The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-07-01

! am going to the LOrdy.
Glory hallelujah, glory h"Ileluiah!
wonder what l will see
When ! get TO the LordyF
expect TO see splendid things
beyond all earthly conception
When I am with the Lordy,
Glory hallcluIah,
Raising his voice to the highest
pitch he could command
Glory halleluiohi
am with the Lord!
This closed the chant.
Rev. Mr.. Hicks then gave Guiteau
his final %benediction and farewell,
saying:
God the Father be with thee and
give the peace for evermore."
The attendants then pinioned his legs
and carefully adjusted the moose about
his neck. Mr.. Stone placed the black
cap over his head and as he did so
Guiteau called out in loud tones:
"Glory, glory, glory"
Instantly the trap vas sprung and
the body turned partly around, but
there was not the slightest pereeptible
motion Of the limbs.
When the drop fell a yell was sent up
by some persons inside the Jail. This
was re-echoed outside by a thousand or
more people, who hurrahed Justify.
There was a general onslaught by the
populace upon the Jail doors, and the
officers were unable to withstand it and
hundreds of people crowded into the
office.
For at least 4 seconds after the drop
fell the body hung motionless and then
there was a slight motion of the shoul-
ders and legs, due to muscular con-
traction. Three minutes after the drop
fell the body was lowered to be exam
ined by the physicians. There was a
decided action of the heart for IA min
utes, and the pulse tluttered . minutes
longer. When the body had hung with
the feet just touching the ground over
half an hour it was lowered into the
coffin which was waiting for it under
the scaffold. The physicians decided
the neck broken. When the body was
lowered the black cap was removed and
1.-THE face exposed. The features were
| pallid, and composed about the mouth.
After the body had been arranged in
| the coffin, Warden Crocker assembled
the steps of the sca1fold, and address
ing the crowd, said, Those who de.
sired could view the body" Then the
| crowd of spectators were formed into 4
line, and passing between the scatfOld
and the wall of the jill, viewed the re
mains. some of the Jail officers, two
or three of the physicians, and DR.
Hicks stood about the colin. John w
Guiteau Joined this company and famed
his dead brothers face to keep away
the flies. John w. Guiteau did not Sc
on the scaffOld but stood during the
scene Just within the line Of officers al
the bottom Of the steps when liberty
was given to the crowd to view the
body.
At the autopsy which WAS held in The
afternoon, the operations of the tire,
surgeons engaged in the work, wa
watched with the greatest Of interest b.
other medical gentlemen who crowded
about the table. After the examination
the eyes and brain were removed ant
inspected by DR.. y. i. Loring VIII
found the left eye completely sutficcC
with blood, and both eyes so indistinc
that no opinion Il he formed of thei
condition or expression. Then tn
body Was cut open and 4 thorough
examination made with Il view 0
determining all the physiological fact
that could be of interest in COnnectio
with the case. The brain was found t
he in a normal condition and weighe
10 ounces. The heart weighed Il it'll
ever nine ounces, in healthy Conditio
as were other internal organs. Dl
MCWilliams, the first physician to leay
the room where the autopsy was helt
said there was nothing as far AS h
could see about the brain that wa
abnormal.