The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-06-29
Ghitean Near Death.


he appears to be not different from the
man who planned the murder aiid
took such pains to be carried direct to
Jail to escape bodily harm. Physically
he is improved in flesh and health and
in all probability the assassin will
carry to the gallows one of the best
constitutions in Washington. He eats
and sleeps well, as he has always done.
There is no raving, no special ner-
vousness, no remorse. All the stories
about dreadful dreams, apparltions, re-
grets, etc., are pure inventions. Were
a new trial to be ordered he would, in
all probability, go into court to re-en-
act the scenes of egotism, heartlessness,
audacity and buffoonery which marked
he varied from his first theory of the
assassination, and not all incident or
word can be pointed to as showing a
loss of preselice of mind. Othello's
dictum that Outlines will speak
though tongues were out of use,"
seems to be contradictcd i'm this case.
There is talk enough, but no variation.
An application was made to the
President for u respite or pardon. He
referred it to the Attorney General and
Cabinet. On the 2ith the Cabinet deci-
ded not to interfere with the sentence.
a dispatch says:
The Attorney General instructed the
marshal of the district and warden of
the Jail to keep the prisoner in strict
confinement, and ALLOW no one to see
him except his spiritual advisers, ply
sicians and officers of the Jail.
The Rev. Hicks, when informed of
the Cabinets decision, drove to the
Jail and informed Guiteau. Guiteau
sent the followin z to Hicks: "Go and
see Arthur, and shake your fist in his
face. Tell him made him President
by my inspiration, and he must give
me unconditional pardon, and if he
does not, God Almighty will blast
him forever! / tell you, brother Hicks,
] am Gods man aud God takes care of
His own"
GUITEAU TO SPEAK FROM THE GAIL
LOWS.
Guiteau does not propose to lose any
opportunities and has already pre-
pared his gallows speech. 1t is of con-
siderable length and a gentlemen to
whom it has been submitted pronounce
it an extraordinary production. 1t
is of the same general character as the
rrothy declarations which the prisoner
has made at various stages of his case.
He expects to deliver it with good
courage before the fatal moment and
is so anxious that it should be given
accurately to the press that he has had
copies made for the press agencies.
John w. Guiteau, speaking of the con-
duct of his brother upon the gallows,
said tonight He will go upon the
gallows with all the courage of hero,
and deliver his speech as if all the
world could hear. He will not do a
cowardly thing, and will hold up
manfully to the last" 1t was eX-
pected that John Guiteau would at
tend his brother tu the gallowe, but
this is not sure.
A new complication in the case was
created this afternoon by the uneX-
pected arrival of Mrs. Scovile, who is
reported by her husband at Chicago
as lost. Mrs. Scovllle has arrived here,
stops at remote and obscure boarding
house, and for the first time in the
history of the family seems to have
taken pains to keep secret the fact of
her presence in the city. Her where
ahOuts, however, had been discovered
and to person who approached her,
not in the person of an interviewer,
she had only to tell the old story. She
thinks it great injustice that her
brother should be hanged, and has
brouhgt with her petition signed, she
says by 500 persons, which she insists
shall be presented to the President.
WANT TO SEE THE HANGING.
There are being received at the Jail a
large number of applications for adj
mission to the execution, many of them
from distance. There are hundreds
of people who imagine that Guiteau's
execution will be practically u public
one. The Marshal himself, in speak
ing of the matter, says that those who
have no business at the Jail will not be
admitted to the execution. The ar
rangements are not entirely made, but
it is certain that no one but a limited
number of people will be admitted.
Mr.. Asa Mather, of Cleveland, arrived
here last night with his patent scaffold
a machine of which he is proud, on
account of its elegant workmanship
and fine appearance. The machine
has already been used, having been
| put to a good purpose in the hanging
of young man named Callahan, al
Wooster, Ohio, last year. Mather has
for some time been writing to the Jail
and local authorities here, urging
them to use his machine, AS he desires
to present it afterwards to the Western
Reserve Historical Society at Cleve
land. He saw Marshal Henry to-day,
who told him it would be utterly i'm.
possible to secure the use of his gal
lows as the Jail authorities had already