Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-12
SAIS dies GAME
ON THE GALLONS

Socorro, u. NJ, Jan. FL am sorry
for what | have done. Ny end ts
warning 10 other boys who may be
tempted 10 do wrong. Goodbye.
This. In rough translation. Is the
last word Of Carlos Sais. murderer OF
William Mclaughlin and John Billing
slea, who was executed on the scaffold
In the jail yard here yesterday at $3.50
O'Clock.
sals was perfectly cool and collected
and from the time he left his cell un''l
,h, can was fitted over his head. be-
,raxea no sign Of fear of the end await
.,. him His calm and collected de'
msanor was In striking contrast to the
as,r.ssion under which he has suffer
.d for the past three days. During
,ha, time he has scarcely tasted food
and until Thursday night he had
s,en, hut little. On his last night now
ever, he slept well and appeared In
het,er spirits yesterday morning tnah
for some time Right up TO noon the
rumors continued that an appeal to the
sunrame court would be brought about
by which q stay OF execution could be
I secured. shortly after noon. 1t be-
came definitely known that no action
had been taken and that execution
would be allowed to proceed without
interruption. Preparations were quick
,y completed and the hanging set for
$50 o'clock.
At twenty one minutes to four Sais
walked from his cell accompanied by
the guard and followed by two priests
who have been In attendance from
time TO time since the death sentence
was pronounced The young man
walked alone and without assistance,
His step was firm. his head erect ami
his face apparently without emotion.
He mounted the scaffold, again with
out assistance. and turning. spoke
briefly to the twenty-three people as
sembled in the enclosure. He spoke
in Spanish, briefly expressing sorrow
for the crime for which he was to pay
the penalty, and saying goodbye To
his friends. His voice was steady and
clear.
The cap was fitted over his eyes
and the sheriff gave the signal for
Jailer Sylvester Abeytia to spring the
tran The drop was perfectly success
full. sais struggled briefly. and at B. o.
O'Clock DR.. c. G. Duncan. the physician
in charge, pronounced life extinct
The body will be given into the HANDS
of friends for interment.
Carlos Sais was hanged for the muir
der of John Billingslea and william
Mclaughlin, prospectors, whom he klli
cd In the Manzano mountains on Octo
ber 2sth last With Sais at the time
was Eliseo Wales, younger boy. wht
has heen sentenced to ninety-nine
wears in the penitentiary, after plead
ing guilty to the crime. sais also de
sired to plead guilty. but the court re
fused to accept the plea since the evi
dence showed that he had done th'
work. sais and Wales met the two
urospectors, who. with Biliingslea''
wife. were travelling through New
Mexico toward their Colorado home
on a prospecting tour. while the min
ers we're looking for water. The boy
offered to guide them to a spring. Sal
was given gun to carry. As the part!
proceeded in search of the water h
shot the men, each in the back. TIT
bodies were left by the boys who wen
back to camp, cut loose the horses ant
left Mrs. Billlngslea alone in the hill
where she was found three days late
by search party. who also found tn
bodies of the dead men. The two boy
were captured soon after.