Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-07-07
no. Is.

scatfold and look at it. DR.. Hicks
r | took his place at the head of the coffin
. John W. Guiteau sat upon chair inst
back of it, and DR.. Noble Young. the
> physician of the Jail, occupied a place
; near the Sroup. The spectators pres
, ent were obliged to pass through in
, single tile snd around by the corridor
r leading from the other side of the isil.
The asssssin's face looked Quiet.
There was no evidence of any struggle.
I His mouth was slightly open, with
I line OF blue foam upon his teeth. The
, general appearance of the face. how
ever, indicated a very quiet death.
Inc doctors, who then gave him hur-
ried examination, said his neck was
broken. The body WAS exposed until
: o clock, when it was removed to the |
chapel of the prison for the purpose Of |
conducting the autopsy.
The physicians who performe The |
autopsy were Drs ID. L. Lamb. ]. + |
Hartgan, and T. I. Sawen. A close
examination Of the hody showed that |
GuiteauS neck was broken, and that
the rope had cut deep into the fesh of |
the neck. The reporter of the Associ-
ated Press was the only newspaper
man admitted 10 the chapel where the
body Was being dissected. The chanel |
IS spacious apartment, containing on
y few benches and table. The |
nm was placed upon Il bench and the
body removed. and after having been
stripped, was laid upon the table.
Scales and other appliances for deter
mining weight and other phenomena
OF different parts of the body were
paced about on smaller tables. The
! operations of the three surgeons en-
gagged Ill the autopsy were watched |
with the greatest interest by the other
medical gentlemen, who crowded
about the table. After an examination
of the eyes,
THE BRAIN
was removed and inspected. DR.. A.
s. Lorlng found the left eve complete
ly sutfused with blood, and both ewes
We're 50 ndlStinct that no opinion
could be formed Of their expression or
condition. The body was cut omen an1
a thorough and complete examination
made, with view 10 determining all
the physiological facts that could be Of
interest III connection with the case.
Inc BRAIN was found To be in Il normal
condition, and weighed 10 ounces. The
heart weighed a little over 8 ounces.
and was III a healthy condition. AS were .
all the other internal organs. Or. Mac /
Williams, the first physician to leave !
the room where the autopsy was held. n
said there was nothing, SO far as he
could sec, about the brain that was alb
normal. Its weight, according to DIR. !
MacWllllams, was 49a ounces. The ,
general vlscera, he said, were in per
feet condition.
LATER.
WASHINGTON, july 1.-The body of |
Gulteau was buried this afternoon in |
the northeast corridor of the iail. and =
so far as Is now known To the contrary q
the remains will lie there undisturbed $
by any future sepulture. Under the
law the disposition of bodies of crimi
nails who are executed rests within the !
discretion of the warden. In the case i
OF Guiteau, his sister, Mrs. i
Scovllle was without means and could !
not have undertaken his burial ex
penses, even il permitted to do 81. The
only other relation who has appeared !
upon the scene, his brother, John W. !
Gnlteau. was unwilling to as 1
sumo the risk Of taking charge
OF the body, believing he would !
be powerless to prevent "body snatch
ers" from stealing them. Therefore 4
Gen. Crocker resolved TO bring the as /
sassin's body within the walls of the J
Jail where it would be beyond the c
reach alike of vengence or speculation. t,
THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR Il
III which Gulteau was buried, is upon
the opposite side of the rotunda from n
which he was hung, and from the win n
dow of the cell in which he was CON b
fined, one can look down upan his "
grave. The brick flooring was h
removed this morning and a grave
seven feet deep was dug. This after n
noon the coffin containing the body of !,
Charles J. Guiteau was borne from the :, -
chapel upon the shoulders Of six iail i
prisoners, and without any service or :;
ceremony whatever, was lowered into :
this grave, buried from sight :
THE ONLY PERSONS PRESENT !
were John w. Guiteau, DIR. Hicks, i
Warden Crocker and son, Mr.. Wright Il
Wood, the engineer Of the II
jail Deputy Warder Russ, Capt Crocker Il
and the Six prisoners Who acted as pail +,
bearers. The coffin was closed last
evening, and no one has since been :,
permitted to see the remains. Mrs. !, !.
Scovllle, accompanied by Miss :
arrived at the Jail :
shortly before four 7. NJ, and =
lmportuned the warders to be allowed -
to see the body and witness the burial. :;
Gen. Crocker, however, remained firm -
In his determination not to accede to
her request, and after few minutes ic
she returned to the city, bearing a num- 81
Der of flower pieces which she had IL
brought with her, and whicE she ex- ei
pected to place upon the grave ~
AS the body was being taken down io
the steps leading from the chapel to cs
the center of the rotunda of the build d;
ing, the mourners or rather witnesses
stood near the door leading to the +
northeast rotunda, and as it was taken 81
down the fight of steps leading rom fc
the rotunda TO the brick floor OF the 81
corridor they silently filed in behind the W
n
ARRIVING AT THE GRAVE "a
The little procession halted. Warden 4
Croker looked inquiringly, first to DR.. r
Hicks and then to John Guiteau. "All
liSnt, SalO Lne latter with the same ca
he has shown all through ii
The ordeal Of the past three days, and v
he coffin was at once lowered to its 81
place. After the earth had been re- v,
placed and the top OF the grave ca
eveled off Guiteau stepped for N
ward and placed at its head h,
I crown of white immortelles. Not w
. word was spoken; not a tear was or
ihed. An outcast from human sym N
1athy when living, Guiteau had found bI
IN unwept sepulcher in an unmarked 70
yrave. W.
The Frustrating shocks
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