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' ,1 Xhouid be addressed,
J. K. EcTILL,
Savannah, Ga.
l\ -t office in Savannah
■ i ri a , Mail Hatter.
( soßjia A Bairs.
, | , i!it y bts never had a better
: a crop then it enjoys
f the Fairburn Hotel, Mr.
l hrrf the victim of a midnight
The thief entered his
fcetbook and watch, and
. r- *l"** himself with the good
[times stored in the pantry.
surveying tbs road
r ,vi:v ari l Carter’s Quarter, in
■ a i will be put through
. , ; ,-oners confined in Whitfield
1 [UDTt til.
rt of Fulton county, after
.’ i; ! . .. 4 1. and convicting every defend-
J . rr.ed. with one exception, ad
! | - if rtbet rrn with the thanks of the
] ~> 4 tin i junty for its good work.
1 i,„. r Sve I, ,;es of -the railroad from Ool'.e
--j ah to Bed t lay. in Whitfield county, is now
iandre.i’t f r tne rails, and the entire
uib.'dwi'd be finished inn few weeks and
n k laying c inmenced. The road will be
Sislieii by the first of August,
isc lary f r young ladies, embracing in
I . • higher English branches,
athematics. rr:i- ; e and the languag-s. is to
is-ho ! in J.ff son county, much to
e celiglit f ti e citizens of the county.
Ibe dynamite basts being made by the
>rkn •:• on the iieorgla extension at Athens
i,. i trd at Lexington any even-
Ilhe :!i>tuiice between the two points is
he "i . r.v Manager of the Western Union
-graph Company has proposed to the citi-
Lof Lexington that if they would furnish
pu‘ up ti e posts tot rawford the company
lid furnish the w ire and instruments, and
• Lexington telegraphic communication
li tl rest r f the world. The citizens has
accepted (position, and in one day
;gb funds were raised to accomplish the
War > weather and goed seasuns have helped
,;t in DeKaib wry much of late.
There is a de.rth of water in Rome, which
eeity authorities say is caused by the ice
■ -ties n<i'ig so much. There ij also con
ieral e complaint that the supply of ice is
suPV -i,' rti - demands of the people.
Dodge county will e'ect Gubernatorial deie-
I ires f y. It i< believed that if the farmer*
fte >‘ing Bacon delegates will be
ti •(••.. 'u’j.i, in the town of Kastman Mr.
fepVns (ms a strong following.
■lr .fames Henson anc. his wife, while asleep
Kheirhome in Goldsboro, Pulaski county, on
■esday night last, were robbed by a thief who
■feed the dwelling. All the money in his
pocket was taken, and his watch,
upon the wall. The thief also car-
r l ‘ n Mr. H s tttt., wh’itii containfsi uome
luable papers, the remains of which were
nd burnt some distance from bouse on
road.
he corn crop of Decatur county is repre
nu.l as simply prodigious. Farmers sa,'
at they have made corn and pats enough
I 1 1 season to last two years. Cotton is not
y good and a full crop is not expected,
he fioo/y Depositor is anew j urnal which
I be published at Vienna. Dooly county, on
iabout the Whof August next, by Messrs.
.M r.ipne, of Itryun and E. L. Dancy, of
He cotton crop of Houston county bids fair
Bipen earlier this season than was ever
Hvn before, a'ai a ‘first bale” in July would
Ibe surprising.
lie returns of taxable property in I>aw3on
tho year amcnnts to $1,411,986, an in-
V<e of more than 0 over the returns of
■y ear. The number of polls is J 9 less than
1 year.
Jie s f > k. -•s. in Pike county goes into
Nation July Ist.
la v, r :.a *4 ly morning last, while the con
-I,’ :ra - i>peJ at He'.lton, Banks
nty. { r vote and water, a negro named
. .! 'hTisori. Who had beenergaged in filling
vni r ithwuod. jumped from the wood
I . eth ’rain was In motion and fell be
ta the cars, and v: s literally torn to pieces,
v : lent was the result ( of the stupid
•len*-ss of the victim. >
I. Hen' v mi ii klaini, Sr , one of the oldest
•ns f Can i betl county, and a Mason of
sta'.'M'g as buried at Fairlmm with
®ic hoar.r-, ha\ i,g died on Tuesday. The
-sol tue village were ail closed in honor
is memory.
- • hi.- iy the city police of Macon
i;e month ending June 17tli was 114, of
■aa were whites an 479 colored-5 white
sirs and ' colored females.
