The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-18
SONS OF ERIN HOPE FOR GRAND OPERA IN IRISI
Gaelic Society to Demonstrate Tha
Some of the Most Beautiful Music
Has Been Written by Irishmen
and Around Irish Subjects

about the action; II seemed one NOR. ~
petulance. The soldier stepped bnc,
| into line.
Prepare" commanded the Cartain
The guns were raised. Juan looked
sullenly straight into the muzzlcs
Ramon slightly turned and coverod
against the wall. / heard the womo,,
sobbing.
Fire." came the command
There was ragged volley the las.
rifle barking as the first ones wer, be
| ing lowered. l had kept my eyes ON m
| prisoners.
At the first report Juan jumued m
| tiptoe and wrenched his arms nearI,
freeing them. He fell forward on N
side.
Ramon sagged to his knees. syayer
moment, and then slid forward OF,
his face. The woman had turned he
back to the sight and covered agains
the wall. holding little wooden rosar,
and muttering. The firing squad looked
on stolidly. In three years of new,
paper work in Western mining towns
where strikes were hardly classified a
| gentle pastimes. I have seen man,
wounded men and some dead ones. ON.
| setS uScu " tic Dut as ramon
| finally slipped forward on his face I
became faint. Two strong. healthy mel
in a moment turned into huddlcd iner
| masses is not a pleasant sight t. wi,
ness.
The firing squad had brought Their
guns to the order and the Captain
stepped forward, at the same tim,
dra wing his revolver, to administer IN,
"tiro de gracias." the act Of thanks II,
placed the muzzle Of the revolver at IN,
head of Ramon and fired. and then
| stepped to the. body of Juan and re.
peated the action. l do not know
| whether the two were dead before this.
but ! think they were.
The bodies were placed side by side
face upward. And then the strangesl
part of the whole affair took place.
The firing squad, the two buGlors IN
front. were formed in single file Thu
first man stepped forward pace and
| stood beside the bodies. Pointing al
them with his right hand he said:
THE fate of traitors
He passed on, and the next man
stepped to the bodies, pointed ana re
peated the sentence. This was con.
I tinued until each Of the men had per.
formed the act. / kept my eyes on their
faces to see the effect that the ceremony
| would have. Hardly sign Of emotion
was shown. one slightly turned hi,
head away, another faltered in repeat.
ing the sentence. the others showed
not the slightest interest. For an!
sign Of emotion they might have been
pointing to a wall and repeating, "Thes,
are bricks
Whether the lesson that has beer
demonstrated for them had been learned
had even sunk in, there Is no way o
telling. For my part. l think the who'll
affair was merely an uninteresting in
cident in their military life to them.
The ceremony over. the two corpse
were laid in the collins and one guar,
left with them. The men formed II
double file. the buglers struck up
lively tune, and We swung along baci
to the barracks. Two traitors had died
the honor Of Mexico was upheld. nov
to breakfast and. later, the bullfight.
Going back to FL Paso I talked 1t al
| over with the IL Paso newspaper man
| The two men, he said. had been cap
| tured a few miles to the south of Juare
by a scouting party and were accuse,
| Of burning u railway bridge.