Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-07-03

| Museum to complete their work. The notes made
| by the members of the committee-DrS Hartigan
! Lamb and Sowers-were compared and the main
| features of the report, which Will be written by
Dr. Lamb, were agreed upon. 1t will contain no
| conclusion which is not known to the pupiic, and
| its principal value will be the photographs and
the matter under supervision, was in consulate
| with DE- Lamb who read to him the report as faI
| rs completed.
| DR.. HARTIGAN,
speaking to STAR reporter to-day, said the report
OF the autopsy would be exhaustive and technical,
and probably of more value hereafter than at the
| present time. All that remained to finish the
| report was TO append the report OF the micro
scoptst as to the nature OF the thckening Of the
| Draln-whether 1t is infiammatOry or not The
| report OF the three surgeons making the autopsy
WIN probably express no opinion as to the mental
| condition of the deceased, but simply present in
proper form all the facts revealed by the investi-
| cation.
| THE POISONED BOUQUET.
| 1t was mentioned in THE STARS account OF the
| execution Of Guiteau on Friday last that some
flowers had been removed from the cell OF the
| prisoner under the apprehension that they had
| been poisoned. 1t now turns out that the suppO-
Stion was based upon reasonable grounds at least
bn se oos sns
the execution, General Crocker. the warden
received letter from Philadelphia warning him
| 10 be Watchful of Mrs. Scoyflle, should she apply
| Tor an Interview with her brother, as there were
some good reasons to believe, If she had oppor-
|
cheat the galows 1t is needless to say that
| before this the warden and officers had become
suspicious that there was something of this kind
projected, and it had already been determined
that there should be no opportunity allowed foI
Mrs. Scoville to pass anything to the condemned
man. AS has been stated heretofore, Mrs Scovllle
went to the jail last Thursday about 2oeIeck carry.
| Ing bouquet OF ordinary size with large white
rose In the CENTER and this she requested should be
engaged with Mr.. Reed and Rev. Dr. Hicks in ar
ranging his earthly affairs, and Mr. woodward,
oWes WERE passed ao h oTsu @
| them In his hand, and in answer to his question
the answer was given: ''They are from your sis
ter at which he looked astonished for a short
| time, and then his eyes filled with tears.
The bouquet was then set in cup on the small
tao. table It was soon known to the deputy warden
that the bouquet had been sent in, and it was re-
moved carefully. The central flower of the bou-
quet was found to be thickly covered with fine
would fall therefrom. The officers thereupon de-
termined to subject the bouquet to chemical an
alysis.
The flower in question is kept under lock and
| Key for the present, as also another flower from
tne same bouquet The first one has faded, dirty
green green cofrolla, just as 1t appeared when first
| look. The other has natural look
! GUITEAU's BROTHER AND SISTER
Mr. John w. Guiteau left the city last evening
for his home in Boston. Mrs. Scoville is still in
the city, but expects to leave shortly.
DIR. HICKS SERMON.
1t was expected that DR.. Hicks sermon at the
| Tabernacle church yesterday morning would have
some reference to the gloomy scene in which he
! figured so prominently last week, and his church
| Was crowded yesterday. The reverend gentleman,
| however, made no allusion to Guiteau by name.
He took his text from Luke xix: 1O-ssTo save that
| which was lost" He took the ground that the
| VieSt sinner might be saved through the instru-
mentality Of divine power. He discussed the prob
| moment entering the kingdom of Heaven. He
then proceeded to say how cruel and uncharitable
was to put 1eow-maa to death simply because
he said he believed that if "Jesus Christ was upon
earth now there were people living who would
PASTORS VIEWS ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
Rev. s. X Cox, Of the Mt. Vernon Place NJ. E.
church south, preached last night on the subject
OF capital punishment. He discussed the question
as to whether capital punishment should be abol-
ished, and took the ground that it should not be,
for II 1t were the number OF murders would be In
| creased tenfold. He was diSguSted with the pa
rade made on the scaf1old of men stepping off the
criminals, he said. tried to make the public be-
| lieve that they were heroes Abiding to the
blasphemous utterances of Guiteau In prayer and
| OF the law and clergymen could stand by and
quietly submit to such utterances. He also al
! here In 1852, whoi. the speaker visited. He said
| that he was not convinced OF the sincerity OF
Woodward's professions, and when they declined
| to administer the communion to him he flew into
| terrible passion, showing that he was not sin
cere in his professions his object being to have his
aame Paraded @ the papers that ne might be con-
| tant when all that the public would learn OF an
| execution would be that it was an accomplished
| fact
| MINNESOTA PASTOR ON GUITEAu.
The Rev. Geo. Wright, of Minnesota, who is
temporarily filling the pulpit of the Dumbarton ST.
NJ. E. church, West Washington, preached very
interesting national sermon yesterday morning
at that church. from the text, ''Righteousness ex-
people," He characterized Guiteau as a savage,
saying he had lived like savage and died like
one
sCovILLE AND THE GUTTEAUs.
card dated at Chicago, June &c. and signed by
Geo. Scoville, was published yesterday, In which
Mr. Scovile says that he did not have at the trial
the letters lately produced by John W. Guiteau
g! was compelled" he said, 'to subpoena him to
bring the me- letters er washington and even then he
as he chose to bring forth, and no others 1 did
not want him as a witness, and would never have
called him, but, having Deen summoned to bring
the letters, he urged that, being present In court
it would tell against his brother if he were not
put on the witness stand. At his urgent soicita-
tion, 1 placed him there, and his testimony did
more than that OF any other witness to hang his
brother" MI Scoville says further that Mrs. Sco-
ville's statement that she urged him to take hold
OF her brothers case on account Of the reputation
to be made out Of it is entirely an afterthought
THE BURIAL OF GU1rEAU
As stated in THE STAR Saturday, the body Of
Gulteau was DurleQ at O'CLOCK That afternoon In
the northeast corridor OF the Jail Brief informal
services were held in the chapel, Dr. Hicks Offer
ing prayer. The only persons present were War
den Crocker, Dr. Hicks, Capt CrOcker, John w.
Guiteau, Mr. Ward, the engineer OF the jail, and
| the four prisoners who acted as pall-bearerS
When the coffin had been carried to the basement
1t was deposited, in silence in the grave prepared
| for it. Mr.. John w. Guiteau placed a crown Of
white fmmortelles upon the grave. Mrs. Scoville
came to the jail, accompanied by Miss Chevail1er
but was not admitted She left some flowers to be
placed upon the grave.
CRANK WHO WISHES 10 AvENGE GUITEAU.
telegram from Cory, Pa, July 1st, says: "a
| strange crank passed through here to-day on the
down express who professed to be on a divine mis-
| sion to Washington to execute the command of
God by avenging Guiteau'S murder, as he termed
| 1t. He resembles Guiteau in personal appearance
and processes to be distant relative. He said he
had never taken much stock in Guiteau until the
night before he was hanged. when God appeared
| to him In O vision and commanded him to go to
Washington to avenge Guiteau's murder. As to
the manner in which this is to be effected he is in
doubt, as God promised to reveal It to him upon
his arrival In Washington. He refused to tell his
name or where he came from, but he had o ticket
| from Chicago to New York. He uttered terrible
threats against Arthur and others He is supposed
| to be crazy on the subject When he learned that
he was talking to a newspaper correspondent he
refused to talk further, and said that 1t would all
come out In time"