Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-07-12

| bowed his head aud broke into SobS,
but he rallied little and went on with
his chant.
l saved my party and my land.
Glory hallelujah,
| But they have murdered me for it,
And that is the reason am going to the Lordy,
Glory hallelujah Glory hallelujahl
| | am going to the Lordy.
Here again his feelings overcame
him and be leaned his head on the
shoulder of Dr.. Hicks and sobbed pitt
fully. Still he went on:
az wonder what will do when get with the
Lordy,
guess that will weep no more,
| When get to the Lordy;
Glory hallelujah
Here there was another interruption
caused by the sobs and emotions which
he was unable to repress. He wept
bitterly, and then with qu.vering lips
and doleful tones he went on to finish
his ditty.
81 wonder what will see, when l get to the
Lordy;
Iexpect to see most splendid things beyond
all earthly conception,
When / am with the Lordy,
Glory hallelujah
(Raising his voice to the highest
pitch that he could command.)
"Glory hallelujah! am with the Lordy.''
This closed the chant and then Rev.
Mr.. Hicks gave Guiteau his final bene-
diction and farewell, saying, "God, the
Father, be with thee and give tho ep e
forever more"
| npnp
The attendants then pinioned his
legs and carefully adjusted the moose
about his neck. Mr.. Strong placed the
black cap over his head, and as he did
so. Guiteau called out in lord tones
"Glory, glory, glory" Instantly the
spring was touched, the drop fell, and
Guiteau hung in the air. The body
turned partly around, but there was
not the slightest perceptible movement
of the limbs.
For at least forty seconds after the
drop fell the body hung motionless ;
then there was slight motion of the
shoulders and legs, due to muscular
contraction Three minutes after the
drop fell the body was lowered, to be
examined by the physicians.
When the drop fell yell was sent
up by some persons inside the Jail, and
this was echoed outside by the voices
of thousand or more people, who hur-
rahed Justify. There was general on
slaught by the populace upon the jail
door. The officers were unable to
withstand it, and hundreds of people
crowded into the office.
There was decided action of the
heart for fully fourteen minutes and
the pulse futtered two minutes longer.
When the body had hung with the feet
Just touching the ground for over hall
an hour it was lowered into tho coffin
which was waiting for it under the
scaffold The physicians decided the
neck had been broken. When the
body was lowered the black cap was
removed and the face exposed. The
features were pallid and composed.
About the mouth there was consider
able moistu
THE AUTOPSY.
The result of the autopsy. so far as
they can be learned from the surgeons,
may be stated as follows: After sur.
veying the body externally, the sur.
geons proceeded to lay open the brain
csyity and thorax and examine the
organs therein contained. The brain
was found to weigh forty and one.
half ounces, which is little more than
the average, and was well formed, and
presented no external evidence of dis.
ease or lesion. The neck was not dis
located or fractured, as surgeons sup
posed, but there was rupture of the
muscle on both sides, as well as the
membrane. 1t follows therefore, that
death resulted from suffocation and not
from dislocation Of the spinal vertebra
A partial examination was made of the
abdominal viscera, but it had not been
completed at the time the autopsy was
suspended The spleen was found to
be considerably enlarged, its weight
being fifteen ounces, or more than
twice that of normal spleen. Other
abdominal organs, as far as examined
presented no unusual feature. The re-
port of the surgeons will probably not
be ready before Wednesday next.
Judge Agnew on State Politics.
ITO the Eltor of the Philadelphia Telegraph
"The power of the Independent
ticket can be felt in the defeat only y OF
the Republican party in the State.
In the language of my letter to Mr..
Mapes, "Ths is inevitable, for
the Democracy. who are wise as SER
pents, will take advantage of division.
Democratic success gives that party
four years. lease Of power in the State.
This includes the Presidential election
of 1884. Now who taught you that
the defeat of Bossism, by a-deep-seated
schism in the party, is not fatal dis
ruption, or that the death of Republi-
canism in 1882, will be followed by q
happy resurrection in 1888? You are
not the first one whose foresight is
not equal to his bindsight" You
will find many besides myself will re-
gard your tragic heroism, simply
suicide, to be punished by stake
through the body at the crossroads.
Could you not tell US something of
the other side-the humiliation OF Re-
publican defeat, the heart burn ing OF
clashing leaders, the chickering's and
animosities of factions, the rejoicing of
the victors, stimulus of victory to
future effort, the transfer ofthe spoils,'
the advantage Of the possession of the
arsenals and munitions of war, and the
strongholds Of power, and the control
which possession of the State
gives over the election of 1884? Your
quackery would use the knife, though
you endanger the Union by the loss
of Pennsylvania. 1t reminds me of a
case of malpractice tried before US,