The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-07-06

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ed his head and broke, Into soba, but rallied
d little and went on With hiFyk 6hk3
Issyed ny ,psssy and ny laea,
GlofyShal lszujah; il
But they 1--we murdered me Is it,
And that b the reason =
l am going to the Lordy,
Glory hallclujah, glory hallelujah,
l am going 10 the Lordy.
Here again his feelings overcame him,
and he leaned his head on the shoulder Of
Mr.. Hicks and sobb.d pittifully. Still he
went on:l
wonder what will do
When get to the Lordy,
guess that will weep no more
~@@a when Isget 10 the Lordys asa&'asA-s-a.
Glory hallelujah!
There there was another interruption,
caused BY sobs and emotion, which be was
unable to repress. He. wept bitterly, snd
then, with quivering lips and fsoufnfuI
tones he went on to finish his ditty.]
wonder what ! will see
L When get to the Lordy;
Iexpect to see most splendid things,
beyond all earthly conception
P Wllen I am with the Lordy,
I Fb0Hfps3 ~ Glory haIIeiujahl
raising his voice to the highest pitch
that he conld command: f;9g
Glory hallelujah, am with the Lord.
This closed the chant, and then Rev Mr..
Hicks gave to Guiteau his fnal bsnediction
fand farewell, saying: "God, the Father,
L ~ Al G..
more" The attendants then pinioned his
legs, placed the moose over his head, and
carefully adjusted it about his neck. Mr..
Strong placed the black cap over his head.
As he did SO Guiteau called out in loud
tone "Glory! glory! glory!" Instantly
| the spring was touched. The drop fell at
1910 p. M, and Guiteau swung in the air.
The body turned partly around, but there
was not the slightest preceptible move
ment Of the limbs, or any evidence of con-
scious effort to move them.
For at least 40 seconds after the drop fell
| the body hung motionless; then there was
| slight motion of the shoulders and legs
| due to Muscular contraction. Three min
utes after th, trap fell the body was lowered
to be examined by the physicians. There
was decided action Of the heart for fully IA
minutes, and the pulse futtered two min
utes longer. When the body had hung
with the feet just touching the ground for
over half an hour, it was lowered into
coffin which was waiting for il under the
scatfold. The physicians decided at once
that the neck had been broken. When the,
body was lowered the black cap was re-
moved and the face exposed The features
were pallid and composed; about the mouth
there was considerable moisture. After the
body had been arranged in the coffin War
den Cracker assembled the steps rs asignal
| that he was ready. "a RIA
He said that those who desired could pass
along the side OF the scaffold and view the
body. The crowd of spectators was form
ed into line, and passing between the
scafold and to the hall to the Jail viewed
the dead face. Some Jail officers, two or
three physicians and Dr. Hicks stood about
the coffin. John w. Guiteau joined the
company and famed his dead brothers face
to keep away the flies. asez "a es-a35
At lao p. m. the lid Of the coffin was put
in place and the body was borne to the Jail
chapel, where the physicians who were to
make the autopsy were assembled.
The certificate Of death which the warden
is required, according to the terms of the
death warrant, u file with the clerk of court,
recites that the signers were present at the
execution OF Charles J. Guiteau, and that
he was hanged by the neck till he was dead.
The Jurors were w. s. Larner, B. p. Gaines,
Harry p. Goodwin, j. Caughlin, S. D. New
comb. Chas. T. Murray, Edward Hudson,
S. E. Lewis, II. l.. West, Stanley Gardner.
and g. P. Plant, Jr., all OF whom ara NEWS
paper men. : sef$#.<# ASskS
At 2:3O o'clock DR.. F. B. Loring con-
cluded his examination of the eyes of the
dead man. Both eyes were SO indstinct
that no opinion could be formed of their
condition or expression. The physicians
who performed the autopsy were Drs. d.
s. Lamb, J. F. Hartigan and Q. r. SAVERS.
After examination OF the eyes the brain
was removed and inspected. Then the body
was cut open, and thorough and complete
examination made, with view OF deter
mining all the physiological facts that could
be of interest in connection with the case.
The brain was found to be in normal con-
dition, and to weigh 494 ounces, which is a
little more than the weight of the average
human brain. 1t was well formed and pre-
scented no external evidences of diseases or
lesion. The lungs and heart were in their
normal condition, but there was slight
rufiing of aorta in the vicinity of the heart.
The neck was not dislocateds or fractured,
as the surgeons at first supposed, but there
was rupture of the acknowledgements
den muscle on both sides asswell as OF the
thyroid membrane; it follows, therefore,
that death resulted from suffocation and
not from dislocation Of the spinal vertabra.
A partial examination was made of the abb
dominal viscera, but it had not been com.
pleted at the time the autopsy had been
suspended. The spleen was found to be con-
siderably enlarged, its weight being fifteen
ounces, or more than twice that of nor
NAL spleen. The other abnormal organs,
SO far as they were examined, presented no
unusual features. tt
Jown w. Guitea said after the execution
1--WE will bury him here in the Jail, where
he will be safe He will not be taken out
of the Jail"
The spot indicated by the warden as
Guteau's burial place is in the same court
as the gallows, few yards from it.
So.