* Centra' Railroad car shops at Macon
: Uiilt at,; turned out two fine refrigerator
Dr Johns n £ Baxter, for transporting
"om their factory to points bn the road.
•'** thousand Macon people w ere vaccina
iurmg the recent smali-pox scare in Mid
".per Georgia.
I*o. B. Taliaferro, an old and highly es
*dcitizerK,f Loiuiubu?, died on Tuesday
uresidsnce in that city. He was a
by birth, but came to Geor
‘trr * a - oa °k Van and settled in Og’e-
D count- ile moved to Coweta countv
,rs Afhrw-aM and to Columbus in
tvas a farmer, and in Tatter years a
wnt, ur.ti) a year ago, when his
' tip business. He was
l i-f? ?~:‘ofr-citTanrr:K,
Hew born \ a , w? s found near Warm
R 5Iw!WKtlPi rotinty, in a corner
<,f an old gentleman named
frburke The e urrenc® created a west
li>i anion.' the quiet folk of Wan,,
**• li v.a Kite child, and no clue tiK
ihi’.mar: farpE’s could be obtained
if quanta i: • :.e place of the present
n stmetare ,t er ill be ornamented with
•n* o .-ram:;- obtained from the quar
tne hoe if the company’s rotd.
TV’!' 3 * " •- Kr ” matin? a raid on Ccm
l are bavin? a jnllv lime.
. .i ' * ' opinion of tbit seaside
'i. >* a creat place. The
uniij’alel iq e bathing fine, musqub
aD l ° n the iDlan ’ l and
, ar . * f b - r “ is nrt„niileent scenery.
tri- 6 nf°?' 3, ac wben the boat is run
top! aw w ,n r rrpay a t(ln d , yg
Jtnertormeu or ladies, than Cutnber
annc.i c’s the
t, r < r:; e lte p burlet. which took
® . ,e a- nin o’clock on Thurs-
V lUr ' yf: “ Ca P- Butler was a
arl w ® believe
ayjL f “ nd t r ''? h *he iuncs ruying
■S *n/ i,’ *i. hlch be DeTer entirely re
4-m?rn, h ‘ Ctl V roba "‘y superinduced
•P ' i wit ch suite iin
iinulf. r th * "ar Capt Butler de
F4 . lVj : ‘ „- r ‘ ! ’ 1 *cial pursuits, and for
*j n ,! Cashier of the vreorpia
** ver >' Position to v. hieja he
<ir - ‘ and capacity.
( was ab< ut thirty
*o Carolina
IT. ' ' se.enty-five convicts
* ,: truste. who baR *con
'Sk*’s t u a Jl na3 ' Va,fe y Bailrotd
"•* distance,' t Abbeville county, to An
,a, • f ~. ne * 0 ' venty seven mile. Too
Z a is *'** *t*onth
- '6lm *?, the in
ull T r .' ,id company h a *e
VtioXrbe !ay tte CM ?
Vtt .orv' XT ns 5 *‘B
ta canrl’W - la P di i “* T °? °° tb
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J. 11. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
arm, drawing it out, and struck him over the
head with it The negro dropped his wood,
drew his knife, and commenced cutting Taylor.
Tailor exiled for help, end it was with great
difficulty that the negro could be pulled off
of him. IVfcen f hey wee separated the negre
* scaped. An < xarmnation of the body of Tuv
lor showed that h- was stabbed in a number of
places on his left side near the abdomen and
in several places at and near the back of the
neck, while the large muscle of his right arm
was cut in two. His condition was considered
very critical, it being thought that he would
die.”
Florida Affairs.
The hens of Jefferson county are doing well
this season. Five hundred doz?n eggs were
shipped from Bailey’s Mill to Jacksonville last
Saturday.
Mr. William Hay, the recently appointed ca
det at West Point from Florida, stood a very
creditable examination, and has been admitted
to the academy.
The continued drought has nearly dried up
some of the deepest creeks in Alachua county.
The Catholic colony at Clear Lake will soon
be increased by the addition of seventy fami
lies.
A United Ftates soldier of the garrison at
Fort Brooke, Tampa, attempted to commit
suicide last Monday.
A company composed of Messrs. E. Bond,
Frank Bond, D. D. Hopkins. W. B. Richardson
and G. O. Fuik, of Willoughby, Lake county.O.,
is about erecting an extensive saw and planing
mill about two miles from DeLand. The mill
and necessary machinery is on the way and
will arrive in a few days.
Com has been sellirM in Monticello at fifty
cents a bushel.
Beventy-flve car loads of logs and timber
came into Jacksonville on the Florida Central
Railroad on Thursday.
