Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-08-01

mitted the killing of Goddard and Cox.
md died penitent, saying at the last
minute that they were happy to meet
God.
The arrangements were perfect and
complete. the execution passed off
without any trouble and from a pro
fessiCnal stand point was a. perfect
success. Sheriff Roberts deserves great
credit. About 500 spectators. in addit-
ion to those allowed by law covered
the adjacent housetops.
The execution was conducted with
out any unusual incident. There was
q paleness in the members of the
crowd which witnessed it. Aside from
Hidalgo the coolest men on the scat
fold were Sheriffs Roberts and Cook.
Rentario betrayed some trembling and
regret, but there was q smile on the
| face of Hidalso when the hood was
being drawn over it and there came
from the black cap the muffled last
farewell, "Good-bye. Frank" Frank
had been the death watch. He died
| easier as he had died happier. His
neck was broken. while Rentario died
slowly of strangulation.
The cause of the strangulation OF
Rentario came about in this way: AS
he mounted and stood upon the scat
fold he held a folded newspaper in his
| right hand and he kept it there when
his arms were strapped together. When
the men. all but dead now. were asked
if they were ready. Rentario threw his
| body about if to throw the paper
from the scaffold. 1t fell upon the
edge of it. The motion brought the
knot of the rope under his chin, pre-
/ vomiting 6iSlOc3tioD
! THE CRIME AND THE CAPTURE.
The execution of Francisco Itentaria
and Elijio Hdalgo took place within
six months to i day CT their commits
sion Of one Of the b;oodiest crimes in
Arizona i'll recent years The story of
it is still familiar.
On February /. of this year, the two
Mexicans stopped at Goddard's station
fifty miles north of Phoenix, on the
| Cave creek road. The station and a
store were kept by Goddard who was
a wealthy sheepman and who had also
established a she2ring camp there. The
occupants of the station, at the time
of the killing were Goddard, his wife,
a brother. Frank Goddard who had ar
rived from the east that day. Milton
Turnbull. an invalid and Frank Cox
/ who was in the employ Of Goddard.
| There WAS also al the station IL Mexi-
can sheepherder, named Francisco
| Hernandez who had come that day,
having been sent from one of the
northern sheep camps to work for
| Goddard.
The strange Mexicans hung about the
| station all afternoon frequently cngaG-
! ing the sheep herder in conversation
which consisted for the most part of
| questions and answers about the people
| Of the station and their habits.
About six o'clock in the evening Cod
dard, his brother, Cox and Turnbull
were seated at the supper table when
| the Mexicans entered and in reply to
a question by Goddard as to what they
! wanted they replied something to
eat and began firing. Goddard fell
| fatally wounded and Cox who had been
shot through the head fell forward up
on the table. The concussion of the
shots put out the light. Two more
shots were fired in the darkness intend
ed for Turnbul and the brother Of God
dard. The former had slipped from
/ his chair under the table and the latter
! fled, but not too soon. into another
! room, fcr it Was found that one OF the