The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-08

teau, IN firm tones said, II will read
a selection from the tenth chapter OF
Matthew, from the Goth to the LIST
verses inclusive." He then read In
clear, strong voice. and with good
information showing little if any ner-
yousness.
DIR. Hicks then produced the man
uscript which was prepared by the
prisoner this morning, and held IL
before him while Guiteau exhibited
slight nervousness, and moved
several times from one foot to an
other. He soon recovered aud said,
81 am going to read you my dying
prayer" He then read it in loud
tone, and with distinct and deliberate
emphasis. After which he read some
verses which indicated his feelings
at the moment of leaving this world.
Guiteau at 1886 read his farewell
address as follows: My dying prayer
on the gallows: Father, now [ go to
Thee and the Saviour. l have finish
ed the work Thou gayest me to do,
and L am only too happy to 60 to
Thee. The world does not yet APP
preciate my mission, but Thou know
est it. Thou knowest Thou didst
inspire Garfeld'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, l know will
incur the eternal enmity as did the
Jews by killing Thy nanny Saviour.
The retribution in that case came
quick and sharp, and l know Thy
divine law of retribution 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 L know
that Thy divine law of retribution is
memorable. [ therefore predict that
this nation will go down in blood,
and that my murderers, from the
Execution to the hangman, will go
to hell. Thy laws are memorable. Oh,
Thou Supreme Judge! Woe unto the
men that violate Thy laws! Only
weeping and crashing of the teeth
awaits them. The American press
has a large bill to settle with the
Righteous Father for their vindic-
tiveness in this matter. Nothing but
blood will satisfy them, and now my
blood be on them and this nation and
its officials. Arthur, the President,
is coward and an migrate. His in
gratitude 10 the man that made him
and saved his party and land from
overthrow has no parallel in history,
but Thou, Righteous Father, will
Judge him. Father Thou knowest
me, but the world hath not known
me, and now l go to Thee, and the
Saviour, without the slightest illwill
toward human being. Farewell,
We men of earth.
His legs were pinioned and the
moose placed over his head, and he
carefully adjusted it about his neck,
and as he did so Guiteau called out in
loud tones. "Glory, glory, glory"
Instantly the spring was touched, the
drop fell, and Guiteau swung in the
air. The body turned partly around,
but there was not the slightest per-
ceptible movement of the limbs or
any evidence of a conscious effort to
move them.
The body of Guiteau was cut down
at 1857, and put in coffin. where it
was viewed by the spectators, and
afterwards removed to the Jail chapel,
where an autopsy was held on il by
physicians.
DIR. Lamb made the following state
ment as to the result of the autopsy
held on the body of Guiteau, with
the explanation that a fuller report
would be made dater. ".The brain
weighed 494 ounces. There were adj
hesions of the outer membrane to the
skull, and Opaque chickering's of the
arachnoid membrane over the assures
of the convexity. To the naked eye
the brain itself showed no evidence
of disease. There was a slight de-
preston of the skull in the right side.
Microscopic views of the brain were
taken and photographs of the brain
and membranes and general appear
ance of the surface"
On Saturday afternoon Guiteau's
body was buried in the northeast cor
ridor of the Jail, The brick flooring
was taken up, and grave seven feet
deep was dug, into which the re-.