Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-01

sseao, lust before the trap was sprung
Ts,u gTgsI,pPeo a piece OF paper from his hand.
r.a n1S paper was given him by Warden
1nUSaer, Snan &c 70 oe Cropped by the condemned
W. Guiteau said to a reporter inst 5itor vho az
execution that be was glad it was over orsS. VIC
"What will be done with the rsToet.. a.,
asked sthe reporter.
eve will bury him here in the jail. wbar.
he will be SAFE" said Mr.. Guiteau. "Ht
win not be taken out of the JAIL"
The fpos indicated by the Warden a.
Guiteau's burial place is in the same cour
as the gallows and few yards from it.
THE CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
The certificate of. death, which the Warder
is required, according to the terms of The
death warrant, to file with the Clerk OF the
Court, reeites 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, W
8. d Newcomb, Chas. T. Murray, Edward
Hudson, 8. E. Lewis, H. L. West, STANLEY
Gardener and G. II. Plant, Jr all Of when
are newspaper men.
Mrs. Seoville, after waiting on the outside
of the jail until after the execution took
place, decided not to- view the remains this
afternoon and about two O'Clock returned
to the city. While the autopsy was iu pro-
gress Warden Crocker said TO a reporter that
the manner and place of Guiteau's burial
had not yet been determined upon The
body, he said, would remain In the jail to.
night. DIR. Hicks, who left the all soon
after the hanging, viii return in the morn
ing, and then the question of interment
will be settled.
A TALK WITH JOHN GUITEAU.
John Guiteau, when asked II the relatives
would not ultimately remove the body, said :
II don't want TO say what we will do, for
If do, We will not be able to protect It.
II the body Is taken away nobody Will know
1t for some time, at least" Charles II. Reed.
Guiteau's counsel, did not witness the exc
cution. He said he could not stand It, and
intended to leave the city. 1t is not known
whether SeoVllle is In town or not. John
Guiteau says that he has not seen him, and
he does not believe he is In town. John
Guiteau appeared to be in a very serene
frame Of mind after the execution.
81 believe he was insane,u said he. sfI
predicted just what would hsppen-that he
would 90 bravely to the gaIlows, The trial
was farce, and to-day an insane man YVES
executed. Whether he is insane before
God, do not know; still, believe, II he
was to b tried again, he would be convict
ed. 1t was not question for the Jury"
At half past two o'clock DR.. F. B. Lorfng
concluded his examination of the eyes of
the dead man. Both eyes were so indistinct
that no opinion could be formed OF their
condition or expression.
THE AUTOPSY.
The physicians who performed the au-
tOpsY were Drs d S. Limb, J. f. Hartigan
and H |. Somers. In addition to tt ese physt-
clans there present Drs. Noble Young,
Robert Reyburn, A Macdonald, johnson
Elliott. A. H. MeKIn, P. j. Mixphy,
Chas Q Nichols, Surgeon General Barnes
OF the amy, Surgeon General Wales of the
nsvyi d S. w. w. Go ldiDg, A. Fl. Wreman
aud Clarke Patterson, of st. Eliza Asv-
lum, Drs. D G. Patterson, Coroner of the
District, G. F. Kleinschmidt, j. r. Hayne,
and Drs Birdsall and Parish. John w.
Guiteau and Dr.. Hicks were present for a
short time, but left the jail before the con
e'usiol.
The close of the examination OF the body
showed that Guiteau's neck was broken, and
that the rope had cut deep into the flesh Of
his neck.
There was disposition on the part of
some of those present to obtain mementoes
of the occasion al any cost. The jail off
GERS took the rope from the gallows and
secreted 1t as soon as the moose was removed
from the dead mans neck. DR. Hicks said,
not want 70 say sS's RnthFee the S ssr,el sAa. he did
inferred. The funeral, such as it will be,
will take place to morrow, and will be as
quiet as possible.
At quarter past 3 O'Clock the military
guard that has been on duty at the jail ever
since the second OF July last, marched
away. They were loudly cheered as they
left.
DR.. Bliss and his son arrived at the isil at
half past O'Clock and Joined the physi-
clans engaged In making the autopsy
reporter OF the Associated Press was the
only newspaper man admitted to the chapel,
where the body was being dissecsed.
The operations OF the surgeons engaged
In the autopsy were watched with the
greatest interest by others who crowded
about the table. After the examination of
the eyes, the brain was removed and in
spected. Then the body was cut open, and
a thorough and complete examination made
with the view of determining all the ply
sioiOgioal facts that could be of interest in
connection with the ease. The brain was
found to be in normal condition, and
weighed fortY-nine ounces. The heart
weighed a little over nine ounces and was In
healthy condition, as were all the other inter-
nal organs. At 1856 the autopsy was adjourn
ed until this evening, wien the brain will be
taken to the Government Medical Museum
on Tenth street, where a more minute and
critical examination will be made of It.
The physicians were disinclined to go into
details in regard to the results thus far
reached. DR.. Hartigan left the jail soon
after four o'clock, taking with him Guiteauis
brain. DR.. Godding, who has maintained
thai Guiteau was insane, said, when asked
what the result OF the autopsy was:
"I have nothing to say now." Another
physician remarked, "We are oil know
noibings." A bYstander repliedi Z" So the
uneducated, non. expert puolic thought at
the time of the other autopsy" All the
physicians agree that there were lymphOe Ia
the brain, end hardening of the dlsrG nl0teT.
None OF them cared to express Q positive
opinion until after the examination had
been completed. DIR. Bliss said that there
were many points showing good, healthy
mental and physical development In Gui-
teau.
EXAMINING THE AssAssIN's BRAINS.
Dr. Hartigan, who had the custody OF Gui-
teau's brain, took 1t, at 4:90 O'Clock, to the
Army Medical Museum, on Tenth street,
where, in room set apart for Photographic
purposes, number of surgeons aud physi-
clans had assembled to continue the autop
sy. Among those present were Drs. Nichol
Lamb, Loring, Somers, Reyburn, Elliott and
Godding, OF Washington. The direction
of preparations was by unanimous
consent given DR.. Lamb. 1t had been
intended by the surgeons to begin
by making plaster cast Of the brain with
the view to the permanent preservation in
that form of It's confguratiou and external
characteristics, but the organ was found to
be so soft and yielding as to render this i'm
practicable. Resort was therefore had to
photography. Ga account of theslateness
of the hour and of the dull and overcast
SKY the PTePaI a. iOns uSCussarIIy
hurried, but, after placing the brain
on macs of curled hair, such
as that used in upholstery
and disposing 1t In the form which it had
during life, a number Of negatives were
taken Of 1t from various pOints of view
With more or less successful results. The
anatomical examination of the brain was
then resumed. This examination, which
will include careful microscopical study
of the tissues and structural characteristics
Of the organ, will, certainly, not be finished
before tomorrow afternoon, and may occu-
pY several days. The surgeons aud physicians
who are participating in the autopsy have
pledged themselves not to make public, in
the meantime, any individual conclusions
at which they may arrive, In order that the
official repoFs, when made ready, may have |
full weight and value, as representing the
Of all the examining physicians.
RESULTS OF THE POST MoRTEM.
The results of the autopsy upon the body
Of Guiteau so far as they can be learned to-
night from the surgeons who were present,
may be briefly stated as follows.
After surveying the body externally the
surgeons proceeded to lay open the brain
cavity and thorax and toexamine the organs
therein contained. The brain was found to
weigh forty-Dine AND One-half ounces,
which is little more than the weight In the |