Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-09-22
DOOMED TO BE HANGED.
sheriff Garcia and Deputies Left for
TERRA Amarillo This Forenoon
with Two Condemned Murder
ers-PrOspective Hanging
at Albuquerque.

Sheriff Felix Garcia and Deputies Olivas
and Larouge, of Rio Arriba county, and
special deputies VIM. Hogan, N. L. King.
W. @. Vipond and T. H. Tucker, of this
city, left for TERRA Amarillo over the
narrow gauge this. morning, having in
charge Perfecto Padilla and Rosario
Ring, sentenced to be hanged in Rio
Arrlba county for murder.
The party will 60 by rail to Chamita
and thence by team to TERRA Amarillo,
arriving at that place tomorrow even
ing. From Chamita six cavalrymen
from this city, under command of
Lieut.. Coleman, will form an armed es.
cort for the party on the overland trip.
This additional precaution was taken in
view of report that an effort would be
made to rescue the prisoners en- route.
Sheriff Garcia, however, assured New
MEXICAN scribe that there was no founda-
tion for this report and that he antici-
pated no trouble on the way.
The movement to induce the governor
to commute the death sentence of Ring
to imprisonment for life was effeotually
defeated by strong protests from the best
people in Rio Arriba county. 1t will be
remembered that on the 10th of Sept,
1895, in drunken brawl, Ring killed q
young man in the streets of TERRA ANA
rilla.
Padilla's crime was the cowardly and
cold-blooded assassination of John vi
INA tha lokk o
in camp near Copper City.
The executions will take place about
$3.50 on Thursday morning at TERRA Am
arilla under the immediate supervision of
Deputies Hogan and Larouge. Padlla
will be hanged first.
| CASE OF sANDOvAL.
Strenuous efforts have been made to per.
suade the governor to commute the death
sentence of Dionicio Sandoval, of Albu
querque, to imprisonment for life on the
ground that the condemned man was
mentally defective. The governor hat
made diligent inquiry on the subject
of leading physicians at Albuquerque
with the following result:
Hon. William T. Thornton, Governor of thu
Territory of New Mexico. Santa Fe, N. M.
Albuquerque, N. NJ, Sept. 81, 1885,
Sir: In answer to your request that VI
should examine Dionicio Sandoval, con
fined in the Bernalillo county Jail unde1
sentence of death, with view to ascertain
if his mental condition is such as to war
rant executive interference, would re
spectfully report as follows:
That we have examined the said San
doval and can find no evidence that woul
warrant us in stating that he is mental
defective. We are satisfied that he is a.
uneducated man, but can see no signs o
such mental depression as would warran
us in calling him below the average per
son in his station and avocation. Will
we regret the necessity which compel
the execution of the penalty of the Law
we can find nothing that will warrant on
considering him to be so deficient in in
telligence as to be irresponsible.
We do not, however, believe that the in
tsrests of justice or public morality vii
be benefited by public execution q
now contemplated.
JAMES H. WRoTH, M. D.,
]. P. KAsrER, NJ. D.,
W. g. HOPE.
In the light of the foregoing profes
sional opinion the governor has conclud
ed that he would not be justified in com
muting the sentence of Sandoval and tn
doomed man will expiate his awfu
crime on the gallows at Albuquerque OF
Thursday forenoon, September "a
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