The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-07-08
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the van at the court house during his
trial. While this was a funeral march
it was quick time. A very few sec
onds were consumed in getting across
the space i'll the rotunda. The mob
closed rapidly in upon him. There
was half frantic rush of the spec
tators and correspondents to Get in at
the death. Your correspondent, being
near the entrance, had full view of the
condemned as he
AsCENDED THE SCAFFOLD.
The sight of the death dealing machine
did not seem to affect him in the least.
His step was not less firm or his head
less erect. He marched UP the fifteen
steps without tagging, and rather
proudly than otherwise, but when
near the top he stumbled; he might
have fallen but for the quick assistance
OF the guards. 1t was plainly not
from any weakness, however. for he
recovered himself, and half smiling as
he stepped briskly upon the trap. If
Guiteau trembled or was frightened it
was not visible. He calmly SURVEYED
the crowd below, glanced upward at
the rays Of light shooting in from
above as if he would get one more
glimpse of the loyeliness of earth, then
grimly awaited his fate. At the ex-
ample Of Warden Crocker everyone in
the corridor took off his hat. Then
the officiating clergyman stepped
little closer to Guiteau and read the
following touching and simple prayer
from manuscript:
Father, out of the depths we cry to thee. Hear
thou our Suppljcation for the sake of Jesus Christ
the saviour, who has made fun Precipitation for
us. Behold this thy servant We humbIv prov
thou wilt deliver him at this supreme moment Of
his lie: Let thy light descend upon him Lib
crate ms soul from prison. May he appear before
!ou absolycd by thy great mercy from the blood
guliuncss brought upon him and us. God have
oi God, that takest away the sins of the world,
nave mercy on us. Amen and amen.
Mr.. Hicks then opened the Bible
and held it high up before the face Of
the condemned man. The latter be-
gan reading aloud from Matthew, 9th
chap. 2Sth to 41st verse. Guiteau
was a splendid reader and his voice
was so steady and clear. As the tones
Of the reader rose and fell in delicious
cadence his head and body gave all
the emphasis Of graceful gesture.
When the condemned had closed his
gospel reading Mr. Hicks unfolded
GUITEAUs dying PRAYER ON THE
GALLONS"
as he himself termed it. 1t was writ
EN- on foolscap and was held before
him by the preacher who shifted the
pages as the man read:
isbed the worf thou e g3Ss iR nq Ii haYg
only too happy to go to thee. The world does not
yet appreciate my mission by thou knowest it,
Thou knOwest thou did inspire Garfeld's remoy-
al and only good has come from it. This is the
best evidence that the inspiration came from
thee. and have set il forth in my book that all
men may read and may know that thou Father
didst the act for which | am murdered This
government and nation 10y this act | know will
incur thy eternal enmity, rs did the Jews by kill
ing thy man, my Saviour. The retribution in that
case came quick and sharp. and l know thy di-
YlEe law OF retnbuuOn VIII strike this nation and
my murderers in the same way. The diabOlicaI
spirit OF this nation, Its government and its news
papers toward me viii Justify thee in curSing
them, and know that the divine law of retribu-
ton is inexorable. l therefore predict that this
nation viii go down in blood and nv murderprs
from the executive to the hangman, will go to
hell. Thy laws are iuexOrable, OH thou Supreme
Judge. Woe unto men that violate thy laws only
weeping and gnashing of teeth awaits theml The
American press has a large bin to settle with
thee. righteous father for their yindictiveuess 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 a cow
ard and an migrate. His ingrattudc to the man
that made him and saved his party and land
fsF1 4st4Yf flrf.rE
thou, righteous Father, viii Judge him Father
thou knOWcSt me- and now 90 to thee and the
Saviour without the slightest il-win toward a
human being. Farewell, ye men Of earth"
The reading Of this was accompam-
ed by a different state Of feeling on
the part Of the condemned assassin.
When he got to his advice to the Lord
to curse those who he had pronounced
his murderers, he rose on his toes and
hel ped the curse along with great
emphasis. "Woe unto the men who
violate thy laws. Only weeping and
gnashing of teeth await them" Wheth-
er he happened to think it was appli-
cable to himself and his present CON
dition on the gallows or not, he broke
down with weeping and wavered for
the first time; but it was when he read
or tired to read his original poem"
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nr00f Iiferqtu turn introdncad hv M.
o mn O''"NN' ~ ~
Hicks quoting "E,XcpDt We become aS
I;41 L;TI
kingdom Of heaven" 'The so-called
poem i ao iolIoNS'
lam ooir, to tho rordv