Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-07-07
THE ORDER OF PROCESSION
TIE l7--1' = 7 No EosLUN
to the scaffold, as agreed upon in t

to the ScaH0ld, as agreed upon in the
morning, is as follows:
Warden Crocker and one Of his officials will
appear first, followed by DR.. Hicks: then vii
come the prisoner in charge By two guards Cole
man and Woodward. Behind them will walk
two by two. Jones Hudson, johnson and Crocker
(four of the jail officials, the latter is brother
of the warden.
At ten o'clock.
SEVENTY POLICEMEN
arrived at the jail and were posted
along the roadway, outside the build
ing. In addition to the regular iail
guards, were all the men of the battery
of artillery, now on duty inside the
jail.
Shortly before II o'clock, Guiteau
called for paper, and, for twenty min
utes, busted himself in making copy
Of what he termed his
"PRAYER on THE sCAFFoLD.'
At IL o'clock, contrary to the general
expectation and her purposes as ex-
pressed the day before,
MRS SCoyILLE
arrived at the jail and sought admis-
| sion. She appeared to be laborins un
der great excitement. Gen. Crocker
declined to admit her unless the pris-
oner specially requested it. John w.
Guiteau who was sitting in the rotunda
at the time, was informed that his sis
ter was on the outside, and al first
started to 60 to her; but after mo-
ments hesitation decided not to inter
fere, saying: twill leave the whole
matter with Gen. CrockG."
At 10 o'clock, there was large crowd
ofnewspaper correspondents crowding
about the gate leading nto Guiteau's
corridor, but they could see nothing, ex-
cept the wooden door which screens
Guiteau's cell from sight. Now and then,
Il guard appears at the door and sent
some messages to the waldeA. At such
times, those at the gate rot view of
the table, corridor and chair on which
the death-watch sat.
After Guiteau had finished copying
his prayer on the scaffold, he began to
ARRANGE HIS DRss,
putting on pair of navy-blue trousers.
At 1880, guard came out of the
door and said, He is ready for DR..
Hicks now, and wants flowers to come"
Another guard, who took the message,
hurried off, and soon returned with
Hicks, who went into the cell Guiteau
was then reported by the guard to be
apparently very composed
GuiteaU's message about flowers refer
red to his expectation that Mrs. SEQ.
vile would
SEND SOME FLOWERS
to him; but none had arrived at the
time he asked for them. After short
conference with Crocker, John w.
Gulteau went outside the Jail to see
his sister; he found her liz great ex-
element, bordering upon hysteria, but
after a short time he succeeded IL
calming her and dissuading her from
any attempt to gain admission, She
acknowledged the good propriety OF
such a course, but said she could not(
possibly remain IN the city during IL
these wretched hours of morning. Sic
brought with her the flowers which
Gulteau asked for and they were AIKEN
to the prisoner. Mrs. Scovilb also
brought two handsome flower -reces,
cross and an anchor,-which she will
place upon her brothers coffin with
her own hands
% - Y CioGh, Gulleau maze some
requests as to the execution and hav-
ing made copies of his last prayer,
poem and other writings, tore up the
originals. He sent for tie jail boot
black and gave him his shoes to be
shined.
HIS DINNER.
was brought as the doctor was leaving,
and he ate with much relish H.s din
ner consisted of pound If broiled
steak, dish of fried potatoes. four
slices OF toast and quart Of coffee.
Dr Hicks, when he came out Of the
cell SAID: "The prisoner has not the
fear. We have had pleasant
religious talk; he feels sure of his
preparation, and he is ready for his
last formality. He commits himself
to God with the utmost confidence. |
tnlnk he will show sorne emotion be-
cause the nervous strain is so great"
AT II o'clock, Dr. A. H. Mcdonald,
OF New York, and DR.. Francis L0ring,
Of this city, expert witnesses ut the
trial OF Guiteau, arrived at The Jail
pr. Mcdonald said, as he understood
THE AUTOPSY
would he performed BY three physi-
clans agreed upon by friends Of the
man Afterwards the
brain would be removed for further !
examination. The three physicians Sc
lected to perform the autopsy are DR..
Lamb, who made the autopsy Of Pres
dent Garfield, Dr. Sauers, and DIR.
Harrlgan. deputy coroner of this city.
Dr.. Loring expects to make thor ,
ough examination of the prisoners
syes.
HE BROKE DOWN COMPLETELY.
Shortly before II o'clock, Guiteau
seemed to break down completely, and
purst into tears ard sokbed bysterieal-
Y. DR.. Hicks sat by his side, tanning
lim and yainly trying to calm him.
THE EXECUTION.
At about | I. so the nranarationS be-