The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-09-24

said he was anxious to become member of
the church, and as he had already forsaken
Belle Ray, as announced in the Sentinel OF
Yesterday, the priests waited upon him. The
ing one, as the young man, 30
soon to depart this life, stood among weep
ing and mourning friends, and babe them
goodbye forever.
At 11:4O George Guetig, the brother of
Louis, appeared at the outer gate, and as
soon as his identity was established, was
admitted to the body of the jail, where he
saw his doomed brother. At IL so a. m,
however, q separation necessarily took
place, as at II o'clock Louis Guetig was to
hang.
AT this time there were at least 225 men
within the jail yard and within the part set
aside for reporters about three dead beats to
each genuine newspaper man.
MAN OF NERVE ON sCAFFoLD.
Exactly at so a. m Sheriff Presley and
Chief Of-Police Travis appeared and mount
ed the steps to the scaffold, on the rear part
of which were seated the mayor, county,
city and other officers, and some others who
had no business there: Following the sheriff
and chief came Fathers O'Donaghue and
Seller, bearing the crucifix and the sacred
embIems of the church.
Immediately behind them was George Geu-
tig, the brother before spoken of, and behind
HIM was the doomed youth accompanied
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with firm step. and showed not particle
OF weakness Charley Reynolds has been
through the mill before, but he did not look
as If he enjoyed the job before him. Louis
Guetig was clad in new suit of black, with
snowy white shirt front and neat black tie,
embroidered slippers and nice striped stock
ings. When he mounted the scat
fold he was very pale-much paler than
usual; but he soon recovered his color. and
appeared to be the most self possessed man
in the yard. Immediately upon reaching
the platform he took seat between the two
priests. with whom he knelt, and as every
head was uncovered the last prayers
of the church were repeated, and it is not
exaggefation to say there were few dry eyes
in the assembly. The prayer over, the
three arose, and the priests took seats while
Guetig stood up. Here was manifested the
only show of nervousness; yet 1t could not
really be called nervousness or fear,
for he stood up and looked over the crowd,
recognized his acquaintance with q
tacit smlle though at the same time he ap-
peared to think that il any one supposed he
was going to weaken" IN the common
sense of the term, they would be mistaken.
He glanced over the crowd before him with
a sarcastic expression-an expression that
indicated no fear, but 1t did indicate deter
mination. That he fully realized the posi-
ton in which he was placed was manifest
from the fact thai he was uneasy, and kept
shifting his weight from one leg to the other
while Sheriff Presley read the death war
rant The reading of this document,
which Is long one, required about three
minutes and during the reading not sign
of anything but Impotence was noticed
upon Guetig. He kept shifting his weight
from one leg to the other, yawned once
and coughed twice, but no other sign was
made, with the exception of wiping his
mouth with his e-gloved hand. During
the reading of the warrant Sheriff PRESLEY
was visibly affected; he appeared to feef
the gravity of the duty devoIving upon him
but there was not the slightest evidence of a
desire to shift the responsibility. In reading
he frequently hesitated, and his voice showed
signs of emotion. but he continued to the
end. His manifestation of the feeling OF
humanity was IN marked contrast to the
appearance of the boy who stood before him,
APPARENTLY Indifferent to what was being read.
At the conclusion of the reading OF the death
warrant Sheriff Presley said: Have you
anything to say before the execution of the
order of the court?" Very Unexpectedly to all
present, he said, 81 have" and taking step
forward drew sheet of paper from behind
him, and began reading. He read in clear
tone OF voice, without the slightest sign oil
tremor, and neither did the paper show
any sign of trembling, as the Sentinel re-
porter stood within very few feet, and
watched carefully. There was probably not
another man in the audience who could
have read as firmly.
GUETIG's FAREWELL.
His address was as follows:
At last. my friends, the time set apart by ths
law has arrived for me to say farewell, no
only to you who have gathered about me a
this moment, but to all the world beside. Yor
VIII, therefore, believe the last utterances of
dying man, when he informs you that h,
deeply lies, but without complaint, tn,
soiemnity OF this hour, fraught with the great
est change that can come to mankind in thi.
restless life. Gentlemen, if there be any here
that have inju red In any manner or any way
death, the debt of Mary McGlew, and L hope
that all my friends and all my foes Will forgiv
me. Farewell.
He then dropped bis manuscript and cor
bled before him, but evidently his word
came from the heart:
If there be any whom in the past hav,
wronged IN any manner 1 crave forgiveness
and, If possible, their friendship in tina
other life where sorrow never comes"
SHAKING HANDS FOR THE LAST TIME.
As quickly as he had finished reading b.
handed the manuscript to Jailer o. Brien
and then began shaking hands with tn
men on the platform and bidding then
goodbye. He kissed his brother, who i'm
medlately burst into tears and left the tryin
scene. This was the most trying feature of tn
entire performance. He then finished tn,
hand-shaking, and looking down at the rep
resentatives of the press who were standln
Immediately In mont OF the ecaffOld, steI
ped upon the fatal trap.
Drs. G. s. Boynton, w. H Wishard, w. I
Jeffries, w. NJ. Wands, G. e Wright and 2
j. Waters were in attendance, and Drs
Waters and Jeffries were appointed to fee
his pulse
THE DEATH DROP.
AT IL SO he was handcuffed with his hand
behind him, and had his legslpinioned witt
green cord, while another cord of the sam
kind was tied around his body and arms
The rope was then adjusted about his nee
by Sheriff Presley, and still there was n
of the doomed man; he onl,
closed his eyes as the rope passed owe
his face. The white cowl, furnished by JEFF
Davis, Of Bsmbergers, was then put on, an
- the Court House clock made the fin