Col. Heming's house, at Jacksonville, was
struck by lightning during the thunderstorm
on Thursday. The Colonel was sitting on the
piazxs writing, and was considerably shocked
by the bolt.
The real estate boom in Orange county con
tinues. much to the advantage of that section
of the State. One realesttle agent since the
13th of last April has sold 5130.000 worth of
property, mostly within five miles of Orlando.
Some choice bits of unimproved land in that
vicinity have brought as high as $153 per acre.
The municipal election at Ocaia took place
on Wednesday last, and resulted in the election
of Hon. 8. F. Marshall as Mayor, by five ma
jority over his opponen’, Edward Spencer.
The Monticello Constitution will suspend
publication next week in consonance with a
custom to take a week’s holiday during the
summer.
Mr. Frederick Robie, the Republican candi
date foF Governor in the State of Maine,
taught school in Madison before the war.
A Monticello barkeeper grossly insulted the
wife t f an engineer of the Florida Transit Rail
road a few days ago, while the husband of the
iady was absent at his duties. Knowledge of
the fact reaching the husband, he got leave of
absence and visited Monticello, and. armed
with a cowhide and pistol, sought ths would-be
destroyer of his happiness and proceeded to
give him a severe cowhiding. The barkeeper
showed fight, and was severely beaten over the
head with the pistol, the wounds inllicted being
probably of a mortal character.
Mr. J J. Ritter, who has in past years been
very successful on the hunt, succeeded in get
ting on the trail of a she bear a mile and a
half or two mi'es from Monticello. and after
his young dogs bad run it for half a mile, Mr.
Ritter Mieceedel in tumbling it over with his
rifls. nas a young bear, weighing, net, one
hundred sud twenty-five pounds, and iii good
condition for eating.
During the sudden thunder-storm on Satur
day night, a boat, containing Mr. M. T.
bank, of High Point, Ciimoerland, a son of
Mr. R. 8. Schuyler, the architect, and Clark,
the boatman, was capsized in Amelia river
near Read’s mill. The party had left here
fore the storm came up for Cumberland
Island, the home of Mr. Burbank Everything
tu the boat was lost, tnc'uding a lot of groce
ries, etc., belonging to Mr. Burbank, the total
aggregating over fifty dollars. The occupants
of the boat were rescued by the crew of the
small steamer Haroid, lying at Read's mill.
Aai eoiel to Iho i.lo ' nf T.llirsiia?
from liro.'ksvillesiys: “At ‘j o’clock this after
noon a row broke out at this place between
the negroes and whites, which resulted in the
killing of two members of the notorious Tur
ner gaug. Henry Turner and Jim Rube, and
wounding several others, ail negroes. One
white man was also slightly wounded. The
row ha i b*en brewing several daw. On Mon
day, Tuesday and W ednesday the negroes came
into tow n armed, and threatened to kill a num
ber of our citizens, and on Saturday night Jim
Turner knocked a white man down and beat
him terribly.”
Monticello Constitu'ion: “On Thursday eve
ning last we had a very severe rain storm in
this sectitn of country, accompanied by vivid
ightning and startling thunder. It resulted
very disastrously to Mr. Jacob Reichert, who
lives three or four miles from town Mr. Rei
chert, his wife and a son of Mrs. Reiehert by a
former husband, were in the house when the
rain commenced, and a wooden shutter sup
plying the place of a sash, Mrs. Reichert went
to the window to close the shutter, and failing
to unfasten it, her son jumped out the window
to assist her. Just as be went through the ap *
erturea itish of lightning struck the woman
dea l and shocked to insrusibility the husband
and son. tin reviving Mr Reichert jumped to
his feet, and discovered his wife’s clothing on
fire and put it out. Site was lying across the
window sill dead. Tne son was insensible in
the yard, but soon revived ”
3he Jacksonville District Conference of Vhe
M. E. Church South, heid at Orlando las' week,
took steps to place the J-'lvrida Methodist X a re
ligious paper published in Jacksonville, on a
firm nd permanent basis. They propose that
a joint stock company be organis’d, to be
known as “The Florida Meihodist Publishing
Association.” Shares are fixed at ten dollars
each, and the maximum fixed at one thousand
shares. As soon as one hundred shares are
taxen the publishers are to call a meeting of
the stockholders, who shall elect a Board of
Managers. Each stockholder is entitled to as
many votes as he has shares in the association,
which he may ca9t either in person or by
proxy. The entire manag-rnent and control
of the paper will be in the hands of the stock
holders, who will elect their own’Board of
Managers, editors, etc.
