Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-07-01

John w. Guiteau said to a reporter just
after the execution that he was glad it was
over.
what shall be done with the remains, :"
asked reporter.
I'VE will bury him here in Jail where he
will be safe," said Guiteau. ''He will not
be taken out of jail. The spot indicated by
the warden as Guiteau's burial
place Is IN the same court as the gallows
and a few yards from it. Guiteau, when
he came out into the rotunda from his cell,
looked calm and collected, but vely pale.
His arms were pinioned behind him and he
held his head erect. He gazed upon the
crowd without hinching. He wore a black
suit OF clothes, and, instead of collar,
had handkerchief thrown about
his neck. Those who expected "sicken-
ing or distressing scenes were
disappointed. Guiteau walked firmly
through the rotunda and court. He STUN
bled on one of the steps leading to the
scatfold, but recovered himself immediately.
When he began to read, his voice was loud
and firm. He gave his words now and then
a sort of singing infection, like preacher
reading hymn.
The certificate of death, which the war
den Is required, according to the terms of
the death warrant to file
with the clerk of the court
recites that the signers were present at the
execution of Charles J. Guiteau, and that
he was hanged by the neck until he was
dead. The jurors were ". S Larner B.
r. Gaines, Harry 2. Goodwin, John Cough
lin, S. D. Newcomb, Chas. L. Murray, Ed
ward Hudson, s. E. Lewis, FL. L West,
Stanley Gardner and G. H Plant, ir., all of
whom are newspaper men. Mrs. Scoville,
after waiting upon the outside of the jail
until after the execution took place, decided
not to view the remains this afternoon, and
about O'Clock returned to the city.
While the autopsy was in progress, War
den Crocker said to a reporter that the man
ner and place of Guiteau's burial had not
yet been determined upon. The body, he
said, would remain i'll Jail tonight.
DR.. Hicks, who left the jail soon after the
hanging, will return in the morning, and
then the question of interment will be set
tied.
John Guiteau when asked if the relatives
would not ultimately remove the body, said:
Il don't want to say what we will do, for if
do, we will not be able to protect it. If
the body is taken away nobody will know it
at the tme at least"
Charles I'll. Reed, Guiteau's counsel, did
not witness the execution. He said he could
not stand it, and intended to leave the city.
1t is not known whether Scovile is in
town Or not. Jno. 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.
s. believe he was insane" said John Gui
teau. II predicted Just what would hap
pen-that he would go bravely to
the gallows. The trial was
farce, and to-day an insane man
was executed. Whether he is insane before
God, do not know; still L believe if he
was to be tried again he would be convicted.
1t was not question for the jury"
At half past two o'clock DIR. f. B. Lor-
ing concluded his examination of the eyes
of the dead man. Both eyes were SO in
distinct that no opinion could be formed of
their condition or expression. The physi-
clans who performed the autopsy were Drs.
T. Sauers. In addition to these
physicians there were present Drs Noble.
Young, Robert Reyburn, A E. Macdonald,
John Elliot. S. A. H McKim, P. j. Muir
ply, Chas. II. Nichols, Surgeon General
Barnes, of the Army, Surgeon General
Wales, of the Navy, Drs W. W. Gooding.
A. III. Wilmer and Clark, E. Patterson. of
St. Elizabeth's Asylum, Drs. D. c. Patter-
son, coroner of the District, c. F. Klein
schmidt, j. r. Hagner and Drs. BirdsaIl
and Parish. John w. Guiteau and DR..
Hicks were present for short time but left
before the conclusion. Close examination of
the body showed that Guiteau's neck was
broken, and that the rope had cut deeply
into the flesh of his neck. There was a
disposition on the part of some of those
present to get mementoes of the occasion at
any cost. The jail officers took the rope
from the galiows and secreted it as soon as
the moose was removed from the dead mans
neck.
DR.. Hicks said, when asked about the
burial, that he did not want to say where
the body would be inferred. The funeral
such as 1t will be, will take place tomorrow,
and will be as private as possible
At a quarter past o'clock the military
guard that has been on duty at the Jail ever
since the End of July last marched away.
They were loudly cheered as they left.
DIR. Bliss and his son arrived at the Jail 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 dissected
The operations of the three surgeons en-
gagged in the autopsy were watched with the
greatest interest by others who crowded
about the tables.
After the examination of the
eyes the brain vas removed.
an inspected Then the body was cut
open and thorous and complete examina-
ton made with view of determining all
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in connection with the case. The brain was
found to be in a normal condition and
weighed 49 ounces; the heart weighed a
little over nine ounces and was in healthy
condition, as were all other internal organs.
At 2:55 the autopsy was adjourned until
this evening, when the brain will be taken
to the Government Medical Museum on 10th
street, where a more minute and critical
examination will be made of it.
The physicians were disinclined to go
into the details in regard to the results thus
far reached. DIR. Hartigan left the jail
soon after fonr o'clock, taking with him
Gsliteau's brain.
DR.. Godding, who has maintained that
Iuiteau was insane, said when asked what
he result of the autopsy was, 81 have
lothing to say now"
A bystander replied $50 the uneducated,
ION expert public thought at the time of
he other autopsy"
ALI the physicians agree that there were
ymphae IN the brain and hardening of the
iura mater. None of them care to express
positive opinion until after the examina-
ion has been completed. Dr. Bliss said
hat there were many points showing good |
healthy mental and physical development
The peculiar action on the kidneys and |
urinary organs of asparagus is frequently
the season. Prof. Benton
recent. proved in the case of Emperor
William and others that in combination with
malt aid quinine it is an absolute specific
for diea, es of the liver, kidneys and urinary
organ. His method has been adopted by
the Malt Bitters Company, and this great
German food is now composed of malt,
Hop quinine bark and asparagus -Meni-
cal lines.
PIlNlFS EVE MHTER