Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-05-16

If the officers pushed the lever for
ward and The iron shot downward
With "A crash and the timbcrs creaked
under the strain. The rope stood the
test
Dclgudilla gave no sign that he
heard the crash. although he surely
understood its meaning. A few hours
more and the same sound would De
Che signal Of hiS death. but he gave
no outward sign OF terror. Degadillo,
according tu the officers. had not
shown "the white feather since the
time of his arrest AZ Los Lunas When
DEPUTY Sheriff a. C. Burtiess was
BRINGING him to Albuquerque word
reoc1ed here ahead ef him aud a
rnmberof automobilists met them on
the road turned and followed them.
Delsadillo appeared slightly nervous
then. He was not terrified. but after
that he showed no emotion.
Prisoners who knew Dclgadillo
when he was confined in the Jail he
fore he was taken 10 the penitentiary
hospital for treatment for pneumonia.
talked with him. only q few are still
in jail and they and Delgadillo were
close friends It was when talking
with thcm that Ills mind appeared to
be numbed. probably lay the thought
of the nearness of his death, They
talked with him through an interp-
retcr. however. aud it may have been
that difficulty In understanding their
meaning gave this Impression.
Dr. Frank, county physician. saw
Delgadillo Yesterday The physician
did not enter the cage He said last
night that the prisoner apparently
Nas in good health. The doctor did
not make an examination Of his lungs
To ascertain whether he had tubercu-
lcsis. The prison doctor in his report
10 Governor Mcdonald said the dis
ease was only ncipient
The hour set for execution was kept
secret from other prisoners. Delga
dillo occupied the cage alone and
lfew. il any of them knew that he had
been led to the scaffold unless the
dropplng tran awakened them.
The scaffold was surrounded by d
high board fence YESTERDAY y large
number Of applications for admission
to the stockadr and the crowd. coming
land going an day led the officers to
+ believe thai mob would occupy
nearby roofs before daylight this
morning. so the high fence was erect
ed 81 screen the execution
The enclosure. about 20 10y 20 feet.
,yas large enough only for the wit
nesses. officials and newspaper men
who were admitted by passes issued
bv sheriff Romero The total NUM-
her Of persons who saw the execution
was twenty.
About Loo men women and children
clamored at the Jail door for admis-
sion to see the scaffold Yesterday. one
woman carried baby In her arms.
The scaffold was built in the yard
west Of the building The platform
stood six feet above the ground and
although Delgadillo was not above
average stature Il pit, two feet deep.
was dug directly under the trap.
The officials took precautions to
prevent an accident, besides carefully
testing the trap and rope. Deisadillo
was allowed a 6-foot drop. considered
sufficient to break his neck ana 70
effect painless death When the
body dangled at the end Of the rope
the top Of the black cap was level
with the platform.
Practically every one Of Delgadillo !
visitors yesterday went on official
business. An alien. he had Few
friends in old Albuquerque where ne
lived. No relatives were here HIS
father. Asceneion Delgadilio, VINO
lives in the state Of Jaliseo, Mexico,
wrote Manuel Garcia. editor Of la
Gazeta. that he could not come owing
to straitened circumstances NJ. c.
ortiz. an attorney, took a list Of rel
atives whom he wished to have noti-
fled Of his death from the prisoner
+. FIRST I.EGAL HANGING
TOOK PLACE IN 1888
The first legal hanging IN Bernahlle