The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-07-09
TRAP SPRUNG;
TEN MINUTES
BEFORE He IS
CALLED DEAD
Doctors Say Neck Was
Not Broken by Fall;
Lives 8 Minutes

SANl "A fE, N. NJ, july u
Sustained to the end by the same
stoical spirit that he has shown
since he was brought to Santa
Fe on cot in January. 1917, suf-
fering from n self-inhicted shot
gun wound in the throat, Ebert
w. Blancett mounted the scaffold
at sunrise here today and was ex-
ecuted without display of a trace
of weakness. He was hanged for
the murder of Clyde d. Armour,
of Sioux City, Iowa, in the upper
part OF Santa Fe county, on De-
tober %, 1916.
The trap was sprung at ) 20
but DIR. David Knapp, county
physician, and DIR. Z. w. Fiske.
penitentiary physician. did not
pronounce him dead for ten min
utes. They said that for eight
minutes his pulse did not miss o
beat. II is believed that the fall
did not break his neck.
with Father Henry lie Guillon al
his side he ascended the scaffold stair
with firm step. His hands had been
shackled to his sides In the Jail Office.
just minute before. when sheriff
George w. Armljo finished reading
the death warrant.
Has Nothing 10 Say.
After Blancett had knelt On the
scaffold for the last moment OF
service. sherin ArmlIo inquired.
Have you anything to say?'' stand
ing erect and looking down upon the
small gathering, Blaneett responded
II have nothing to say" There was
not CULVER In his voice.
He said on the witness stand that
his killing OF Armour was accidental.
and on the brink OF death he had no
other statement TO make.
Wednesday night the prisoner sleIt
all night. 40 the death watch reports
ed. a considerable part OF yesterday
and until i2 o'clock last night he
spent In writing letters. when
Warden Fidei Ortiz and Assistant
Warden Pat Dugan went to his cell
about midnight. he was just finish
ing his letter writing, and declared he
would spend the remainder OF the
night reading. lie then lay down but
made no attempt to sleep. He ate ~
hearty supper last night, Dugan said,
and appeared to relish his meal.
NIT. anl...
His mother. Mrs. Charles Baker, OF
Friday Harbor, Washington, paid her
farewell visit to him yesterday, leav-
ing about o'clock
The prisoners at the penitentiary,
where Blnncett had been confined
since January Is. 1917. made up a
purse Of S75 for caske. and $3.50
for flowers. This Offering was made
for the reason that the mother Is
without funds.
\. D. Renehan, OF Santa Re, ns
counsel for the defense. carried tho
case through the trial In the district
court. the appeal through the New
Mexico supreme court and to tho
United states supreme court without
remuneration except u small retainer
that was paid In the beginning.
The funeral service was al o'clock
and interment WAS made In Rosario
cemetery Mrs. Bakei left at
o'clock for her home In Friday Har-
bOr
Final Appeal Falls.
Yesterday, afternoon Father 10
Guillon teletraphed ain eleventh hour
appeal to Governor Larrazoio at Lah
Vegas. asking that the death sentence
be commuted 10 life Imprisonment.
He declared he was In a position TO
know that II would be an injustice 70
hang Blancett. Governor LarraxolO
replied that II would be necessary for
Justice To take itH course.
Blancett was born In Aztec, San
Juan county, New Mexico, January
~, 1895. He was graduated from
the Friday iarhor High school IA
1914. He was baptised aud received
into the Roman Catholic church
more than two years ago. His final
confession was made 80 Father -
Gulllon yesterday morning.
Clyde ID. Armour wks ~ yeard of
age ana unmarried.