Nemecio Delgadillo
Nemecio Delgadillo, a 28-year-old man from Chihuahua, Mexico, was hanged in the yard of the Bernalillo County jail in Albuquerque on May 16, 1913, according to the Associated Press. Before his death he was visited by a Jesuit priest, received Holy Communion and ate breakfast with apparent appetite. He asked that the Blessed Sacrament sisters in Santa Fe be thanked for a pair of scapulars they had sent him, and he wore them to the scaffold. The Associated Press reported that he protested his innocence as he walked to the scaffold. His death was pronounced about ten minutes after the trap was sprung.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. The Associated Press reports he protested his innocence as he walked to the scaffold.
Reported by: Associated Press (reporters).