The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-04
TELEGRAPHIC
GUITEAU
BraIR-Tae Burial Cere-
monies

BraIR-Tae Burial Cere-
monies.
New York, S.-Tribune'S WASH
ington: DR.. Williams, assistant
physician at the district Jail, does
not think Guiteau showed all the
frmness in his last hours with
which he has been credited. He
said: / had been at the jail every
night for a whole week, watching
him pretty closely. On the night of
Thursday l visited his cell about
midnight and found him sitting on
a bed looking straight before him
into vacancy, the most perfect pic
ture of dependence I ever beheld
He did not want any bungling. l
willingly promised to do it. You
will be dow n at this murder to-mor-
row." he said. To this l made no
reply. When / saw him next morn
ing the guard said that he had slept
none during the night. He would
occasionally go into a dose and start
out OF it, with some inarticulate
sound. Officers bear witness that
he ate nothing for his breakfast. He
may have put something in his
mouth amounting to nothing. 1t
was the way at dinner when he was
said to have eaten hearty meal.
from what he has learned from the
guards he broke down in perfect
despair this mlTning and wept
freely. 1t was necessary to make
every effort to keep him up, to talk
to him, fan him, and urge him to
be firm, to lie a man. When General
Croker came into the cell to read
the death warrant Guiteau was
greatly agitated, but he was able to
stand. When it had been read he
sat down, when he reached the top
Of the scaffold he faltered, Lot STUN
bled, and in reading his prayer, he
Wavered so excessively that Croker
was at one time anxious to stop it.
| was just back of the scaffOld, and
could see him catching his breath,
and struggling to control himself.
1t was dreadful.
THE BURIAL.
Washington, 1.-The body of
Guiteau was buried this afternoon
in the northeast corner of the jail,
and SO far as known to the con-
trary the remains will lie there I'M
disturbed by any future sepultpre.
Under the law, the disposition of
bodies of criminals who are exc
cUted rests within the discretion of
the wardens. In the case of Cult
eau, his sister, Mrs. Scoville, was
without means and could not have
undertaken his burial expenses,
even if permitted to do so. TIE
only other relative who has ap
peared on the scene (his brother,
John w. Guiteau) was unwilling 10
assume the risk of taking charge of
the remains, believing he would be
powerless to prevent body snatch
els" from stealing them. therefore
General Croker resolved to bury
the assassin's body within the walls
of the Jail, where it.would be beyond
the reach alike of vengeance or spe-
culatiOn. The northeast corner, in
which Guiteau is buried, is upon
the opposite side of the rotunua
from the one on which he was
hung, and from the window of the
cell in which he was confined one
can look down upon his grave. The
brick floor was removed this morn
ing, and a grave seven feet deep
Was dug. At o'clock this after
noon the coffin containing Chas. j.
Gulteau was borne from the chapel
upon the shoulders of six jail pri-
sOnerS, and without any service or
ceremony whatever, was lowered
into the grave and buried from
sight. The only persons present
were John w. Guiteau, DR.. Hicks,
Warden Croker and son, Mr..
Wright, undertaken, P. Warde, the
engineer of the Jail, Deputy Warden
Russ, Captain Croker and the six
prisoners who acted as pail bearers.
The coffin was closed last evening,
and no one has since been permitted
to see the remains. Mrs. ScOVille,
accompanied by Miss Chevallier, ar
rived at the Jail shortly before 6
o'clock, and importuned the warder
to be allowed to see the remains,
and witness the burial. General
Croker, however, remained 6rm in
his determination not to accede to
her request, and after a few minutes
she returned to the city, leaving a
number of flower devices which she
had brought with her, and which
she expected to place upon the
grave. AS the body was being
taken down the steps leading from
the chapel to the central rOtunda of
the building, the mourners, or
rather the witnesses stood near the
door leading to the northeast TO-
tunda, end as it was taken down the
flight Of steps leading from the ro-
tunda to the brick floor Of the cor
ridor, they silently filed in behind
the convict pail bearers. Arrived
at the grave the little procession
halted. Warden Croker locked
enquiringly first toward DR.. Hicks
and then to J. w. Guiteau. All
right" said the latter, with the
same inperturbable composure he
has exhibited all through the ordeal
Of the last three days, and the coffin
was at once lowered to its place.
After the earth had been replaced,
tan of tho Orava 1nvaIled off Tob1