Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1897-04-03
FOUR MEN HANGED!
MurdererS Of Ey.SheTif Chavez
Die on the SCafOld.
The Execution Took Place In Santa
Fe County Jail.
End Of q Remarkable Series OF Crime at
the Territorial capital.
ScIEIs AT TAE LXIeUrios

santa Pc, April .-ffanciscu liunznles
J BOrfegu. Antonio GOnZAlr- \ BUtrrgu,
lsAuTianO AlArld and l'atticiU Valencia,
rundemnri for the murder VI Frank
'ha'rI, May ~. lNa!, were hanged at g,.IO
o'clock to-day.
Thursday ulght ten spectral guards
were placed ~ the jail ht the sheriff aud
this morning u draft Ut forty arn waa
made On the cavalry and Infantry com.
pAhltr by the governor. with INSTRUCTIONS
~ at under orders Ut sheriff kin-rll
The scafiold waS II by ~ feet, with a
six foot drop through single trap SIX
feet long and three tert wide.
The prisoners pas,,,si rpstful night
The guards saying that not one even
turned IN his sleep.
The death warrant WAS READ tO them at
-, and VA Received b, the borteg,-
win Soiiie iacetiOuHir--. he Wear gen
eral remained with the kHniri men uu.
III the! we're lead tU the -caiiuld, attend.
tsi 10y the sheriff aud three deputies and
the vicar general aud disappeared from
The view NJ the limited number of spec.
tAtorr within tent which SURROUNDED
the -cHffOld
Nome II them showed the slightest
weakness. They made no statement px.
c"pt IL request thu sheriff not " fail "
remove All traces Oi the caus. Uf thrtr
death before their bDdipe were turned
over tO III, lr families.
The rupees and raI~ were adJnstssi and
at va" the trap WAS sprung. The upcks
Of All we're broken except that Uf lAlrn-
Ella, III" lighttSt IN weight. whu died from
stTangulatiOn. Al v:3l the nien were all
pronounced dead by attending physirian-,
aud NJ g.'b' the bOdiaa were plActsi Ia
plain black cuiiins furnishsd by the
county.
The funerals will take place On Sunday
foren1n from the cathedral. The hang
ing was II perfect mechanical siece4a
rAHflCl ClLhK~ ~ ENtruTiuN.
SG,r,,a ,u Tie Iniscu
santa 49, Aprll :. GA the night ot
May -, is.'!, ex sheriff Frank Chavez
was sSsassinat-d. This morning At s:Uy
Francisco GONZALES y Borregp. Antonio
ton zale~ y BorrrgO. l.alirs.tnO Alsrtd and
fatricio Valencia atonpd for the cr,u,r
by hanging on the scAffUld until deHA.
sheriff kinsell pulled the trigger.
yam being advised that fnFthsg clem-
eucy wss out of the question, tn uaaa
ss~tned very much unconcerne,i. still a.. |
s'rting their implicit confidence In their
attOfn,y, T. B. tatrOn. who has made |
great light ~ save his clients.
,'ne c, uIyany of cavalry did guard duty |
at the Jai. last night and this morning
another company Oi cavalry and the mil |
lila was on duty.
The condemnei ulen slept we'll last |
night and wAs up early this morning and |
hsd hearty breakfast.
A deAi line Nns drawn arosl nd tha inil
yard. and u surging crowd OF several |
hundred anxious " see the sxecutt0a |
WAS kept back. liouaetops And Windows |
In the neighborhooi were full OF persons |
anxious W know II the men would have |
any statement a. make Ia reference ~ |
their crimes.
The four men have large families, and |
the parting scene was pathetic, indeed.
About seventy.hve witnesses we're In. |
side. but ~ the gallows WA canyas.,si |
over they could not see the men until the |
drop ~as made.
The msn marched from the jail ~ the
gallOwa unattended
Al y:2s bra Sloan, brady and Cros-on |
pronounced the men dead. The bodies |
were cut down anh turned over 10
friends at y -.
On being asked II they hai any state
mrHt 10 make rNTN man absolutely re-
fused 10 talk except IN regard 10 the dis. |
position Of their h0ii,~.
The men 1hOwrd ~ signs Of nervous.
nees whatever. and met their death |
There Wa not hitch In the |
eDtire proceeding
Father fscheau WV the spiritual al.
'iaer for the men.