The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-01
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
GU8EEAU.
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oug6ly sustained by bis idea of insDifa
ton. When he first entered the cell tn
e assassin Wept copiously and explained
/ the tears and emotion by saying that ht
was filed with joy at the prospect of th
nearness OF his relief from his prosecutors
! Yesterday afternoon, prior to Mrs. SEQ
= viile's visit to the jail, she sen
him q boquet, which without tn,
knowledge OF the warden or his deputy
was carried into the cell. Deputy
Warden Russ passed through the cor.
ridOT soon afterwards, and noticing tht
bouquet, asked who had given it to him
my sister," CURLY replied the assassin
The warden was about to pass on when
be concluded the bouquet was worthy of
examination, and he took it from the
cell. Il was handed to DIR. McWil
llams, the Jail physician, who carefully
examined the flowers and declared they
had been drugged. impregnated with
some poison. He took the boquet to 8
chemist, ct o'clock, this morning, for
analysis, land at t1iswriting it has not beer
returned to jail
Before 10 o'clock the crowds had be-
gun to assemble before the Jail Enter
prlsing vendors Of lemonade, peanuts and
cakes. sat up their booths under the
shade oftrees, and did thriving business
with the hot and thirsty crowd. The roads
leading to the prison were thrOnged with
stragglers Of all ages, sexes and conditions.
One old couple, whose legs had been
amPutated below the knees, hobbled
along on pair Of wooden pegs. Colo red
men and women composed the greater
part Of the spectators and as the space
| from the jail gradually filed the sight
seers placed themselves on the SANDY
hills fronting the Jail a1d enduring the
excessive heat, prepared to wait until the
excitement Of the hanging should ba OVER
Guiteau showed great nervousness and
appeared greatly startled when he heard
the rattle Of muskets on the stone floor of
the rotunda, From that moment Guitesu
appeared thoroughly overcome with emo
ton. He wept freely and seemed to be
rOtunda, while waiting for the prisoner,
was one long TO ba remembered. Soldiers
were drawn on one side, and q long line
Of spectators on the other. It was under
stood that Guiteau Was very much de-
pressed, and it was expected his passage
to tie galloWs would present q very dis
tressing sight. The movement Of officers
about the jail door was watched with
was read by the warden, the
prisoner became more composed,
and farming away began to brush
was blown at the work house which Is
near the jail. This whistle, ususlly
blows at II o'clock, and by it Guiteau
was in the habit in gauging. time. The
whistle, to-day, was, by special arrange.
Aola hot - 80
mons might not come before the officers
we're ready. Two minutes later the iron
gates at the end of the corri-
made his appearance, and a moment
later the familiar figure of Guiteau was
seen. His face was pallid and the mus
cles about the mouth moved nervously.
Other than this there was no sign Of fall
tering. The procession moved quickly to
the scaffold, and Guitesu assembled the
somewhat steep steps with as much stesdi-
ness as could be expected from q man
whose arms were tightly pinioned.
At the last step he faltered for = mo-
ment, but was assisted by the officers,
who walked up on either side. Upon
reaching the platform, Guitesu was
placed Immediately behind the drop,
facing the front of the sesffold. Capt.
Coleman stood upon his right; RObert
Strong upon his left, and Woodward
directly behind him. Jones took posi-
ton on the north side near the upright OF
the beam. Warden Crocker took his
position at the southeast corner Of the
structure. There was slight delay,
while the spectators were pushing and
j0stling through the door leading from
the retunda to the corridor, at the lower
end Of which the gsllows was placed.
Guiteau meanwhile gazed upon the
crowd, looked up at the beam over his
head, and quickly made q survey
of all the dread parsphernalia.
AS soon as the crowd gained access Cen
eral Croker waved to them to uncove.
and all heads were bowed. Dr.. Hicks
then prayed in these words:
Father, out Of the depth we cry to
Thee; hear our suplicstien for tia sake
Of Jesus Christ, Savior, who made full
provision for us. Behold this, thy serv-
ant! We bumbly pray that thou
vii deliver him at this supreme moment
Of his life. Let Thy light descend upon
him; liberate his soul from the person
that he may appear before Thee sbsolved
By Thy great mercy. From blood-gullt-
mess deliver him and usl Christ, have
mercy on us! Lamb of God, that tsketh
away the sins of the world, have marcy
on US! Amen and Ameni
During the prayer Guiteau stood with
bowed head. At the conclusion, DR..
Hicks opened the 9ible and Guitesu, in
firm tones, said: ST will read Sc
lection from the 10th chapter Of Matthew
from the e b to 4Ist verses inclusive"
He then read in q clear str0Gg voice and
with good information, showing little, If
any nervousness. DR.. Hicks then pro-
duced the manuscript which was pre-
pared hp the prisoner this morning, aad
held it before him, while Guitesu read.
While DR.. Hicks was arranging the
manuscript Guiteau exhibited slight
nervousness, and moved several times
from one foot to the other. de soon
recovered bis composure, looked over the
sea of up.urned faces and ssid: Il an
now going to read to you my last dying
prayer.
He then read in a loud tone and
with distinct and deliberate en-
phasis the prayer before given. at
several points he had paused and
endeavored to empart increased en-
phasis to his words by the peculiar
| facial expression so often observed
during the trial, when he was
angered at something which was
aid or done. This was peculiarly