The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1882-07-07

The Inst OfGN.tcNu.

menccd with tue shooting ot Garfield
year ago, ended to-day with tho
death Of Guitoau. All afternoon the
street have have noisy wi,hrcwsb'ys
crying extra editions having full do
toll of the hanging. Theis editions
have been eagerly bought, as the
populace seemed hungry tor every
trivial detail connected VII tho ex'
ecuhon. Such remarks as well, LIN
gled it's over The matter is ao'tled'
The fellow died game was iro'
quently heard. but thcrcsyts no e1,
lnrs.sfors. 81 o;L or ,.anS. .1asion'ioi
symE Tho general fssimg socm-
cd TO DO that Justice had been done
and that q til oroushly bad man had
paid fhe penalty Of his crime. The
desire "a sOc the great criminal was
very general. but, Of course, this de-
sire could not be gratifed.
Ooly those who mad invitations or
duly authenticated passes were I'D.
mit,Od, the scono outside the Jail was
like that OF great fair. Carriage
OF one kind aud another covered the
surrounding hills. Booths wcre
erected aud tho sale OF leo cream,
beer, cigars aud fuits. went on at a
lively rate. Tho voices OF the ven
doris OF these articles tended to light
en- the sole,nnity OF tho thoughts pro-
duced by tho drama that was going
forward inside. The privileged spec
ta'ors wero assembled in the great
hall of the j,il. There was no noise
or bustlo thoro. Tho officials were
quietly attending to their duties with
out nervousness. Tho newspaper
correspondents wcro moving about
with pencil and notebook, catching
up evry scrap Of information and
hunting down every ruuor. Six tel
egraph wires had boon run into the
building aud The click OF tn, TEL
ograph instrument was constantly
beard.
1926 p.m.-A loud steam whistle
was just blown at the workhouse,
which is near tho jill. This whistle
usually blows at twelve o'clock, and
by It Guitesu was in tie habit oi
reckoning his timr. Tho delay to-
day was by special arrangement, 30
that the starting summons might not
como before the officers were ready.
Two minutes later the iron gates
at tle ond OF tho corridor clinked;
then Warden Crocker mals his ap-
pearance' and o momont later The
familiar figure Of Guitoau was seen,
His face was paid and tho muscles
about his mouth moved nevously;
other than this there were no signs
Of f,lteriug. The procession moved
quickly to tue scaGJld, and Guiteau
ascended tho II soms what steep
stops with as much steadiness as
could be expected from man whose
arms were tightly pinioned behind
him At tho last stop ho fa!sered
for q moment but was assisted By
two officers, who walked one on
either side.
oa reaching the platform Guitear
was placed Immediately b,hind the
drop, facing the front Of the scaffold
Capt Colman stood upon his right
Mr.. Robert Strong upon his left
D.. Woodward directly behind hiu
Mr.. Jones took his position on the
north side, near the upright OF the
beam. Con. Crocker, the warden,
took his position at the southeast cor
ner of the structure. There was q
slight delay while the crowd OF 25(
or moro spectators were pushing ant
josliug through the door leading
from tho rotunda to the corridor, al
the lower end OF which tho gallows
was placed. Guiteau moanwhile
gaz,d upon the crowd, looked up q,
the be,n ovor his head. and quickly
made survey OF all tho parapher
nsila. As soon as tho crowd had
gained access Gen. Crockcr wavet
to them to uncover ard oil heads
were barred, DR.. Hicks made an in
vocation in those words:
Father. out Of tho depths we CT!
to Thee Hear Thou our supplica
ton, for the sake Of Jesus Christ ou
Savior, who has made full propitia
ton for us. Behold this Thy servan'
We humbly pray that Thou will de-
liver him, at this suprms m,mont o.
his life. Let the light descend upor
him and liberate his soul from prisol
May he appear before you, absolvst
by Thy great mercy, from blood gull
tipess deliver him and us. God, have
mercy on us. Limb of God, tha