Victoriano Desayas, AL, 1820 May 19

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GANARRA, Charles and SAYAS, Victoriano de

; Mas,” May Oh, 18203 "Execution, On Friday last (May 19,
1820), the awful sefibende of the law was performed upon
Victoriano de Sayas, convicted of the murder of Diago

Alvares, and upon Charles Gamarra, convicted of aiding and

assisting him in perpetrating the horrid act. A short
time previous to his death, Sayas confessed that he did

murder Alvares, and two other men in Havana, one about
seven and the other about nine years ago. We have been
informed that he declared Gamarra was innocent, being
ignoraht of his design to kill Alvares,...(NOEE: Sayas
was a mlatto,)" PROVIDED BY DR, W. SIUART HARRIS,

MARION, ALABAMA

CAMARA, Charles and SAYAS, Victorian ca

| ites, vay 2hy 18203 ee ies On Friday last (May 19,
1820), the awful sentence of the law was performed upon
Victoriano de Sayas, convicted of the mrder of Diago
Alvares, and upon Charles Gamarra, convicted of aiding and
assisting him in perpetrating the horrid act. A short
time previous to his death, Sayas confessed that he did

| murder Alvares, and two other men in Havana, one about
seven and the other about nine years ago, We have been
informed that he declared Gamarra was innocent, being
ignoraht of his design to kill Alvares...(NOEE: Sayas
was a mulatto,)" PROVIDED BY DR. W. SIUART HARRIS,

MARION, ALABAMA

i flee, May 2h, 18205 npeacutionl! On Peiasy last ‘ey 19,
1820), the awful sentence of the law was performed upon
Victoriano de Sayas, convicted of the mrder of Diago
Alvares, and upon Charles Gamarra, convicted of aiding and|
assisting him in perpetrating the horrid act. A short
time previous to his death, Sayas confessed that he did

murder Alvares, and two other men in Havana, one about
seven and the other about nine years ago, We have been
informed that he declared Gamarra was innocent, being
ignoraht of his design to kill Alvares..(NOEB: Sayas
was a mlatto,)" PROVIDED BY DR, W, STUART HARRIS,
MARTON, ALABAMA

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