The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-08
Glory, Halielujah! Glory, Hallelujah'
| am poiup To the LOrdyn

II wonder what | will do when get to the Lordy
| guess that will weep no more when ! get Il
the Lordy.
Glory llallelujah"
II wonder what I'll see when | get to thcLOrdy
expect to see most splendid things beyond al
earthly conception.
When ! am with the Lordy. Glory, iia!leluJah'
! Ralsing his voice to the highest pitch thai
he could command), GLORY, llallelCjah am
with the Lord"
The excitement had by this time become
too much for him. There was color in his
face and real eXultaton in his voice a. he be-
gan. 1t WAS the end OF the second verse when
he broke down and the last words were broken
with sobs The fourth verse opened WITH a
weak and quavering glory and when the
last glory" came in II was uttered with an IN
articulate noise, a mixture of scream and
sob. but the last words OF all were shouted,
Then one of the men knelt down and plnloned
his legs then Mr. Hicks laid his hand on the
murdcrcr's head; then the moose and the
black cap and loud glory, glory, glory,
from behind it; then faint ready" from
Gulteaur and pause OF seconds. When sec
onds were minutes Gulteau dropped piece OF
white paper the slam of the trap as 1t came
down and the ping" of the rope as 1t twisted
under the weight of the living man were
heard, and then not two seconds later, before
he could have become dead one,
a shrill, mad, exultant yell which must have
struck his deafenlng ears This yell came from
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echo to it, only louder, came the answering
yell from those outside the Jail, multitude
nous and Joyous shout, and then, after one or
two strong shudders and slow spasms of slowly
shifting shoulders, a black silhouette against
the gray green background of the dropped
platform slowly revolved from the pivot Of its
neck and slowly swung from side to side the
body which had been Guiteau's and was now
the iaiers Turning to look at II again before
leaving there horrors, the rotary motion had
ceased, but there was slight swaying from
side to side One near looked for some sec
onds and SAID ITS purity small compensa-
ton for the trouble hes made"
1t is noticeable that Guiteau died as he lived,
lmpenltent, refusing with dlseain to acknow-
ledge that he had anything to repent or ex-
ulting IN his act and IN its consequences, with
not sign of pity for his victim or for his
victims family, and with curses, strangely
mingled with pretenses of forgiveness, upon
all who did their share of the duty OF bringing
him to his doom. 1t was as strange scene that
was enacted on the scaifold at Washington as
was ever enacted on any historical stage.
There are many who say ale must have been
crazy" There is not one who says 1t was a
shame or pity that he was hanged. A rabid
animal has been put beyond the power of do.
ing more mischief, and the sense OF relief
which this fact brings Is not at all deadened
by the doubt how far the mans mental powers
may have been abnormal. In other words,
people unconsciously draw tor themselves the
distinction which PSYCHOLOGISTS have formu
lated between insanity and responsibility.
Those who choose to call Guiteau crazy agree
with those who do not, that he deserved to be
hanged All the people say amen to the yer,
dict which was enforced.