“ANTONIO PONTNS TRIAL made front page headlines across major newspapers. On April 17, 1915, the Schenectady Gazette headline read, Trial of Ponton on the Charge of Committing one of Most Startling M...”

“Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. - Eighth Amendment, United States Constitution”

“What to do now, Father? I am going to die like a killer, and I do not even remember killing.You can pray, my son. You are in the hands of God now, said the good priest.”

“What you are about to witness is a blot upon the civilization of the twentieth century."- Sing Sing Deputy Warden Spencer Miller, Addressing Antonio Pontns execution witnesses on January 7, 1916”

“The Porto Ricans at Harvard University believe that the crime was a horrible one and it should be punished, but death penalty would add to, and not detract from, its horrors, the Harvard students w...”

“On Thanksgiving Day, during our family gathering, we pray you to have mercy on Antonio Pontn ”

“The human skin evolved in a natural electromagnetic radiation environment and is now in a very unnatural man-made one that is making many people sick.”

“Simplicity is the friend of execution”

“The best-laid plans can fail for the lack of proper execution.”

“the secret to success is massive execution”