The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-07-06
seen the prisoner at that time except
himself and the Jail officers.
ARRANGEMENTS EOR ME AUTOPSY.

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of New York, and DR.. Francis LOring, of
this city, expert witnesses at the trial of
Guiteau, arrived at the Jail. DR.. Mac
| Donald said, as he understood t, the Iau-
tOpsy would be performed by three ply
sicians, agreed upon by the friends of
the condemned man. Afterwards the
| brain would be removed for further eX-
animation. The three physicians select
| ed to perform the autopsy are DR.. Lamb,
who made the autopsy of the President,
| DR.. Sauers, and DR.. Hartigan, Deputy
| Coroner of this city.
DR.. LOring expects to make a thorough
examination of the prisoners eyes.
Shortly before II o'clock, Guiteau
| seemed to break down completely, burst
into tears and sObbed Historically. DR..
Hicks sat by his side tanning him, and
vainly trying to calm him.
About half past IL preparations began
to be made for the execution. At IL 100
detachment of artillery was formed on
the east side of the rOtunda, and brought
their muskets to parade rest. At that
time abOut 250 people were in the rO-
| tunda. DR.. Hicks was with the prisoner
engaged in prayer.
THE LAST HOPE GONE.
| Guiteau showed great nervousness and
| appeared greatly startled when he heard
the rattle of the muskets on the stone
floor of the TOtunda. He wept freely
| and seemed to be in great anguish. The
scene in the TOtunda while waiting for
| the prisoner was one long to be Temem-
| beTed. The soldiers were drawn up on
one side, long line of spectators facing
| them on the other. 1t was understood
that Guiteau was very much depressed,
| and it was expected his passage to the
gallOws would present a very Distress
| ing sight. The movements of the Off
GERS about the Jail door were watched
with eager attention.
After the death warrant was read by
| lhe Warden the prisoner became more
composed, and, turning away, began to
brush his hair.
At 1925 a loud steam whistle was
| blown at the wOTkhOuse, which is near
the Jail. This whistle usually blows at
| 2oclOck and by it Guiteau was in the
habit of gauging time. The delay to-
day was by special arrangement, so that
its startling summons might not come
before the officers were ready. Two min
utes later the iron gates at the end of
the corridor clicked. Then Warden
| CrOcker made his appearance, and mo-
| ment later the familiar figure of Guiteau
was seen. His face was pallid and the
| muscles about his mouth moved nery-
Ously. Other than this there were no
signs of faltering
| TO THE SCAFFOLD.
The procession moved quickly to the
| scaffOld, and Guitean ascended the some
what steep steps with as much steadi-
ness as could be expected from a man
whose arms were tightly piniOned. At
the last step he faltered for moment.
| but he was assisted by the officers who
walked upon either side. Upon reach
| ing the platform Guiteau was placed
| Immediately behind the drop, facing to
| the front of the scaffOld. Captain Cole
man stood upon his right, Robert Strong
upon his left, and Woodward directly be
hind him. Jones took position on the
north side, near the upright of the beam.
| Warden CTOckeT took his position at the
| southeast corner of the structure.
There was a slight delay while the
spectators were pushing and jOstling
through the door leading from the rO-
| tunda to the corridor, at the lower end
of which the gallOws was placed. Gui-
teau meanwhile gaZed upon the crowd
| looked up at the beam over his head and
| quickly made survey of all the dread
paraphernalia. As soon as the crowd
| had gained access, Gen. CrOcker waved
to them to uncover, and all heads were
| barred. DR.. Hicks then prayed in these
words:
DIR. HICKS PRAYER.
Thee. Hear Thou our supplicatiOn, for
the sake of Jesus Christ, the Savior, who
has made full Precipitation for US. Be-
hold this, Thy servant. We humbly
pray that Thou wilt deliver him at this
supreme moment of his life. Let Thy
light descend upon him. Liberate his
soul from prison. May he appear before
You absOlvOd by Thy great mercy from
| blood outlines. Deliver him and us.
+ b. ne CnH hat FOL hn inc
| of the world, have mercy on us. Amen
| and amen.
During the prayer Guiteau stood with
| bowed head. At its conclusion DR.. Hicks
opened the Bible and Guiteau, in firm
tone, said: 81 will read selection from
| the 10th chapter of Matthew, from the
| 28th to the 41st verse inclusive" He
then read in a clear, strong voice and
with a good intOnatiOn, showing little,
if any nervousness. DR.. Hicks then pro-
duced the manuscript which was pre-
pared by the prisoner this morning, and
held it before him while Guiteau read:
/ While DR.. Hicks was arranging the
manuscript, Guiteau exhibited a slight
nervousness, and moved several times
from one foot to the other. He soon re-
covered his compOsure, looked over the
sea of upturned faces, and said: 81 am
| now going to read to you my last dying
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and with distinct and deliberate en-
phasis the following:
INVOCATION TO THE DEITY.
Father, now go to Thee, and the Sa-
vior. l have finished the work Thou
gavest me to do and am Ouly too happy
to go to Thee. The world does not yet
appreciate my mission, but Thou know
est it. Thou knowest Thou didst inspire
Garfield's removal, and only good has
come from it. This is the best evidence
that the inspiration came from Thee
and have set it forth in my book that
all men may read and know that Thou
Father didst inspire the act for which
am now murdered. This Government
and nation by this act know will in
cur Thy eternal enmity, as did the Jews
by the killing of Thy Son, my Savior
The retributiOn in that case came quick
and know Thy Divine law of Tetribu.
tiOn will strike this nation and my
murderers in the same way.
The diabOlical spirit of this nation, its
Government and its newspapers toward
me will justify Thee in cursing them,
and know that Thy divine law of re-
tributiOn is inexorable. 1, therefore