The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-01


III removed 10 other qusrters, and
Fs.S in cells. At 9 O'Clock this morn
The Jail officers had rehearsal OF tnt
they are to play in the execution,
.bs 1urpose chiefly Of testing the ap.
T.nee of the gsllows, A bag Of sand
,s-S;n0 100 pounds vas attached to 8
w. and The trap was sprung By meani
y. s1igger rope. which was pushed into
oftbe cells Of the north wing.
it II am, Mrs. Scoville, Guiteau's
-, who had said yesterday that she
ss~Id not come TO see the hanging, APP
Es.,od Al the jail door, and demanded to
.5mitted. The warden knowing that
nresence at the execution would GER
- ~ cause a scene, had given orders
Sbe be not admitted. The guards
"a her that she could not enter, and
'. uouan first begged to be admitted
y then denounced the officials for their
o,.I conduct. John Guiteau was sent
- and he succeeded in peacifying his
,Bter. nj, ny
oai,asu went with General Orocker to
~ scsffold. together, with q number of
-, Guards. ,JOhr W. Guiteau Rscended
~ steps and carefully examined the
.rueture, handling carefully and in
',acling all the features, both above and
BLOW The platform.
A telegram from New York, signed
In. Bennett, was received shout 10
.icIock, by DR.. Hicks, asking il the
sssder could obtain possession of
Ggitesu's body to exhibit for the benefit
1 ofthe Young Mems Christian Associa
ion. DR.. Hicks paid no attention 10 the
.,msage. The order Of procession 70 the
& ,rsHold IS agreed upon this morning is
~ follows: Warden Croker and his
ulcers will appear first, followed by DR.
gisks; then will come the prisoner in
rTsrge % two gusrds, Coleman and
woodward. Behind them will walk
,vo bV two Jones, Hudson, johnson and
Cocker, four jail officers, the latter q
bother Of the warden.
AT 10 O'Clock seventy policeman ar
lived at the iail and were posted along
iba roadway, outside the building. In
edition to the regular Jail guard, all the
available men of battery O., second
ITnited States artillery. are now on duty
inside theisil. Shortly before II o'clock
Guiteau called for paper and and for
twenty minutes busted himself in max
inc q COPY Of what he terms Ibis prayer
IN the scaffold." AS his hands will be
ninioned DR.. Hicks will hold the manu-
script while Guitesu reads. Now that
he ia EMPLOYED he appears much calmer
and is rapidly completing his work /,
writing in q large, round and leglble
hand.
Preps rations for the execution are be-
inc made. Guitesu has had bath.
dressed, and his dinner was served at IL
o'clock. DR.. Hicks is with him. He
says be will die game.
Guitesu has not been informed of Mrs.
Scoyille's presence, and even II he wss
aware that she is here it is believed be
would not desire 10 have her present.
His great desire now seeme 20 be that
there shall be no scene, snd his pro-
rrsmme shall he carried out without any
Interruption or incident to detract him
from the heroic picture which he be-
lisves he is about to present. At 10
o'clock there was large crowd Of news
paper correspondents crowding about the
tate leading into GuitesH's corridor, but
thew could sec nothing but the warden's
door, which screens Guiteau's cell from
view. Now and then q guard appeared
al the door and sent some message TO the
warden. At such times those Of the gate
got q view of the table, corridor and
chair on which tbs death watch sat.
After GuiLesu had written ais
prayer upon the scsfold, he
began to arrange bis dress, put
ting on pair Of navy blue trousers.
At 10 30 a guard came out of the door
and said: "He il ready for Dr.. Hicks
now, and wants the 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 APP
parently very composed. Gulteau's
message about the flowers referred to his
expectation that Mrs. Scoville would
sand some flowers to him, but none had
arrived at the time he asked for them.
After short conference with Croker
John W. Guiteau went outside the jail to
see his sister. He found her in great ex-
element, bordering upon hysteria, but
sftsl = short time he succeeded in calm
ing her and dissusding her from any at
tempts to witness the execution. She
acknowledged the propristy of such .
course, but said she could not possibly re
main in the city during all the wretched
hours OF the morning. She brought with
her the flowers which Guiteau ssked for,
and they were taken TO the prisoner.
Mrs. ScovilIe also broughttwo handsome
flower pieces, Cross snd anchor. which
she will place upon her brothers coffin
with her own hands.
11.35 m.-While Dr.. Hicks was in
the prisoners cell, at III o'clock, Guiteau
msds some requests as 10 the execution
and the hangman. Having made copies
Of his "last prayer" poem, and other
writings, he tore up the originals. he
then sent for the jail bootblRck and gave
him his shoes to De shined. His dinner
Was brought IS the doctor was leaving,
and he ste with much relish. His dinner
consisted Of pound Of broiled steak, .
dish Of fried potatoes, four slices OF toast
and quart Of coffee. DR.. Hicks, when
be came cut Of the cell, said the prisoner
had not the slightest fear. We have had
a pleasant religious talk. he feels now
his preparation is completed and he Is
ready for the last formAGity. He com mits
bis soul to God with the utmost conf
dence. think he will show some enc
ton because the nervous strain is SO
great. Nobody, DR.. Hicks said, had
seen the prisoner at that time except him
self and the jail officers.
At II o'clock DIR. A. Z. Mcdonald, OF
New York, and DR.. Francis Loring, OF
this city, expert witnesses at the trial OF
GuiteAu, arrived at the jail. DR.. Nc
Donald. said ss he understood 81
autopsy would be performed By three
physicians agreed upon by friends OF the
condemned man. AftarHard The brain