The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1882-07-06

door and said, He is ready for DIR.
Hicks and wants the flowers to come"
Another guard took the message and
soon returned with Dr. Hicks, who
went into the cell.
Guiteau was reported by his guards
to be apparently very composed. Gut
teau's message about the flowers re-
ferred to his expectation that Mrs.
Scoville would send some flowers to
him, but none came.
81 think he will show some emotion,
because the nervous strain Is so great, y
said DIR. Hicks. Nobody has seen
the prisoner except myselfand the Jail
officers"
At II o'clock DR. A. F.. Macdonald,
of New York, and DIR. Francis Loriny,
of this city, expert witnesses at the
trial of Guiteau, arrived at the Jail Dr.
Macdonald said he understood the
autopsy would be performed by three
physicians agreed upon by the friends
Of the condemned man aud afterward
the brain would he removed for fur
ther examination. The three physi-
clans selected to perform the autopsy
are DIR. Lamb, who made the autopsy
on the presidents remains. DR.. Sauer
and DIR. Hartigan, the deputy coroner
of this city. DIR. Loring expects to
make thorough examination Of the
prisoner eyes.
shortly before Il o'clock Guiteau
SEEMED TO BREAK DOWN
completely, and burst into tears and
sobbed Historically. DIR. Hicks sat
10y his side vainly trying to calm him.
About 1880 preparations began to be
made for the execution. At lI:50 the
government artillery formed OH the
east side of the rotunda, and brought
their muskets to parade rest. At that
time about 80 people were in the ro-
tunda DIR. Hicks was with the pris-
oner engaged in prayer.
Guiteau showed great nervousness,
and appeared greatly startled when
he heard the rattle of muskets Oh the
stone floor of the rotunda. From that
moment Guiteau appeared to he thor
Oughly overcome with emotion. He
wept freely and seemed To be i'm great
anguish. The scene in the rotunda
while waiting for the prisoner was one
long to be remembered. The soldiers
were drawn up OH one side with a
long line of spectators facing them on
the other. 1t was understood that
Guiteau was very much depressed and
it was expected that his passage to the
gallows would present a very distress
ing scene. The number of officers
about the Jail door watched with eager
attention after the
DEATH WARRANT WAS READ
by the warden. The prisoner became
mora ..nn.nraaI anA ,trni,,r ARRAY
began to brush his hair. At 1925 a
work house near the Jail. This whis-
tie usually blows at II o'clock and by
il Guiteau was i'm the habit of guaging
time. The delay to-day was by spe-
cial arrangement so that its startling
summnns might not come before the
officers were ready. Two minutes
later the iron gates at the end of the
corridor unlocked; then Warden
Croker made his appearance, and II
moment later the familiar figure Of
Guiteau was seen. His face was pal
lid and the muscles of his mouth
moved nervously. Other than this
there was no signs of faltering.
THE PROCESSION
moved quickly to the scaffold and
Guilcau assembled the somewhat steep
steps with ~ much steadiness rs could
b- expected from n man whose arms
were tightly pinioned. At the last
step he ialtered for "A moment, but was
assisted 10y the officers upon the other
side. Upon reaching the platform
Guiteau was placed immediately be-
hind the drop, facing the front Of the
s....fI.,II ('nl.n,ap .fAnI
his right, Robert Strong upon his left
and Woodward directly behind jones
took position on the north side, near
the upright position Of the northeast
corner of the structure. There WAS "A
slight delay while the spectators We're
pushing and jostling through the door
leading from the rotunda TO the corri-
dor, at the lower end Of which the gal
lows was placed. Guiteau, meanwhile,
gazed upon the crowd, looked up at
the beam overhead and quickly made
a survey of all the dread parapli.rnalia.
As soon n the crowd had gained ac-
cess Gen. Croker motioned To them
{" uncover. and all heads were barred.
DIR. HICKS THEN PRAYED
in these words
Father. out of the depth we cry TO
Thee hear Thou our supplication for
the sake of Jesus Christ, the Savior,
who has made full Precipitation for us.
Behold this Thy servant. We hum
hIy pray that Thou Will deliver him
at this supreme moment of his life.
Let Thy light descend upon him and
liberate his soul from prison. MAY he
appear before Thee absolved by Thy
great mercy from blood outlines and
deliver him and us. God have mercy
on Us. Christ have mercy on Us.
Lamb of God that takest away the
sins of the world have mercy on us.
Amen"
Daring the prayer Guiteu stood with
bowed head. At its conclusion DIR.
Hicks opened the bible and Guiteau
in
FIRM TONES SAID:
IL will read selection from the 10th
chapter of Mathew, from the 2sth to
the 4lst verse inclusive" He then
read i'm clear, strong voice, and with
good intonation, showing little, ifany,
nervousness. DIR. Hicks then prOduc.
ell the manuscript which WAS prepared
by the prisoner this morning, and
held it before him while Guiteau read.
While DIR. Hicks was arranging the
manuscript, Guiteau showed q slight
nervousness, and moved several times
from one foot to the other. He soon
recovered his compOsure, aud looking
over the sea of upturned faces, said
~ am now going tn read to you my
last dying prayer" He then read in
IA loud tone, and with distinct deliber-
alive emphasis the following:
GUITEAU's PRAYER
"My dying prayer on the gallows-
Father, now go to thee and the Sa-
vior. I have finished the work Thou
gavest me to do, and am only too
happy to go to Thee. The world does
not yet appreciate my mission, but
Thou knowest il. Thou knOwest Thou
didst inspire Garfield's removal, and
much good has come from 1t. This is
Al l.