The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-07-07
I saved nay party and my land;
Glory halleluiah1 ~
The Fatal Dror.

There were strong indications before he got
through that he would break himself all up
but he rallied at the close of His sing-song re-
cital and bowed his head in silence E
The Rev. DR.. Hicks placed his hands gently,
very gently, on the mans brow and gave him
the final benediction /: God the Father be
with thee and give thee peace for evermore."
The side attendants then stepped nimbly for
ward and pinioned his legs and the black cap
was placed over his head by Mr.. Strong. The
condemned never fiinched merely tossing his
head a bit to drive fly from his nose. His
eyes closed as the cap went over them. He ut
tered the words, "Glory, GLORY, Glory" and
his tongue was stiIled forever. The Warden had
raised his handkerchief. the drop fell with q
sharp, quick thud, and the body of Charles J.
Gulteau was dangling beneath the platform,
while his soul had passed into the
great beyond. There was scarcely distinct
movement of the limbs, only a slight shiver.
The neck was broken, and the man died in
simultaneously as the drop fell.
The prisoners in the other part of the jail
heard the sound, of which they knew the i'm
port so well, and sent up shout of Joy. This
was.taken up outside, and the multitude on the
hills, and down the road, and under the naples
and elms, re-echoed back the shouts of glad
ness that at last the assassin of James A Gar
field was dead, dead, dead.
After the body had hung motionless for two
or three minutes 1t was lowered until the mans
toes came within two feet of the floor, and the
physician felt of the pulse and heartbeat.
The heart beat violently for q few moments.
at the end of two minutes the pulse had
become quite weak. After fifteen min
utes the heart beat was scarcely percept-
Idle, and after seventeen minutes DIR. Lamb
pronounced the man dead. Twenty eight
minutes after the man dropped the body was
lowered into a neat. silver-mounted coffin, and
Warden Crocker gave all a chance to view it.
John W. Guiteau, who had witnessed the ex-
ecutlon, famed the face to keep away the flies,
and was apparently the coolest man in the
crowd He declared it a fitting end to a WORTH
less career. Mrs. Scoville, the sister, remained
outside the jail during the execution, and went
away without viewing the remains.
The Autopsy-No Evidences of Insan-
ity.
When the remains of Guiteau had been
taken upstairs into the room which is over the
kitchen of the jail, the coffin-lid was taken off
and the BODY lifted out and stretched upon
table. The clothing was removed after a con-
sultation as to how the operation should be
made. DR.. Lamb held the knife and took the
initiative all through the autopsy.
The first thing that was done was to make an
ncsion from the chest down the nedian line. and
mother at right-angle to it, and the outer in
egument of the body was thrown back, ex-
posing the viscera.
The heart and lungs were especially exam
ined, IS well, indeed, as the other parts, with a
view to detecting the presence of any evil
dence of disease. The heart was of nor
NAL size, and perfectly healthy in every
particular. The lungs were of normal proper
tons also, and healthy, with the exception of
few small tubercles upon one of them. Moth
ing of q serious character, however, was found
The brain was then taken out aud
carefully weighed. 1t weighed exactly
forty-nine and a half ounces, which Is
normal weight. There was not the
slightest indication of physical disease in the
brain, but it was entirely regular and normal
in all its parts and proportions, except that
there was slight thickening in one place Of
the dura mata. This, however, the physicians
agree did not indicate any disease such as would
affect the mind of the individual, because it is
a thing that is frequently found in cases where
perfect health has been enjoyed up to the very
time of the last illness of the person, and
where the mental status of the individual In
question has never been doubted. Indeed,
it is said that the head of Daniel Webster
showed quite remarkable thickening of the
dura mata, much more 50 than IN the case Of