The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-05-19
REMARKABLE
EXECUTION


ed the fact that the man killed pasqual
Hernandez, had been indicted by the
grand jury OF the Fifth Circuit Cout
on March % OF murder i'm the first de-
gree, arraigned for trial March 20,
pleaded not guilty, was tried on April
4 and 8 the jury finding him guilty IF
murder in the first degree, and been
sentenced on April is to death.
Candida was attired in one OF the
regular dark suit OF clothes placed up
on murderers. During the entire read
ing OF the warrant and its subsequent
translatlng to him Candida sat silent
in chair facing those outside of the
cell, and holding a handkerchief in his
hand. For most of the time he rested
his chin upon his left hand and gave no
indication of nervousness. Although
each word brought him nearer eternity,
the man was absolutely composed, not
a trace of nervousness was apparent
Throughout the entire proceedings. Az
ter the document had been translated
to him he asked permission to speak,
He said:
This is an unjust charge against me.
l did not kill Pasqual Hernandez with
my own hands. I did not plead guilty
that day in court. did not plead gull
ty on that Saturday i'm the court. This
charge is unjust, it is maliclously done
against me. The corporal when he says
that when he was bringing me in tied
and I said that 1 did not want to be
tied, and 1 threatened to kill him, and
that 1 said that 1 had killed PasauaI
Hernandez lied. did not kill Pasqual.
1t is lie of his, evidently meaning
the officer) He said that l said it i'm
court. IT is a lie of his. This Is A
very unjust case against me. He (Pas-
quaD killed himself by his own hands.
That's all right, you can chastise me
for it, if you wish. The knife was in
his own hands. was defending my
self with a stick when he was attack
ing me-
~He then shook hands with High Sher-
if Henry. Candida made no resistance
when the officers were binding his
wrists and arms. He walked to the
scaffold He left his cell at 11:1O a. m,
at HOP he went upon the scaffold; at
1903 the black cap was adjusted
Father Clement who attended him
upon the scaffold, asked if he wished to
say anything The doomed man gave a
sign of dissent with his hand, the moose
was drawn about his throat and at
11:04 the trap was sprung.
High Sheriff Henry had calculated
carefully about the drop to provide.
and Candida was both the tallest ana
the heaviest man that had ever been
executed under the direction of Henry.
This measurement, 4 feet 2-3 inches.
was sufficient to dislocate the neck of
| candida, the dislOcation being the most
! apparent that had ever been noticed at
! any execution. Drs. Moore and Judd
examined the pulse and heart beats OF
the body. The pulse jumped up to 80
a minute and then rapidly died away
AT HOS l-2 the physicians pronounced
the man dead. The body was cut down
and removed to the prison morgue
where an autopsy was performed by
Drs. Moore, Judd, Hoffman and john
son.
The physicians and all present were
impressed with the short time which
ehsued until life was pronounced eX-
tinct OF the four previous executions
seventeen minutes elapsed in one case
before the executed man was cut dowl
While the shortest period was IA min
utes' With Candida today the body
was exactly five minutes on the rope.
The body was inferred at Makiki
cemetery Immediately following the au-
topsy. Rev. Father Clement officiate
at the grave.
The deceased had no relatives i'm the
Hawaiian Islands. Last Friday he
wrote letter to his foster father in
Porto Rico announcing the fate that
was in store and expressing the desire
to have the letter and his love sent to
his sister and nephews and nieces