Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-07-12

person that paid it, TO any length. He be
| lieved that Vice President Arthur, had NJ
goal higher than the Presidency, and hs
would pay the price of pardon, to any one
that would place him in the Presidential
chair. Arthur proved 10 be above price
he would not wash the hand of the murder
er. 1t was not Gui;esu that brought hin
into the line of the succession to the Pre-,
ideucy. He was elected by the majority oi
the popular vote, aud 5y the regular con-
stitutional means or methods rs Vice Pres
ident of The Republic, and he was the only
man that under the law could fll the place,
made vacant, by the death Of Garfield,
whether he died ~ the hands of sn assassin,
or by tho process Of fever, or OiecT DIS
ease. The demand OF Guiteau. upon Arthur,
for help, or pardon, for service reDsered
was ths demand OF the bisckmailer. Ii was
| a murde.ous blacknailing game, suck a
/ one, as orly an utterly dep7aved uan csz
of the murd--, had importuaed President
I Garfield, TO appoint him 10 an stsice. 1t was
the spoils of ofscc he was after 1t was not
the service of ths Lord, that he We seeking;
and when he wa. plainly told thai he could
not have an office, he plotted 10 AXE the
life Of President GE-sieid, and kept 81 plot
ting, till he succeedet in accomplishing his
prrpo.s He was morally rotten; no he'iev-
ell that Arthur would feel grateful to him
for killing Garfield and opening the way 10
the Presidency, and whe,'i.e learned Art'.cr
would sot reprive or par;.en him, he slurs
red him q. be best knew kew; he called
hin all rsanDcr Of names, ard cnrsed him.
zad. consissed him TO the ho,t gmiess pit.
!st I3 o'cicck, noon, on Friday, June 80,
1892, inst before Guiteau VIZ. led out to
be hanged, ~ broke down cctnpletly, and
weps like csild. The preack-r that was
with him had scld him the dag previous,
that re must 50 TO his Saviour ~ a little
child, N simplicity asking to be saved. He
s1il lIEs nt NOLsi NtD 81, ea.iu thSN' ~ " buiu
prepare some verses, that he world sing on
the scaf7Ui, and ne would also prepare
prayer. lie did bath. When he stsod on
the scaifc,i, lss read y prayer, ard then
sung nur,ber of TerseS that he coreosed.
The probsti.ity is THAI ;ife verses arr a par
5dy on i -cli known hymn. He broke
IL .i,..x y
wept bitterly. The following are the verses
ttst re sang ~ chanted.
| so going &c the Lo-s9, I am SO glad.
ars going to :he Lord,-. / am SO glad.
srsgeing to .he Lords7i glory hallelu -,
glory ha,Ieifuiah
arr going to ,':c Lord,=;=
| love the Lord with al my soul; glory
hsIeluiih;
And thai is the T,sson l. am goln to the
! ari.
Glory hallelujah, glory aalie9=5 al, a-a
gcsag To the Lerd.
1 saved MY party, ard my Iaud gia ry halle
lui@s.
But the have mur iered ;l7s- Horis, and tina.
is the reason anl going 70 the Lordy-
Glory ksllclujah, glory haEe!uyais, 1 am
goipS;o the Lesiy.
'I wonder what VIII DO wir.l. / sst to the
LordT.
l guess TIA. will we-rrc p,rc. ". hen l
get tc the Lordy.
Glory halls!ajah.''
wonder VIA. : will .e-, -ste,, gsae t. the
Lordy.
expect to-lcs most sZAendid things be-
yond a. .szrthly conception.
When au. z:;h the zordy, Glery halle
lujah.
Glory haIle'atah' am .Titll tie Lsrd.
The preacher pronoun-e'i = 5snrd;ci ion.
The ezecutioBs- bound, TIE prisoners legs
urIer which procc,s he stood irm
without evidsnce of en,9tsca. The BLACK cap
was drawn ever his head, end ut s sign, of
his own, upcn which bs- had agreed with
the exec utioae., which -ss the shout of 3
times Of ''Glo-y" ''glO-y'' GLORY. The
bolt was sprcag and he 5Ecved intoeier liiy.
Seventeen laiEntes ai.sr ri: heat CO issd
TO beat, his Soty,was taken down and p'ac.
or Il table il the Jail chNpe', Yhcse i was
opened By tie doctors Botween, % xrs 50
doctors wcT. present, yAen the dis.ss :iion
took place. al The orgars ofthe body were
pronounced by the doctors. to be in a
healthy state. The hSSri, the eyes the
lungs, aud -ke brain, shoSed ne sig1s Of
disease. No evidence from the sour1 at
tending the opelinS o,the body, inGpca ted
insanity. On aturday afternoon, tha body
Was burie& in he northeast corridor of the
Jail, in a grave of fsst deep, 2,d the pave
ment nicely -elsid ogC- .:ke re ,aiag place of
the murd srer.
Up to he very las.I0orent 9f lde Gui-
teau declared that hS vas Gods, aaan, and
that il vas his nilsson TO take the life of
Garfield. 1t does seem straags that as
Gods nan, he shoGld desire % serve as an
Office holder under c ariieId, whom he de-
clared he was commissioned to kill. l..
seem. strange, that he did not receive hi.
cOmEission to XII Garfield until he was,
told bot to again appear a: the White HOUSE
as al office seeker, for there WAS no Office
in store for him. The refusal of the Presi-
idsat and Secretary Blaine, 10 appoint Lin
to an office, changed his heart aud he DO.
c=me inspired. Was there ever greater
exhibit of ardacity, and profanity than hat
a the case cf the inlrderer Guitear.. L.
was Office and its spoiIs, that he des:red,
and when tie genesssions of the Fature
read of iha assassination of James A. Gar.
fed, and ask, '.why was he murdsredr'