805 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document

PEDEO GIBERL? AND OTHERS. T13

THE EXECUTION.

“Delargo committed suicide in Salem Jail before the trial. . . .
After the conviction, Da Soto, the first mate, through the interces-
sion of Mrs, David Lee Child, the wife of the counsel, was par-
doned. A strong point in his favor wae his bravery in reseuing a
vessel in cireumstances of great peril, with her crew and passen-
gers of women and children, as she lay aground on the Bahama
Banks. . . . The others were hanged at the Leverett Street Jail
and many people came in boats to witness the execution, which I

saw. . . . Boyga cnt his throat and was hanged sitting in a
chair; Ruiz pretended to be insane, but soon it was decided that he
was shamming and be was accordingly executed.”*

* Willard’s “Recollections.” Ante, p. 701, Mz, Willard was aleo
present at the Trial.