Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-06-30
GUITEAU GONE.
The Assassin of President Garfield Hanged
at WashingIon-The Last Act OF
q GhastIy Tragedy.


q CHASTITY Tragedy.
GUJTEAUS DEATH INSTANTANEOUS
His Neck Broken by tho Fall-Cheers From
the CrOwd-Singular scenes At
tending the Execution.
us. JAIL, WASHINGTON, u. c., Jun
80, 9:45 a. m.-Guiteau was very restles
during most of the latter part of the night
not sleeping more than 20 minutes at
time. Towards morning he fell into ;
sounder sleep from sheer exhaustation
He arose few minutes after o'clock ant
breakfasted heartily at 6:3O-eating steak
eggs: potatoes and other breakfast dishes
When the cook took his breakfast in tn,
cell Guiteau told him to bring his dinne
at II O'Clock promptly.
Afraid Of Accident.
DIR. Hicks, who remained at the Jail al
night, was called into the prisoners eel
soon after he arose and held a conversa.
ton on religious subjects with him. At
O'Clock DR.. Hicks saw the prisoner again
when he made a request to have a bath,
and asked the reverend gentleman to &C
out and see the scaffold. Guiteau desired
him to arrange with the warden to have
the trap spring IS soon after 12 o'clock al
possible. He also expressed considerable
anxiety lest some accident should occur
and insisted that DR.. Hicks should see
that the scaffold and its appurtenances
were all in proper and safe condition.
Guiteau's Poem.
After Guiteau had disposed Of these
| matters, he read q poem composed by
himself, which he calls " Simplicity or,
| Religious Baby After reading it
aloud he attempted to sing it, but broke
down in the effort, which would have ap.
peared quite ridiculous il the occasion had
been less solemn. Guitesu then talked
for some time about his future. He re-
marked that his heart Was tender.
don't think, :" he said, 81 can go through
this great ordeal without weeping, not
because of any great weakness, for tho
principle in me is long, but because l am
nearer the other world. hold to the idea
that God inspired me-"
Arranging tho Details.
Guiteau subsequently asked that in his
books all COMPLIMENTARY remarks about
President Arthur a.isi his administration
be eliminated. Then he presented to DR..
Hicks the books that have been the CON-
panions of his lonely hours. He told DR..
Hicks that he wanted him to offer the first
prayer on the scaffold, saying that he
[Guiteau], would then read his favorite
scliptural passage, the 10th chapter of
John aud offer 4 prayer on his own &C.
count. Then he intended, he said, to
read his poem, Simplicity He desired
to have the execution SO arranged that
just as he uttered the last word the drop
should be sprung.
Mr.. John w. Guiteau arrived at tho Jail
at 0 o'clock, and was followed in a few
minutes by Warden Croker. These two
gentlemen with DR.. Hicks had a consul
tation as to the disposition of the body.
At Oils the prisoner came out into the cor
ridOr and exercised for Is minutes. He
walked very brisk'y, making it rather diff
ficult for his guard to keep pace with him.
Guiteau generally has taken his exercise
in shirt and drawers. This morning, how
ever, he wore pair of dark pants and
had 4 handkerchief tied loosely about his
neck.
The scene about the Jail this morning is
unique. The office of the Jail has been
given completely up to the large corps of
newspaper reporters and squad of them
are scribbling away on every table, win
dow sill and every projection that
offers rest for paper. Many
newspaper reporters remained all
night. The private Office Of tho warden
has been transformed temporarily into a
telegraph Office and before . o'clock eight
instruments were clicking a Merry accom-
paniment to tho gloomy prepara.
tions going on inside Of the Jail.
At 0 o'clock there was constant
stream Of persons coming to the Jail. The
scene outside was like that of scme great
gala occasion. Some cntcrprising colored
men had erected booths from which they
dispensed lemonade, cakes and other re-
freshments to the weary and thirsty peO-
pie who began before nine o'clock to as
semblc iii the road in front OF the Jail.
Mounted messengers speeding to and from
! the city and carriages bringing visitors t.
| the Jail kept continual cloud Of dust
hovering over the road that winds through
| the wide common that lies between the
Jail and the city.
He Takes a HATH.
At 1910 o'clock Guiteau expressed 4
desire to take a bath and large tub
| was taken into his cell. At this hour no
one save tho death watch was with him.
Guiteau nervously disro5ed and plunged
into the bath. 1t was quite apparent to
| the guard, who was watching his every
movement, that his object in asking for
the bath was simply to obtain some en-
ployment which might distract his
thoughts from the dread contempla-
tion Of his approaching death. He
| evinced increased nervousness and his
uncertain movements, distant manner and
a marked tremor in his tones when he at
tempted to speak, impressed the guard
with belief that he is rapidly weakening.
The opinion is expressed by some of the
Jail officials that lie will be unable to con.
troll his emotions when the dread moment
arrives, and even il he does not completely
break down and make a scene, that he will
be unable from nervous excitement to carry
out the programme upon tue scaffOld which
has been announced.
| 1915 A. N.-The rotunda was thrown
open at 10 o'clock, and tho newspaper
men at once flocked in. There were few
other men there excepting the Jail guards
and squad of artillery men. Early this
morning the prisoners in the part of the
Jail overlooking the court where the gal
lows stand we're all removed to other quar-
ters, and all tho prisoners were locked up
in their cells to prevent them seeing what
was transpiring.
RehcarslnG the Ghastly Tragedy.
At Q o'clock this morning the Jail officers
had a sort of rehearsal of the parts they
are to play in the execution for the pur
pose chiefly of testing the appliances Of
the gallows. A bag of sand weighing 100
pounds was rugged up and attached to the
moose. The trap was sprung by means Of
the trigger rope which was passed into one