The Alaska daily empire., 1916-02-04

Q half from the jail, where the con demned man spent their last night
 The morning air was cold, but they wore no coats when they emerged at 5:SO O. no. from the prison and took their place between six silent guards and set out afoot for the place Of ieath. Besides the firing squad rode it's commander, Captain Alfredo Or itz.
 With heads bent. the brothers strode along. talking softly to each other. Their guards, muffled in gau- dy colored blankets, shuffIcd beside them. Once or twice the elder broth CTS arm went caressingly over the younger's shoulder, and he whispered word of comfort.
 Make wIerd shadows
 The road to the cemetery is very gloomy one. even by day. It leads over plain dotted with sickly mes quitoa nd cactus. Tho last half mile before the cemetery gate the road stralghtens out and tho white crosses are visible long before the gate is ar rived at.
 Neglect has made the burying ground even more desolate than usu- al. The crosses stand awry over a great many of the graves. Few are standing erect. Standing thus ct gro tesque angles, they make weird shad- ows on the weed-covered turf and the marble slabs.
 Slowly the procession approached the gate. which stands at the crest of a gentle -,sc.
 Through the gate have gone hun dreds of prisoners sentenced to death most of them war captives The Americans waited at the entrance in- voluntarily shrinking back as the prls- oners and their guards arrived at the gate. which was swung open by the deaf old sexton. who has guarded it for years. It is of Iron and 1t creak- ed upon its hinges as 1t opened.
 "Halto," said Captain Ortiz, when the squad had advanced about ten feet within the cemetery. The gate was closed and the spectators leaned over 1t. The little group marched to- ward the death house." in the center Of the grave yard 100 yards away.
 The white walls of this one-room hut shone in the moonlight. The gate was opened to admit the witnesses, who crowded close to the execution CTS.
 It was nearly daylight now. Tho moon. hanging low In the west. fell full upon the west wall of the death house. against which the prisoners took their stand. All about them were the wooden crosses of the dead. Twen- ty feet in front of them stood five soldiers with rifles ready.
 It was o'clock. The church bells tolIed in Fl Paso and reverberated over the plains. Faintly then, but clear. came the sound of revilie bu- gles in the camps of the American regiments along the border and at Fort Bliss. Suddenly tho dawn broke
 Captain Ortiz advanced and placed soiled handkerchief over the young CT mans eyes. but az soon as the of- rlcer stepped away he slipped 1t to his forehead and muttered: "I will die like my brother, with my eyes op- en-"
 Bernardo. his brother. who had stood quietly until now. broke out in- to a torrent of abuse directed ot the American spectators.
 "Oh. for a oarblne now in my hand he shouted. 'I'd show you Americans something Our death will be aveng. ed. An! Watch and see how Mexi- cans die. you Americans"
 A Mexican officer who had accom- panied the Americans to the ceme- tery walked to tho prisoners and said word or two. The younger handed him cheap little picture of himfles and asked that 1t be sent to his par ents at Santa Rita, N. M.. The elder gave him his hat as a present.
 Then the officer embraced them both. and Bernardo said:
 'Por Ia causa," (For the cause)
 The brothers spoke softly to each other as they turned and embraced.
 Ready" raid the Captain.
 "Tako aiml"
 Church bells in the cathedra of Iuarez began the tolling to early mass The first chime had hardly died<away -"Fire~
 The brothers crumpled to the ground. Bernardo's arm. even in his death agony. lay across his brothers breast as though trying to protect him.
 A groan came from the writhing 1T gure of the elder. With his dying breath he said clearly: "Oh, God. wait Q minute"
 Captain Ortiz drew his revolver ,nd advanced to the fallen men. Sud 1enly he sent a bullet into the brain of each-the mercy shot.
 The bodies were displayed the next day in Juarez and several hundred friends of the murdered American viewed them.
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