired fof the occasion. For
merry this parsonage was William
Uaicralt, 1t is related of Calcraft
mat he himself, together with his
Iather and brother, was imprisoned in
the Tower and condemned to death.
Nobody could be found willing to car
ry ont the sentence. Finally Calcraft
llmsel offered to execute his father
and brother, provided he was given
his freedom. The compact was made,
and the father and brother were duly
executed. CNlcraft was then made
regular cxecutioner and travelled all
over England in the performance of
his duties. He never seemed to worry
oNot @ pupiic oplhlon' out rather en-
oy ou luo hotoflety ne gained. lie
'lii''SSo't 'S1.' " snug lltI-s fortune 1fom his
PoTu'l"v u 'fa'e'
pGSioeS 'he usual ices OF al per
nlonth Us " retainer, the English ex-
-outioler ''lti received @lo 1or every ex-
Scr''on' !. IN ADDITION to TINS the Eng
ISL eHecuIloners rom early times
is.,t tneo Gi"liheu 'lll the ciothes OIL the ex-
as " Pefqulslte'
90 numerous were the pubic eX-
ecullous III England III fOrmer times