El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-17

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though of wood, the image retaine'
the marks of the Jews scourging. Fo
this reason the retention of the mark
being deemed miraculous, the imag'
was, on his arrest, taken to the church
| of Santo Domingo, where it was much
revered!
Returning to the City of Mexico
from Guadslajara, Trevino fell for the
second time into the dreaded hands o.
the inquisitors, and was sentenced tt
endure forfeiture of all his property
He professed repentance at a private
auto de fe, held on the 18th of June
1925, the ceremony taking place in the
church of the convent of Santo Do
/ miugo. No sooner was Trevino re-
| leased, when, it is related, he secretly
instructed his fellow Jews here, who
we're unsupported, how to comport
themselves if ever they should fall in.
to the power of the inquisitors. urging
them, as the best means of avoiding
cusation of Judaism. It was shown
that Trevino persisted In killing fowls
! in the Jewish manner and practised
many of the precepts of the law OF
Moses, and it was told of him that, on
cutting the throats of hens. he would
turn to the Orient, and mutter pray
ers!
ALSO IL WAS GeStlueu LudU Wu6a 0lbSI
supper, he went out for q stroll, he
happened to meet Catholics. he would:
in response to their salutatiOn of
"buenas noches," reply, 81 kiss the
hands OF your worships, instead of say
ing, as good Christian should,
"Praised be the holy sacrament" He
had also been heard to curse the holy
Office, it's ministers, all those who
founded the 1nquisitlon and the kings
IL;
on in this way, for Trevino was under
surveillance, and SO we find him again
under arrest in the spring of 1649, and
by the middle of April of that year the
authorities of the church determined
to end bis career, and he was SEN
fenced. with q batch of other people,
wizards, Luthersns, bigamists and
witches, to be burned to death.
Thus we see him on a bright April
day, the sun shining warmly down on
the City of Mexico, leaving his dungeon
and Joining in the doleful procession to
the "quemadero" or burning place, at
the foot of the Alameda, the city park,
q spot where now stands, as if in COM
of the advance of thought
and science, an electric light. Trevino
was no longer etfecting penitence; he
himself the orthodox Jew,
and even had to be muzzled, SO many
holy church, the crown and the inqui-
sitors! A mule was brought for him to
mount, arrayed as he was in the sui |
phurous yellow sam benito, refusing to
take the green candle in his hand, for |
be was all Jew on that day of fiery |
trial. The mule, most orthodox in sem
,iment, refused to bear the burden Of
'hisiterrible sinner, and threw him off,
ina other mules were brought, hut
,ne by one they display their abhor-
'ence of the heretical burden, and so,
inally, horse, which had no ecclesi-
lstical opinions, was found, and Trevi-
10, sinister and pale figure, enveloped
n the horrid robe of yellow, with its
,armine crosses before and behind,
vas led to the ''quemadero," q stout
indian walking by his side and urging
lin to avow his belief in the holy
rinity, accompanying his piOus words
With terrific blows from his fist, nearly
hrowing the hereto from his horse.
The hapless Jew was paraded down
ian Francisco street, that fashionable
venue now daily traversed by rich
ews in their victorias, the people ,
Rowling their balconies to catch !,
limpse of the audacious Jew, SO full
f evil that the good men of the inqui- ,
Ition were forced to gag him to pre- :
emit his bringing untold evils on the :
evoted and orthodox city.
Arriving at the foot of the Alameda.
ley tied Travino to q stake, and the =
Iggots were heaped about him. The = =
,ene was impressive, for an enormous
-owd had assembled to see the Jew Z
pasted. The towers of the church of q
An Diego and of San Hipolito were a
ack with curious men and boys, who =
Id secured places of eminent advant- :,
ye for. such sightseeing. Boys had Il
al hod uni
wv was filed with women and chill h
en-. Compassion for the wretched -
an was also for hidden under severe !,
nalties. Many of the witnesses of "
e affair had known Trevino, in his h
ings about the streets of the city, as 4
man of business. but all were shock II
at the revelations of his secret Ju- -
half. a.
Soon the heap of wood was lighted I"
d the faggots began to crackle as q,
arkS and smoke arose to the blue :,
avens. The thousands of spectators ~:
med forward so as not miss detail -,
the hOrrid scene, and the orthodox 81
re greatly edited. The victim, al hl
st suffocated by the smoke, did not D
7 out, nor did he make the slightest D
nplaint, but, gathering nearer to 70
n the burning Goals with his charred %
It, he exclaimed at last in a tone of Of az
ter sarcasm, recalling his coniscat- NJ
"Throw on the wood, my g.
ney paid for it.'' ~
And so the tortured Jew died in the a. a.
d where $50 years afterward other s n1
vs were to acquire wealth, live in az
endid houses, and drive about in ho
ir coaches, receiving the affection NJ NJ
salutations of poor Christians. 1t Hu
. far cry from Trevino roasting at ~
re