New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-01

some yeakucss this morning, weeping considerably.
lie evidently thinks 1t likely that he VIII
be overcome with his feelings ON
the scafiod. and that he may need support he
suggested himself that | should support him. i
have more flesh,' he said, than thought
Ihad'; meaning by that what he calls tieshy weak
ness He manifests cOntriton and reiterllej all
ho bas ever said that subject. He unquestlon-
ably sincere"
Guiteau ate good breakfast and at 10 o'clock
took bath in his cell. lie wrote the doggerci
which he afterward read on the scatiOld. lie was
busy good deal of the time copying his speech ana
poem. writing autographs Oh his pictures. ana the
like. AS the hour for the execution approached he
seemed 10 show more and more emotion. and seemed
himself TO expect that he would need help at the
galows. During this time predictions were freely
made among the waiting groups In the rotunda that
he would utterly collapse when the dreaded hour
arrived and have to be carried TO the gallows.
MRS. scovILLE AT THE JAIL DOOR.
About IL o'clock there unexpected sensa-
ton Mrs. Scove appeared at the door of the jail,
demanding admission. She had pass, and the
quards refused TO let her in. Her brother went out
TO see hor md tho two met in the vestibulc stand
ing IN q ndow recess, with gaping crowd, winch
had greatly increased by this time about them and
every window in the Jail which commanded view
of the scene crowded with eager faces. She had
with her beautiful and crown, and other flow
ers which -. bad brought 20 pat On her b.othefS
coffin. She was in good deal of excitement, but
her manner was composed and qniet.
She had lust been to the White House
to leave last letter for the President. but was. of
course, not permitted to see him. Mrs. Scoyille
evidently had some excited notion thar her brother
would be safer and happier if she could be present.
even at the executions but General Crocker refused
TO admit her to the jail until after 1t was over, not
knowing of course, what she might attempt to do.
She then kissed John Guiteau, took up the cross
and crown, and walked through the crowd and over
the dusty field to where friends were i'll
carriage-to sit there until she should lie called in
10 look on the dead body Of her brother.
By 11:3O o'clock there was a crowd OF
$50 PEOPLE scattered through tho rotunda.
chatting, laughing and smoking. Very few
persons of any note were present whose attend
;nce was not compelled by their official duties.
There were only one or two Congressman drawn by
vulgar curiosity, and one OF two OF the Wlllards
Hotel brigadier generals In fact the representa-
tion of morbid signtseers was remarkably small,
and showed the iI1nness with which General Crock
or had administered the law. Il there were per
sons present who had 10 business to be, they were
only those who had passed themselves off as news
paper correspondents.
AS the hour of noon drew near, the crowd
increased both outside and inside. Several
hundred people stood in the dust, among
the carriages and wagons in front of the
iail still staring at the sober sandstone front The
east SIDE. however, seemed 10 have the greatest
fascination. On that side was the corridor III
which Guiteau wa, to be hanged, and, although all
the window through which any view could be had mao
OF the scafiold had been masked in black, large
crowd of blacks of all classes-irom the gayly-
dressed lad, color TO the rough boys and wenches
who passed their time fOOllng and glggling-stood
in the bright sunshine and watched the windows as
intently if they had full view OF all that was
passing inside ,o, .oo
people and began to crystalline i'll two sections. que
was massed about the opening OF the corridor
iu which the galows stood, III order 10 nave thc
frat chance ia the rush that would follow close on
the steps the prisoner the other about the grazing
through which Gultean was TO emerge from his cell
Near til entrance 10 the gallows corridor was OIh-
Ger Kearney the good-natuFed and garruOus policc-
man who was the liIst man to seize Guiteau aIter
he lred his fatal shot lio was BUSY TO-DAY; as ne
always 49, in telling the story ana showing tne cdIu
winch he took from the asssssln's pocket ana wmch
first revealed his name just behind kearncy was
the window through winch Gulteau would
take his last glimpse OF earth, II he chOsc
the tn ''O scaiiod. tI' Of the four lofty windows
in the corners of the rotunda, this was the only
one he would pass dlrec1 1y by: Wnen he entered
the corridor he would descend below the level OF
any of the windows there, and all outlook from the
scafold was barred by the black drapings. 1t was
not an inspiring bit OF landscape at best-this that
tue assassin could sea stretch OF barren, win
fe browsing on II IN tine distance, low line
of his-but Guiteau had other thoughts IN MS
mind when he at last appeared, and Cid not so
much IS look at 1T.
THE ASSASSIN STRUCK WITH TERROR
AT 1I:45 the detachment of soldiers, under the
command of Lieutenant Crawford filed down the
iron star way at the back, and drew themselves up
in sin1le line stretching almost the full width Oh
the rotunda. " Attention." was the ORDER In low
tone. Front face, ground arms'; and the mus
kets came down the faggings with a heavy
thud. The sound smote OH the ears of the assassin
in his CELL aud he fainted-or partially So Dr.
Hicks at once endeavored TO revive him by fan
ming him, and soon brought him around but he
was plainly full of terror and weak. From that
time until he summoned to hear the death
warrant read, he passed most OF the time IN lying
on his bed, while DR.. HICKS tanned
hIm spoke encouraging words 10 nim'
and tried 10 strengthen hm for the lnal ordeal
The fact that he had tainted became instantly
Known among the crowd in the rotunda ana pre-
dietions multiplied on every hand that ne "ould
die a lump and helpless coward, without making us
speech, and perhaps without being able 10 walk 10
the gallows 49,, -, Ill, an ,ho
Whrn the hands of the little wooden clock on the
farther wall pointed TO II, there was a visiuIe
SIR In the crowd aud much comparing OF Watches,
VITA computations how much each watch was to9
fass or 700 slow. Expectation Was hegntenoos ano