The Arizona sentinel., 1900-11-14
Santiago Orig will Die at the
 End of Rope in Jail Yard
For the Murder of w. s, Moffatt
 at Harrisburg.
DEATH WATCH ON GUARD.
Ortiz is Yet Unmoved, But Reads
 His Bible Great Deal.


 wrong but positively barbarous and should not be countenanced by civil ized nation. These good people doubt less mean well, but the majority are against them, and the majority are nearly always right in their conclusions. In the case of Santiago Ortiz, there is no question about it.
 In the silent hours of the night or early morning, shielded by the dark ness Ortiz sneaked and crept to the bed where an old man lay sleeping and crushed his skull with a steel bar. Ortiz had known MT. Moffatt for years, 1 had worked for him about his store in Harrisburg, and the old gentleman had often helped and befriended him. But the murderer cared naught for these acts of kindness, gratitude had no place in his makeup. He wanted few pal try dollars and killed his old-time bene- factor, took the money and some other valuables and fed in the darkness.
 The story of Ortiz's capture by Saun- ders and Blair, of their finding the sto- len property, and of Ortiz's own admis- sion of his guilt, even leading his cap tors to the ravine where he had buried the instrument of murder, which was dug up, a drill it was, about three feet | long, such as miners use, with some of the old mans blood upon it, and locks of his hair clinging to the bar; of the the trial and conviction of the murder er-all the details have been but re- gently printed in the SENTINEL, to- gether with the sentence of the court. The sentence was that Santiago Ortiz should suffer the penalty of death by hanging and the date of the execution set for Friday, November 16, in the county jail yard.
 The Sheriff has selected F o'clock, noon, and at that hour Santiago Ortiz will expiate his awful crime on the scaffold. He has but few hours to live, yet it appears that his low order of intelligence precludes perfect real ization of his fate. Those who know him best, however, think that his de- meanOr is not a correct barometer of his emotions or feelings. They con- tend that Ortiz is fully aware of the enormity of his crime and that his life must pay the penalty within very few hours: that his apparent stupidity or indifference simply demonstrates his wonderful nerve or will power, by the use of which he is enabled to stiie his emotions and assume an unconcern- edness which is remarkable. Some even say that Ortiz is unusually bright that the manner of crime showed eX- treme cunning; that the crime was carefully and shrewdly planned, and but for three large nails in the heel of his shoe, by which he was tracked, he might have escaped, as he was the last person in the world to have been sus- pected of the crime otherwise. How ever this may be, Ortiz will most likely die game-as the great majority of executed criminals have died before him.
 The condemned man was placed in a dark cell or death chamber last Satur- day night and death watch put on. W. A. Werninger, Geo. A. Duke and Geo. Byler comprise the watch, each serving an eight-hOur shift.
 Ortiz, though confined in a dark cell, is furnished with an electric light and has books and papers to read, in fact is not deprived of any comforts given the ordinary prisoners. He eats heartily, sleeps well, and maintains his usual cheerfulness, of which he does not pos sess a superabundauce at best. He reads his testament considerably, and seems glad to have Father Durand come to talk and console with him.
 The scaffold isready and in fact every detail for the execution has been care fully arranged. The gallows is of the regulation pattern, very strongly built, and has drop of six feet.
 The rope is of the best quality of hemp, and II inch in size. There is no possible chance of it's breaking, as sometimes happens, to the horror of those who witness the execution. Ev- cry precaution against possible acci- dent has been taken and none is likely to occur.
 Sheriff Speese will have charge of the disagreable affair, and doesn't rel ish the job, but he is not the man to shrink from his duty. He will be as- sisted by several of his deputies.
 The hanging of Ortiz will be the second legal execution in the history of the county. The first one took place in 1873. The scaffold was erected in the rear of the building now occupied as store by Santiago Redondo, corner of Third and Main streets. Manuel F'ernandes was hung there for the mur- der of D. A. McCarty, generally known as "Rawhide. McCarty was a mer- chant in Yuma, and was killed in his store in the Rincon district.
 Fernandes and two accomplices went into McCarty's store and while he lay asleep split his head open with an axe. They then ransacked the store for money, as McCarty was reputed to keep a considerable sum about his store. but the murderers failed to find it, and fled empty-handed.
 Fernandes and one of his accomp1ices