Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-07-07

WIS IL tctd. n,i trUl.t..lI f:.c.nNiilit
q ze upon the crowd. lunn-d n, ut
the beam over his head ...ii uu.c.A
made a survey of All the q eat para
phernalia. A. soon as the crowd
gained access General Cracker waved
to them t. uncover and al head.
were barred d.. Hicks tncn pray, d
in these words: Father out @, tjc
dep rs We cry to thee Hen our sup
rlica'lon for the stht of Jesu, ChrI,f
the S.vIor who iua|" full proritI...
ton for Us. Bei.o.d this thy o,lvau,
We humbly pray thou will deliver
him at this supreme moment Of his
life. L.; thy light descend upon
and lii'erate hi, soul from his pel>on.
MAY he appear before YOU ai,"iye.i
b. thy great mercy. From blood
gultiness denver him aud Us Chnst
have mercy on us. Lamb of God,
that taketh away the sins OF tie.
word, have mercy On us. Amen
and amen,
During the prayer Guiteau stood
with bowed head. A. the conclusion
DIR. Hicks opened the bible ard Gui-
teau in firm tones said: q will read
a selection from the 10;h chapter of
Matthew, from the 2S:h to the 4lst
verses, inclusive" He then read in
clear, strong voice and with good
iutonation, showing little If any her
vousness. DR.. Hicks then produced
the manuscript which was prepared
by the prisoner this morning and
held before him while Guiteau read.
! While DIR. Hicks was arranging the
manuscript Guiteau exhibited Slight
nervousness and moved several times
from one foot to the other. He soon
recovered his composure and looked
over the sea of upturned faces.
81 am now going to read to you
my last dying prayer. He than
read in loud tone and with distinct
and deliberate emphasis the follow
ing:
Ny DYING PRAYER on THE GALLOwS. "
Father, now go to Thee and the
Saviour. l have finished the work
Thou gavest me to do, and I am
only too happy to go to Thee. The
world does not appreciate my mis-
sion, but Thou knowest it. Thou
knowest Thou didst inspire Garfield
removal. and only good has come
from it. This is the best evidence
that the inspiration came from Thee,
and l have set forth in my book,
that all men may know that Thou,
Father, didst the act for which l
am murdered. This government
and nation. by this act, know will
incur thy eternal enm4ies as did
the Jews by killing my man, my
Saviour. The retribution in that
case came quick and sharp, and l
know the Divine law of retribution
will strike this nation and murder
ers In the same way. The diabolical
spirit OF this nation, its government
and the newspapers toward me, will
justify Thee in cursing them, and
know that the Divine law of retri-
button Is memorable. 1 therefore
predict this nation will 60 down in
blood, and my murderers from ex-
ecutive to hangman, will go to hell.
Thy laws are unexorable, Oh, Thou
Supreme Judge, Woe unto the men
that violate Thy laws; only weeping
and gnashing of teeth awaits them.
The American press has large bill
70 settle with Thee, righteous Father,
f0r their vindictiveness in this mat
ter. Nothing but blood will satisfy
them, and now my blood be on them
and this nation and its officials.
Arthur, the President, is coward
and an migrate. His ingratitude to
the man that made him and saved
his party and land from overthrow
has no parallel in history; but Thou
righteous Father, will Judge him.
Father, Thou knowest me, but the
world hath not known me, and now
60 to Thee, Saviour, without the
slightest ill will toward u human
being. Farewell, ye men of earth.
A, several points he paused aud
endeavored to i,npart increased em-
phasis to bis words by the peculiff
facial expression SO often observed
during his trial when he was angered
at something which was said or done
This was peculiarly noticeable when
he alluded to President Arthur aud
when he declared that this nation
would go down in blood" When
he had finished reading his prayer
he again surveyed the crowd and
said with firm voice: " l am now
going to read some verses which are
intended to indcate my feelings at
the moment of leaving this world.
II set to music they may lie rendered
effective. The idea is that of child
babbllng to his mamma aud to his
papa. l wrote it this morning about
III O'Clock" He then commenced
to chant these verses in q sad, dole
full style:
am going TO the Lordy,
am so glad,
am going to the Lordy.
l am SO glad,
am going to the L0rdy,
Glory haiieluiah: glory hallelujah.
am going to the Lordy.
love the Lordy.
With all my soul.
There was another interruption.
caused by sobs and emotion which
be was unable to repress. He wept
bitterly, and then with quivering
lips and mournful tones he went on
to finish his ditty:
wonder what will see when 90 TO
the LOrdy?
expect to meet splendid things, beyond
all earthly conception,
When am with the Lordy.
Glory, hallelujah!
.(Raisins his voice to the highest
pitch that he conld command.)
"Glory, hallelujah . lam with the Lordy. .,
This closed the chant, and Dr.