Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1882-07-01
Death Speedily Followed the Spring
Ing Of fhe Trap.
The Autopsy Shows that Gui.
teau's Brain Was In a
Health Y Condition.

wavering broke down entirely and he
wept. He had predicted that he would |
earlier in the day. He sobbed aloud, the
tears flowing down his cheeks in copious
streams. He rallied again and continued
with frequent outbreaks trying to read.
The impression produced by this extra
ordinary scene was that men turned
aside with mingled feelings of pity and
disgust and probably at that moment
everybody felt, in his inmost soul, that the
poor wretch before them was insane, but
the drama went on rapidly and DR.. Hicks
pronounced the bensdiction. Guiteau
Who by this time had recovered his COM
posure, looked steadily about him as one
OF the guards pinioned his feet together.
The moose was placed over his head.
carefully adjusted and the black cap was
drawn over his face. The figure then
seen was that of man of medium
height, slightly bent forward, from
having his arms pinioned, and dressed
in dark blue coat and pair of pants,
white shirt and black cap. The slack
rope extended from his neck to the beam
overhead, and from beneath tie black
cap came the words, "Glory! glory!
glery!" Then Warden Crocker. leaning
over the railing, gave the signal at ex-
actly 1910 o'clock by waving his hand
kerchief. There was slight rattle as
the bolt was drawn and the trap fell.
The figure suddenly shot down.
wards. and then came to q stop
BY terrible jerk. The'rope creaked as
it stretched. but it stood the test. A
shout was raised ON the outside Of the
l jail but oil inside were silont, and the
Rgure, which a moment before, was
Above the platform. was now dangling
lbelov,it swinging slowly around. The
knees were convulsively lifted two OF
three times, but otherwise no signs of q
struggle could be seen. After turning
half way round several times the body
became still with the face toward the
west. At the expiration of three minutes
the body was lowered far enough SO that
the physicians, Drs. Young and MacD Don.
aid could feel the pulse and the action OF
the heart. Death was not extinct for
nearly seventeen minutes.
At 1:l5 o'clock the body was lowered
into the coffin which had been placed
directly below it. His right hand was
placed over his breast ard the left one
along his side. The black cap was taker
OF and the persons who had remained II
the corridor were permitted to file by and
look ct his face. IL looked natural, al
though it had the hue of death, and .
!, slight stream Of froth was issuing from
the mouth and nose. Around his necl
was . slight discolorstion produced BY
. the moose. but that was all.
After the body had been reviewed tn
. lid was put on the coffin and six me-
carried it up stairs into the prison chape
where the autopsy was to be held.
sI THE AUTOPSY.
> Washington. July The results Of th
autopsy so far as they can be learned to
, night from the surgeons present, may b
|. stated as follows:
Al After surveying the body externally
1.-THE surgeons proceeded to lay open tn
brain cavity and throat, and to examin
the organs therein continued. Th
q brain was found to weigh forty-nine an
. ono. halt ounces, which is little NOR
!. than the weight Of the average huma
!. brain. It was we'll formed and presente
. no external evidence Of disease or lesio
!. The lungs and heart were in their no
}, nal condition, but there ",
! . slight ruffling of the aorta in Il
|. vicinity Of the heart. The neck was n,
y dislocated or fractured as the surgeon
e at first supposed, but there was ru
3 turs Of the sterno-cleido mastoid muse
70 on both sides, az we'll as Of the thyl
70 hyoid membrane. It follows, theref OF
. that death resulted from suff
:. !; cation and not from disloc
d. ton of the spinal verterbr
10 Partial examination was made of the o
% doninsl viscera but it had not been CO,
~ pleted at the time the autopsy was 81
IN pended. The spleen was found to be &C
is. siderably enlarged. it weighing tifte
lis ounces, or twice that
" - normal spleen. The other abdomir
organs, 90 far as examined, presented
unusual features. The surgeons maxi
the autopsy will probably not be rea
Cd for publication before Wednesday ne
49,. THE AssAssIN's BODY.
=. me- A premit to bury the bsdy Of CUTE
~ In the iail has been issued.
oe&I The Crop Outlook.
Of Chicago, June so-Last week I
ln- prominent members Of the board Of tn
left on . tour Of inspection OF gr
fields in the northwest with the int
-, ton Of getting at the exact facts. as n
:a ~ possible, regarding the grain outlos
a They returned yesterday and report
sasesags Of wheat in Minnesota less .