The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-07-02
&c. &c.

,ers Al expression Of relief now that all is
oxcr and Guiteau and his crime have
,,osscd into history. The shout which
srcnt M " hen the fatal drop was heard Nv
tow outsiders and communicated like 4
Hasb 10 the vast crowO which surrounded
Inc iail was probably rccchoed in the
bc,rts of the great mass OF the American
people. .t.-.,,,
have Guilrau hung on Friday said gen.
,L,nan this evening, "thc country has
Nm in state Of perpetual excitement and
srsoense over the awful act OF the assassin
and the probable consequences OF his crime,
and now that he has properly eNpiatcd il,
the whole people, with the exception OF q
Tow cranks and sentimentalists, breathe
more easily. Whatever may have been the
nnn6ition OF his mind, whether insane and
MOI responsible for his crime or sincere In
hi, claim Of inspiration, he has Justly paid
the penaty for the wrong he has done the
This seems 10 be the universal judgment
NJ people here. With the usual cagerncss
a. learn details OF great occasions, there
,ras = treat demand for the extras which
were issued by the daily papers, and peo-
nIe who had witnessed the execution, when
ibey came away from the jail. were sur
reminded and earnestly pressed to relate all
that they knew OF the occasion, the manner
Of the prisoner, and the impressions OF
those who were present. There was but
one reply. and that was that as ga hasg-
;ns" II was n success. There was but one
orinion rs 10 the manner Of the convict,
enl that wa,. whether sane or insane, ne
Nad ike q man. Although he wept while
l.. nf-
tihu,ed hy many TO his religious emotion
and not TO mental weakness and dread.
He HANGED HIMSELF.
1oln ". Guitcau said he didn't see how
any man could say that his brother had
broken down. lie attributed his emotion
10 hi. extreme tenderness Of feeling and
convictions as 10 the future. He had fully
made ND his mind 10 die, and was sincere
when he said he was ready to 90. "Why,'
s,id Mr.. Guiicau. "my brother actually
hanged himself. 1t was arranged before
band He WAS 10 take paper in his hand,
and after the moose was adjusted he was
+, drop the paper. lie said: GLORY,
readv,' and dropped the paper. The drop
fell and he hanged himself.
..You must not believe that my brother
was weak" continued Mr.. Gliteau. Gle
was wonderfully strong man. lie was s
man Of nerve and great mental power.
was perlectly astonished at the poem he
uttered Al The last, aud which he wrote this
morning. Il was equal TO anything Walt
Wbjtman ever wrote. lie had wonder
ful mind. The expression God indicate:
hi, man and yindicates him, too was eX-
ccIitnt. II there was ever any doubt OF
m, sincerity and insanity. think after To-
dov il viii vanish. The world believes
that we got up all those little lodges IL
Keep him from being hung, but the world
will believe differently now. 1t was not
sentiment or strategy with Us, but the
reality
IL DEFENCE or HIS BROTHER.
These words were uttered by John W
Guitcau in the r0tunda Of the Jail while
hi, brothers body was lying on the dis
secting-tahle in the chapel above. Mi
Guiieau did not appear to be at all distress
Cd but eonycrsed calmly and earnestly
when defending his brother. lie exhibited
undouMed and positive conviction that hl'
brother was insane. and this seemed TO re-
move all sense OF shame he might other
wise have had at the isnominiOus death o.
li. rother. He did not express any re-
grei, or lament the death OF Charles, aDt
accepted il with singular uncOncern, so ial
%, outward appearances 60. lie remarked
that be- could almost cry while thinking Of
hi, brother weeping while uttering his las
prayer.
HOW TIE SISTER HEARD TIE NEWS.
Mr.. Guiteau took chair in the rotund;
Of the Jail, near the entrance OF the corridor
from which his brother had passed u
death. a. soon a the remains were carried
upstairs. He was Is calm as during IN
execution, and betrayed no nervousness
except an occasional tapping OF his ieeI oil
crossing one leg over the other and fenloV
ing his hal from his head and putting l
back again every minute or two. lie wa
asked how MI. ScOvlle stood the trial
Said he: :" / went out and told her how
pss>ed oil. said there had been no scene
and that nv brother had died like . maj
and passed away without pain. She wa
very much excited when / first went out
but she Gained down when / told her ell
| supposed -he was coming in 10 see Tn
remains. II appears that she decided no
10 DO 50, and went down town with he
friends"
After pau>ng n moment Mr.. Guiteal
said again in low, calm voice, cit wa
astonishing, wasn't it, the way he died
H. talked Just like himself and just as n
has all his life. and there was no clap-tral
or nonsense or ranting in il. 1t WAS all o
piece with his past career. lie care'
nothing for what men thought or SAID o
him. but he considered himself directed u
God and was impelled by this to do Jus
what De thought he ought to do regard'eS
Of consequences. Here you have my bro
thcr ~ he really waS-a man OF honest III
teulions. Of deep convictions, ana iauit
Judgment. His reasoning was Dau. III
acted from what he thought were prol'e
motives, and having once made up III
mind he could not be changed ny au'io
from anyone or by any ones OPINION o
him. ain proud OF him, am glad that u
died a. he did, and indeed as knew II
would IL was brave and manly, an
showed that be believed in himself ana
his life. lie demonstrated the iact tn'I y. y
wa, ready 10 die for what he thought wa
the truth, and lac has done 10 III d oi"'
manner. / am proud OF hiih'
DIR. uIcEs's BELIEF.
The views entertained by John W: GU
team REGARDING the condition OF MS pr'
Tiers mind at the close and his irrespohs
bllnv are reiterated by DIR. HICKS, Gu
teau's spiritual physician, who 1rin'y "
lieyes that Guiteau was sincere IN b's clai
Of inspiration. DIR. Hicks, however, cal
II fuaticism rather than INSANITY, ~
Hicks was in and out Of The cen al u
nornin, At 10 O'Clock, when Guitea
WAS writing the ehild's hymn, the Doct'
came ont III the cell. He said that Gultea
was writing with az firm hand as anypou
In ,he world. At that time the Docts
said Guitean was perfectly calm, humbl
and ehildlike, and persisted In his !
Sn,,o,ion There was no time With