The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-08
GUITFAU.
MA, last Hours and sights ana Incidents at
the Execution.

IRE large city dailes nave al'ca", 'p'N"'
bxstre the country such full details OF 'h'
.crnrs preceding, attending anu 'oiIo"ihs
.e,sse upon the execution NJ the asSassii
lnaeou. that any detailed account here,
~eeS after the event, would seem 10 oe "aS''
NJ SPACE; yet there are few prominent iacu
xuo incidents connected with the closing
xt.rDs that we desire TO put upon record ahu
far 4aat purpose draw manly upon the report
uf Abe execution and is attendant incidents Us
ppnlished in the New York |Vorld.
u was not until the night preceding the
ArvtNliul day" tina, Gui,eau apparently began
n. -rn,i7e lully that his doom was sealed. Then
se uyCw vlsioly more restless and uneasy ana
.se hone which undoubtedly had kept him ul
-Ess, ,he President would ln,erposc, abandoned
MIN. The last vcstige Of II disappeared when
U- Reed who had accompanied Mrs, Scoville
III baI last visit to him, assured MN III tue
Eogl emphatic terms that there would NC ho
executive interference III his behalf his oriei
fp,.yylew with his sister was colo, CAM al
-,,st formal After that he became moody
.ssr:..., ... ugly" as the guards called IT.
Ne nailed a, the authorities for convctlng MN
and nj the Jail officials and the President des
,=gD,ing upon the vengeance that Goa woulu
r;sj. uoon his murdercrs. Most OF the night
ne salked his cell. At o'clock Dr. McN IL
Ears. the tail physician, found MN greatly
per,nf,,eu. The Doctor urged him to lie down
sR1 70 10 sleep aud he said he would try 'odo
90, N,o, didn't know that he could" AZ D o
siuck he was. again visited by the DOCTOR 10
xhDsn he SAID he had slept very well; but he
vas ND with the daylight, and all forenoon his
sxaring was more fearless than it had been the
night BET re. But We have no room for the
mHBy columns of incidents the papers give OF
ghr morning 1t was decided that the execu'
ap9 should take place Immediately after Il
b'elock. The gallows had been erected at the
.na Of corridor on the east side OF the jail
10 feet vide and $50 feet long. Perhaps $50
rs.ple, including press reporters, physicians,
SacTyymen, Jail officials, &c, were admitted to
aIs space. At a few minutes after II O'Clock
enc procession, consisting offs persons, includ-
Alkp tsSdSSll, CIlCiCu tuC Soihih'i iio" Wiz
cells above and proceeded to the scatfold,
nh N they mounted There was no mlstak.
jur the smoothly shaven yellow face in the
sceniar OF the group. One of the men in black
N lac group advanced to the front Ut was Dr.
t. ard turning his eyes upward, uttered
1hG prayer;
Father Out of the depths we cry to Thee
Aear thou our suppication; for the sake of
.gt-as Christ the Savior, who has made full pro.
,itia,ion for Us. Behold this thy servant
g. .um0 pray that thou wilt deliver him
n iAis supreme moment of his life Let thy
lacht descer d upon HIM. Liberate his soul
hon prison. May he appear before thee alb
Slyed by thy great mercy. From blood.
saahMes3 deliver him and us, God have
mercy on us! Christ have mercy on us!
Ay1eh of God that takest away the sins of the
world, have mercy on US! Amen, aud amen
Then Guiteau stepped forward and said he
sr.pid rc;uH from ST Matthew, 10th chapter,
e.sh 10 4lst verse, and he read it with an ex-
:rsmdinary and execrable elocutlon. Then,
xIlh the complacency of manager
announcing his next piece, he SAID MY last
sy!ng prayer on the gallows," and IN his
!tsssh, untunable, but distinct voice, he read
A. follows:
Iy dying prayer on the gal0ws. Father,
HDw / 60 to thee and the Saviour. have
ic,shed the work thou gavest me to do and
xn only too happy TO go to thee. The world
seSs not yet appreciate my mission, but thou
x1Owest It, Thou knowest thou did inspire
Gsrfeld's removal, and only good has come
%, The ia bn boat ovIIanCn that tha N
syaraIiun came from thee, and | have set IL
tH-th IN my book that all men may read and
knew that thou, Father, didst inspire the act
En- which am now murdered. THIS Govern
nent and nation 10y this act know will incur
Thy eternal enmlty as did the Jews by killing
shy man, my Savior. The retributiOn in that
nsc came quick and sharp, and know thy
divine law Of rtribution will strike this m
aoa and MY murdereis IN the same way. The
3a0olCal spirit of this nation its Govern
nent and It's newspapers toward me will jus.
Ify thee in cursing them, and thy divine law
n rs,rbuton | know IS ineXorable. | there
tTe predict that this nation will go down IN
ao0d, and that my murderers, from the Elk
scplive to the haDgman, will go to hell. Thy
ATs are memorable, 0 thou Supreme Judge
Nee unto thee, men that violate thy law
Bniy weeping and crashing of teeth await
-el[is iIt Nlitilbdu plCs5 Has n ialRC VII WI
sttle with the righteous Father for their vim.
2irtiyeness IN this matter. Nothing butt
SoOd will satisfy them, and now my blood be-
al shem aud this nation and Its officials. Ar.
.lIuf tile President Is a coward and an migrate.
Ais ingratltute TO the man that made him and
paved his party and land from overthrow, has
- parallel IN history, but thou, righteous
ffAEer wilt Judge him. Father thou know
- ne, but the world has not known me; and
BON go to thee and the Savior without the
slightest Ill will towards human being.
F:.reTcll. We men Of earth.
1t Was awful 20 note the evident relish with
shich the wretch rolled out in singsong ca.
aece the periods in which he took pride
&,esture was forbidden by his plnioned arms,
bli you could see where it would have come
n had he been free.
ii seemed rs if the supreme moment had
suv come, bat moment later one of the men
~ hiacS stepped to the front and moved his