Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-07-08


down, watched the process curiouslv
Strong is an adept at the business,
and madennmistakes.
The :tssasSin's legs were securely
bound, and Strong took hold of the
dangling laoosa7 and Il adjnstedg il
around Gditea,fs neck. As be
slipped tile knot close up against
the white flesh, the slightest possible
SILVER passed over Guiicaus frame
and he seemed to shrink 4 little.
He compressed his lips nervously,
and was himself again. The old
contcmptuons look, the look Of baf-.
fled malice and hatred with which
those who attended his trial became
familiaa returned to his face, antl
the snakS ,stcely glitter to his eyes,
while he ascemedsto have neryed b i'm.
self to his doom.
Not word of prayer passed his
lips, not sigh of centritiou did he
emit.
Very deity Strong produced and
placed = black cap on the assassin S
head.
Guiteau flinched. s
Now the last glimpse was had Of
the living Gmteau. He stood with
tightly compressed lips and closed
eyes, and then the dark cowl shut
his face from view. 1t was exactly
l2;42 when the cap was put on. DIR.
Hicks, with blanched face, STOPPING.
knclt on one knee md began his
prayer for the dying. He was barely
noticed
AL! eyes were on Guiteau and the
Warden. BY arrangement with the
latter, Guitean had determined on a
signal when he would bc ready.
For the one minute in which he
stood ready for the drop, absolute
silence prevailed
Then Guiteau's voice was heard
from under the cap: ~ am going
to the Lord, glory. glory! glory"
He dropped a piece of paper from
has hand-the prcconcerted signal
ard distinctly said: "Ready."
An instant after Crockers hand
kerchief was thrown behind him, as
a signal to the concealed individual,
who operated the drop, and stimuli
taneously came the snap Of the bolt
withdrawn from under the trap, the
thud of the weight on the sand BAG
as the drop fell, and the assassin's
body darted through the gaping
hole and brought up with n short
jerk at the end OF the rope, six feet
below.
AS The noise Of the falling trap re-
verberatcd through the corridors, there
arose loud cheer from the prisoners
in their cells #fBs8|
When the drop fell yell was sent
up by some persons inside the jail.
This was re-echoed outside by thou
sand or more people who hurrahed
Justify, and there was general on
slaught by the populace upon the
jail-door. The officers were unable
to withstand it, and hundreds Of poo
pie crowded into the office and made
considerable noise.
In falling Guiteau's neck was not
broken, although there was slight
displacement Of the bones Of the
spinal column.
For at least forty seconds after the
drop fell, the body hung motionless.
Then there was n slight motion of
the shoulders due to muscular con-
traction.
The drop fell at 1913, exactly, and
at l2:1, there was drawing up of
the limbs and a sl,udacr which was
the last preceptible evidence of the
presence of life. But the physicians
who gathered about the swaying
body and felt of the pulse and listen
eel for the heart beats, say that the
pulsation Of the heart was distinctly
noticeable for seven to nine minutes
after the drop fell.
1t l2:55 the body was lowered a
little and the arms and legs unpinion-
ed, while half dozen physicians
gathered about, and i'll turns listened
for the pulsations Of the heart and
counted the pulse beats.
At LIS the doctors pronounced
life extinct-the body then having