New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-02
THE LAST SCENE OF ALL.
GUITEAU BURIED IN THE JAIL.
HIS BROTHER AND SISTER PREsENT-NorEs ABOUT
TIE EXECUHON.
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THE EXECUTION.
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WASHINGTON, July 1.-The funeral services over
the body of Guiteau took place at the JAN
this afternoon The body had lain over
night in the chapel. resting in
plain wooden coffin. The services were
very brief and informal. The Rev. DR.. Hicks made
n short prayer and read few passages from the
burial service. John W. Guiteau, Mrs. Scoyllle
with her little daughter and Miss Chevaillier were
present. Mrs Scoville was in deep mourning. Most
of the other persons in attendance were oincials
of the Jail. At the close of the ex-
ercses the two women and the little
girl remained in the chapel and the body was
carried down stairs into the jail where it was
buried under the pavement in a spot which General
Crocker prefers shall not be known. All the prepa-
rations had been made and the body was lowered
into the grave in little more than quarter
of an hour after the services began Mrs scoVlne
had with her the cross and crown winch sne
brought to the jail yesterday, aud carried them
away after the ceremony.
Dr. Hicks said after the funeral that the
reports of Guiteaus display of weakness yes'eI-
day morning before the execution were exaggerated
He saws that he did not actually faint, although nc
showed a good deal of emotion at times. when lie
went to Guiteau in the morning. he found that
large number of little things in relation TO letters
etc. remained to be done. He therefore set TO WORK
with Guiteau to dispose of them After time'
fearing that the mans strength would be
exhausted he induced him to dismiss all these mat
ters from his mind and lie down Guiteau's out
break of crying shortly before he started Tor tne
galows grew out of his request that DIR. HICKS
should read the "poem" to hlm just as he wouid
read it in public DR.. Hicks said he read
il the best he could and Gulteau CRED
He said then Il feel am going to show emotion on
the scahold, and want you to promise to write IL
down in the record that il will be eshy weakness
and that | don't weaken on the main issue"
The "record" is the term Guiteau has
ALWAYS applied to the journal DIR.
Hicks has been keeping of his utterances
and acts When they together on the scahoid
and Guiteau was Historically sobbing and leaning
over toward Dr. Hicks so that his head almost
touched tine Doctors shoulder, DR.. Hicks SAID In
low tone: Brave up. Brave up. Brave up" Uu'eaUs
response was: Dont forget the record" showing now
strong the desire of being written down rightly
from his point of vIew was even in that awful mo-
ment The paper which Guiteau lung from ms
hand as SIGNAL for the drop TO fall was not the
p1pcr which had been given hm by WARDEN
Croker that he had slipped in his WalS1t1coat.
inst before the moment arrived he SAID to Dr HICKS
"a have lost the paper" evidently having lorgo.tt
ten that he put it in his wastcoat l9r. HICKS PuO
i'm his fingers his hands being tied behind MS paGk,
the manuscript of the invocation with WHICH hae he
lDr. Hicks mad opened the exercises Iom
npon ST9 Nbii him, he added in low tone, Fare
welIp and Guteau responded steadily, rare
WELL" and moment after gave the signal lor tie
An expression attributed to Charles II. Reed IN
some of the dispatches does DR.. Hicks injustice.
Mr. Reed states that Gulteau ton MIN trii tiia'
he had not sert for Doctor Hicks,
Dr. Hicks has in his possession a note written oy
General CrockePs direction, asking hlm TO come
his name was suggested TO Guiteau by General
Crocker. r c;.,,
which he prefers to state III his own way anu t nls
own time lie believes that Gui'eau was p sincere
fanatic but does not be ieve that he was Insane