Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-01
VENGEANCE.
GUITEAU HANGED.
Death instantaneous.
THE ASSASSIN'S LAST HOURS.
FAITHFUL TO his ROLE.
Reading a Poem on the
GaIIOWS.
Scenes in the Jail and at the
SCaffOId.
RESULTS OF THE AUTOPSY.
The Brain Normal The Body
Healthy.
| THE STORY OF The CRIME.
The Tragedy---The Victims
Suffering and Death---
The Murderer's
Trial.
The Brain Normal Body
Healthy.
The STORY OF THE CRIME
The TFagedy-.-The Victims
Suffering and Death---
The Murderer'S
Trial.
From our Special Correspondent..

WASHINGTON, June 3O.-Guiteau has ex-
! plated his crime. He was hung to-day in
the jail of the District of Columbia, the
/ drop falling at thirty-nine minutes past
| u. The assassin met his death in broken
! down condition. He ate a hearty break
! fast and partook OF a hearty dinner at IL
O'Clock. Shortly after his dinner he broke
down and began to cry and sob. His at
tendants braced him up. When the time
came for him to walk to his death he
WIS entirely composed.
He went across the rotunda of the jail to
| the opposite side, where he was 20 be hung
with steady tread. He looked pale, but
was calm and collected. With arms pinion-
ed, he strobe to the gsllOws and
up its steps he went with firm tread. On
the second step from the top he stumbled,
but was supported by the attendants. He
Immediately, withouG any direction, took
his place right over the drop. He stood
| there for moment looming ~t +he
| two hundred md fifty people who possessed
passes to see him hung. He had in his
hand piece Of white paper, which, when
dropped, was to be the slgnsl for the man
out OF sight to spring the trap. With
grim voice and with faultless elocution
Guteau read verses from 81. Matthew, the
burden of which was, ''you may kill the
body but not the soul"
The Bible from which he read was held
before him by DR.. Hicks Then, in
equally as clear voice, the
&c hot ha oa1IaH
"Mv Dying Prayer on the Gallows." Dr.
Hicks held the copy before him to read. 1t,
as also the poem, was written in Guiteau's
bold, large hand. On finishing the prayer,
the assassin said that he had composed a
a poem this morning. which he would read.
It was doggerel, Of course. The idea of the
pOeT0, Gu'teau said, was that OF child bah
bling to his mamma. The reading of this
so-called poem was not very sue
cessful. Guiteau broke down
and could not finish it intelligentlY. He
simply sobbed It. He could not talk intellI-
gently. Before he had finished he was COM
pleteIy broken down. When he got through,
DR.. Hicks leaned upsn the railing Of the
scaffold and commenced to pray. Before
be had said a half dozen words Guiteau
| dropped the piece OF paper which he held
in his hand The signal was Immediately
recognized. The drop was sprung,
and the body was swaYing In
the air. 'Che neck was not entirely dislo-
Gated. bat it was a very good execution.
The mt lrtierer drew his legs half up three
times and then hung as II lead were at
tachf,d to him. AS he dropped the prisoners
IN tie adjoining cells set UP hurrsh, which
IVES taken up and echoed and re-echoed by
! the crowd of about thousand people out
| siF.e.
The only member of his family who
| witnessed the execution was his brother,
/ Jno. W. Guiteau. The brother took things
very complacently and quietly. He stood
near the foot of the steps leading to
the scaffold, and showed no emotion
whatever. He saw his brother swung into
eternity without moving a muscle. After
swinging in the afr for about twenty min
utes the body was taken down, placed in
plain coffin and carried to the chapel of the
Jail. There an autopsy was performed. II
medical science is to be trusted, of which
tf1urls Is gTare- doubt Gutte~~'s beSy
| showed by the autopsy that he was per-
fectly normal, and that his brain was not
affected. Tonight, In the northeast corner
of the Jail. near the scSffold upon which be
was hung, Guiteau was buried IN plain
deal box. The spot will be marked by
simple stone with the name, age and date
/ Of death upon it. So ends It all.