Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-26
DOOMED men Fret. rs HOUR
FOR EXECUTION IS DfL|AiED
Gabriel and Forencio Go Calmly Enough To- GsoWs
rler Faints When Moose is Placed Around His Neck
Latter Sheds Tear as Death Warrant issF,ead -
you all. I am sorry.
Please excuse me for. all trouble

you all. am sorry
Please. excuse me for. all trouble
have caused for you"
Spoken In q: firm voice that betrayed.
no CULVER OF muscle or nervousness
OF mind, F1orencio Bonello, co-murt
derer with Gabriel yerver of the Jap.
anese storekeeper, Hayashibara ct,
Kaneohe, last August, uttered these
words through an interpreter this
morning at s:l5 o'clock-his last
breath on earth. The straps we're then
placed around his arms and chest, his
knees and ankles and eight minutes
later he swung into eternity-in final
payment for his share in the brutal
murder.
Both Florencio and Gabriel went
gameiy to their death. The stolidity
WITH which they met their fate aroused
comments of surprise from eyen the
prison attaches of the territorial jail
whose softer sentiments have been
blunted BY constant contact with the
hardened scenes Of life and immediate
association with similar executions.
Shaking hands with the six other
members Of death row." Florencio
and Gabriel submitted calmly to what
was on the part of others. q trying duty
the tying Of the death straps about
the bodies Of the condemned men.
Then led by High Sheriff Jarrett and
their spiritual adviser, Father valen
tin, the doomed men marched brayely.
aided by prison guards on either side
Of them. the few feet through the
prison wallis to the gallows erected
in the prison courtyard where were
gathered some 100 spectators and Of
ficiais.
Only once did either man falter.
F4orencio, following the reading of the
death warrant by Shelf Jarrett and
its Interpretation through him, gave
way to emotion as he was led back into
HIS cell TO spend his last i've minutes
on earth. Az be stood with folded
arms, hearing through the thin bars
or his cell the words of condemnation
for his comrade. Gabriel, as pro,
nounced by Sheriff Jarrett, a tear
welled into his eyes and flowed down
his cheek. Seemingly as II ashamed
at being guilty of display of senti.
ment, he seized q prison towel. and
brusquely brushed the tear aside.
Then resumiRg his normally stolidity
I he stood with folded arms during the
reading of the warrant.
Gabriel, on the other hand, faltered
only at the very last. Not a word
had he uttered: not an indication Of
weakness had escaped him; through
eli the painful proceedings preceding
the execution he had maintained an
air Of indifference to the fate that
hung over him. But with the black
cap over HIS head and as the execu.
toners were adjusting the moose about
his neck he collapsed in semi-faint.
He never had time to recover. In q
! second or two the trap was sprung
and his body, floating willow-like un.
der the force of the drop. grayitated
I to and fro beneath the gallows.
Tense indeed we're the hours Of
last night and early morning in the
lives OF the two condemned men. But
while an inward nervousness gripped
their souls, not an outward ciew Of
ltheir Rental perturbation was mani.
fest s,tretched on their hard beds