Arizona republican., 1911-07-29
THE HANGING IF GALLEGOS The Murder ofLouisD. yaeger
 Expialed NO SENSATIONAL SCENE
Contrary to Expectation Doomed Man Faced His Fate With Calmness. Story of His Crime Eff forts To Save Life.

| NeIe was no lHltINtllliou m p'he'ih of AIejandro Gallegos and the murder of Louis D. Yaegef was explated on the scaffold within the walls of the territorial penitentiary yesterday.
 The sentence was executed at 1O:45 and eleven minutes later Dr. Brock way the prison physician said that the law had been fully satisfied.
 The hanging was attended by no sensational incident The prisoner had manifested no nervousness as his condition for several days previous had indicated that he would do. It was feared that he would have to be carried to the place of death.
 The ministrations of Father Heitz who had brought to him all the con- solation religion had to offer to one in his extreme situation, had left him ready to face his fate with calmness.
 Hardly a word was spoken on the scaffoid: only such words as the last ceremonies made necessary. The hands and feet of Gallegos were bound. the hood of death was adjust ed. the moose was put into place and then a section of the floor under the doomed man gave way.
 The spectators only saw the rope suddenly become taut with jerk that shook the scaffold. Then came the rebound; the rope became taut with less violence and then for a few moments swayed with the move ment of q pendulum, each sweep shortening until it became still. on the 9th day of May. 1911, Ale l iai.iro Gallegos. a sheepherder :n the employ of c. C. Hutchinson, fired two shots from a rifle at Louis D. | Yaeger, a former employer. killing him instantly. The murder was com mitted at a watering place in faVapai and was done in a spirit of bravado i developed by liquor. as the relations of the two men had been of the most | friendly character.
 Yaeger was one of the best known and best liked flocksmasters in Ari- zona. Most of his time when he was not on the range. was spent in Phoe-
 nix. though he also had a summer
 home in Flagstaff. On the morning
 of the fatal day he arrived in Hum
 boldt. Yatapai county, a half mile from where his flocks were ranging l Reaching camp he found a band o h-s sheep mixed with a band o Hutchinson's sheep. the herders o
 neither men seeming able to separate
 them. Gallegos was in the party
 drunk and threatening, armed with rifle. Yaeger approached. disarme'
 him removed the cartridges from m
 gun an handed the weapon back t'
 him. calling to the others to come ant
 help him separate the sheep.
 All responded but Gallegos to whom
 Yaeger paid no attention. A few min
 utes later Gallegos reloaded his Till with a cartridge in his pocket am slipping around to one side of Haege
 fired twice killing him instantly. GaIlegos fled on foot but was pur sued bv two men from Humboldt. o horseback. and was captured befor dark of the same day. He talked lik a madman when taken into -custod and declared be had killed severn z men in Texas an was sorry he di , not engage his pursuers in battl' Later he became calm and almoS
 weeping. said he did not know why h
 had killed Yaeger as he was his be'
 friend
 A special grand jury was convene
 by Judge F.. NJ. Doe. When arraigne ! GaTegos pleaded guilty but the coul | formally heard the evidence, the sentenced the man to death. He wa
 taken to the penitentiary at once an
 during his confinement acted lil S one in utter despair. wringing h
 hands and awaiting his end in tol ment.
 YacEer's body was brought to Pho'
 nix and buried with full Mason ,f honors. delegations from Prescott aI If Flagstaff coming to attend the fune n all He is survived by a wife ai IT several children, his parents and ot a CT relatives.
 Iel A few days ago an unusual ai
 perhaps unprecedented thing ha .e pened. a petition for the commut .o ton of Gallego's sentence, by N SC Henry c. Yaeger. the father of | d victim. Tn the petition Mir. Haeg d was joined by his wife and the widC lg of his murdered son.
 IS It was not formal petition but ,n earnest plea based on the ground Tn f. Gallegos was crazed with liquor wh k he committed the murder. His han l. ing in these circumstances. Mir. Va e. ger declared, would be ehme-
 The application for the commit of tion was made to Governor Sloan W CT soon after left the territory. \
 Yaeger fearful that he would not I