The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-07-03
AFTER EXECUTION. I
AFTER 'rHove GIFTS AsoUir Ia0iTFAv
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Asd uls Conduct on the Seafold-RurIed In tho
Jall-A Qsesr faa.rai-uspltledr rh,a Alive
us Is uawept Dead Csudaet Of the
.'Aourasrs" At the UluarL,d Gra,e. /,

Jhi-A Yaeef fahefA-Cspltled Nhtn AllTe
us h uauept Dead-Csudaet Of the
"Aeuraers, At the CnuArked Grave.
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WASHINGTON, July 1.-Evcrybody istalk.
ing about tho dead assassin. Most Of Gui.
teau's body lies tonight beneath huge
tlagstone in the floor Of the Jail on tic side
next tho eastern branch Of the Potomac;
but bis name Is on, every tongue His
bruins, now nothing but inert little masses
Of cellular tissue, rest In half dozen little
jars loni the shelves Of, the Uhited Sta les
Medical Museum, in tho interval between
the microscopic examination OF today and
the Determination .<of Monday, bhtS the
strange words and acts which flowed from
them are still alive in a million minds.
To-uis ht Washington is still struggling
with the Questions raised by, the. execution
Of Yesterday They arc almost number.
less: What, did he dream OF tho might be.
fore? Was he as calm as he seemed to
be in his cell, on the road, and on the seal.
fsld ?. Did he faint in his cell d? Did he weep
because hewas glad 70 go to his home in
heaven, Or because no feared to g 60 10 his
home in hell?. Was his trcmulous manner
and fearful voice US he read his miserable
doggerel on thescallold real or only appar.
ent2 II real was it stage effect or the mani.
iestation Of fear orthe result of the pathoso Of
The poem? II apparent, was tn mere ac.
cident representing no emotion or purposeY
Did he really give the signal for his own
execution? and thousand other questions
more or less trivial and obscure. 4 The
question which the, doctors will soon be
debating is as to the condition Of the MS.
sassin's mind. Despite the great variety Of
opinion. i is. noteworthy that there is a
substantial unanimity OF opinion 81
the expediencyi OF his execution.
Those who believed him ,ofbe. d dc.
! praredS but! responsible assassin arG glad
that the law has had its cou rse. DR.. 4, Z.
Macdonald, OF New York, said to.nish
'flc never was insane in his life. lie was
sane ut the time he fired the fatal shot, lie
was sane during the trial. He was sane
yesterday morning. He was "a ldeSpicablc
william, who ought to have been hung long
before he was. IlThere was no reson whv
he should have been rcspited moment
after the law pronounced him guilty, He
was eryneatly hanged yesterday, however
The only adverse criticism would be'that
he was allowed to reel off too much OF his
blaspheAous nonsense. !'Tgere well 'twere
done quickly"
Those who think that he was insane
(other than his friends) are not sorry, be.
cause they feared that; he would not be
long retained by any asylum 10 SwhiGh 'he
might have been sent, and they feared his
future nets. Some, of course,ilisseut, en-.
tirely from this view. They denouce the
Executive ASA judicial murderer OF an, ir-
responsible lunatic worthy OF a half civil.
lied country in the middle ayes. ,Thegen.
tlemGn who aret hanging their heads for
the National shame, are, however,;a small
minority. s&Dr. Hicks and the Guiteat i.im.
ily are satisfied. To be sire they regard
the. execution. us barbarous, il not brutal
Still, rs Wilson Gui,eau said tonirht:
Though my brother WIS either insane Or
inspired, and in either case ought mot to
have been ,killed fortan actlwhich he could
not heip committing stillLe could never
have died better or happier death, ii he
we're not martyr, he died at lp.lst q mar.
tyrs death, and. 30 far as he knew, went TO
Il martyrs reward. He died in manly, no.
biz, way, without n trcmor, and his face,
as NJ lay in2his coffin under, the ,gallows,
wus is smooth and peaceful as n !1mby's. 1t
was unjust, 1t was barbarous to kill him,
but he could not have died better had he
lived toahe n hundred years, old. l will
always remember, with proud SORROW, his
fortltude-the strange mixture of the man
OF the world and the child OF God-.hIs
bravery and, his pathos as he stood on the
trap door, Yesterday, face'to face with
death. The Huguenot and the Puritan in
his blood were at the front. He died as
heroically as John Brown and was from his
his point OF view rs noble n martyr for
GOD. brayer death wns never seen. AN
this talk, which 50 many newspaper 're-
ports TO day arc Gllodi about lis :fa,nntinc
because he was afraid 10 die is rot, rot. AS
Or. Hicks said 10 you lust night there was
mol iiie sllgiilest wavering: on tho part OF
my orother from the time he first saw him
until he died He was, self.posscssed to
the Inst and was in that mood Of Gxaltation'
which forbade dread Of anything" -
The body OF Guiteau was buried this
afternoon, N the northeast corridor OF the
jall, and 40 lar asis now known to the con-
trar,y, the remains, will lie there undistirb.
Fed by any future sepulture. YYislH
Under the law disposition Of the bodies
Of criminals who are executed, rests within
the Discretion Of the Warden. In the case
Of Ipiteaui his sister, Ns. Scoyille, was
without means and GOULD not lava under.
taken his burial expenses even ii permit,
ted to do so. The only: other relative who
has appeared upon the scene, his brother
John W. -Gnlteau, was unwilling to, assume
the risk OF taking charge Of tile renains,
believing he would be powerless to prevent
boly:snatehers from stealing them, there.
fore General Orocker resolved to bury the
assaasin's body within the walls Of tho mil,
where It would be beyond tho roach alike
OF vengeance or speculation.
The northeast corridor, in which Guitcau
was buried, is upon the opposite side Of The
rotunda from the one in which he was
hung, and from the window OF the cell in
which he was confined one can look down
upon his grave. The brick flooring was
removed this morning, and grave seven
feet deep was dug. At O'Clock this aiter.
noon the cotti II containing the body OF
Charles j. dniteau was borne from the
chapel upon the shoulders OF six OF the jai!
prisoners, and without any services or cere-
mony. whatever. wns lowered into this grave
aud buried from sight. The only persons
prescott were John ". Guitpau, DR.. Hicks,
Warden Crocker and son, Mr.. Wright, mn.
dertaker; Ward, the engineer of tle Jail;
Deputy Warden Russ, ' Captain Crocker
and the six prisoners who acted us pail.
bearers. The coffin was closed last evening,
and no one has, since been permitted 10
see the remains Mrs Scovville;,t accom-.
panied by Miss Cheyallier, arrived at the
jail, shortly before ! o'clock, and impor.
tuned the Warden to be allowed to see tho
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