Florida Union: “ Yesterday morning Capt.
Craw ford, while towing out a vessel, picked
up, some distance from lan !, a bvard ab< ut
three inches wide by three feet long, upon one
end of which was tied a bottle filled with wtne,
while upon the other eud wa fastened an
other bo’tle filled with letters. Upon one side
of the board ws written: ‘Please mail the
letters and drink the wine. Officers U. 8. 8.
Tallapoosa, bound for Pi nsacoia, Fia. I lease
break the bottle, aDd mail er.closed letters.’
Upon the other side of the board was wricten:
‘U. 8. steamer Tallapoosa, at sea June 99, ’83,.
Weather flee.’ The bottle containing the le' -
ters was broken, and was found a) so
to contain the following note: ‘Vor
the Captain of the vessel taking our
messages home. w eare bour.d tor Penas cola,
Fla ; will coal at Key West and procsej with
cock as Boon as possible. We have a section
of the new dry dock for Pensacola. The Pow
hatan has another section Will the party
who takes tnis to mail please enter the name
of the vessel and commander or. one of the
P ster Dtters, and also on one of t,he letters to
Mrs. Reeves, and oblige the officer of the Tal
lapoosa. who will gladly reciprocate at any
time.’ ( aptaia Crawford sighted the Talla
pooea 4*. iko ditss4 sswrlMss
to be working smoothly. He returned to May
port in time to band the letters to Mr. Geo. L
Fox, the mail agent, who delivered them to
Colonel Jay upon arriving at the *sty, and they
were immediately forwarded North.”
LETTER FROM BULLOCH.
G*od Crop*-A Big Tims Antici
pated on ibe Pourth-X’olltical.
Statekh ao, Oa., June -JO.— Editor Morning
Fries: We o Mps section are at this time re
jo’cir.a le Ike qjj w condition of our crops,
which ere certa-Niv never better than they
are this year, and propitious -asoos for
two or three weeks our% rmerß w m sa f e .
Up to 1880 our people were noted for being
self sustaining, but two dry years, coupled
with the evils of using too n-vh "has
caused them to lose their formt- prestige: but
the signs now indicate that they art again on
the high road to prosperity.
Our village has improved coosidrabl% i n the
post two years—since the abolitiot of wh.,fcy
selling. We have a daily mall to No. 6 Cental
Railr ad. which places us in easy communica
tion with the outside world.
Our citizens will celebrate the Fouiti with a
big crowd, speeches, etc., as of old.
Our county, as you know. i solidlj Demo
catic, and consequently her political sky is
clear. Our people generally have no pirtieu
lar choice or candidates for the Governtrsnip:
whoever the convention nominates will have
our people’s support. B. A J.
I'be >lalleya Acquitted.
Boston. June SO. —The jury In the Ma!ley
case, at New Haven, retired about 4 p. m.,
e.nd remained out less than an hour, returr
mg a verdict of not guilty, and the accuied
were discharged,
Oli fnr a Summer Drive.
In hiring a horse, it is well to know the
animal beforehand. He may have tricks.
Rnmetlmes It happens that a gentleman ”?
,'r: 1- .. a pleasant, a: ternoon’s
dr CoiUfi -.AOk with hc • :!'•••
‘Bisetwea htdlv braced. M
.Ar.- H.w -o. --.r Lev Wo*, Male*, was
h (*ed ti; a : om. His eft* v* Ujru
an*, f' v. s tttuijk to bfufeei. For
-Wb‘ Ire a. I’*”-’
three with Icuri Davis’
ft' K r&4 c-4t‘r.'*y j-ored. no
,< e. ? n brti ’ ’f- . um a
-'Avii. ’‘iju Ki-i v ihtula ce
r • u 'd' r fvSkfb4.lv -no jiav any*
VENGEANCE.
GIITEAUHAffiED.
Death Instantaneous.
THE ASSASSIN'S LAST HOURS.
FiITBFUL TO HIS ROLE.
Reading a Poem on llie
(tallows.
Scenes in the Jail and at the
Scaffold.
RESULTS OF THE AUTOPSY.
The Brain Normal—The Body
Healthy.
THE STORY OF THE CRIME.
The Traffcdy—-The Victim’s
SulFeriiiß and Death—
The Murderer’s
Trial.
From Our Special Correspondent .-
Washington, June 30.—Guiteau has ex
piated hie crime. He was hung to-day In
. the jail of the District of Columbia, the
drop falling at thirty-nine minutes past
12. The assassin met his death in a broken
down condition. Ha ate a hearty break
fast and partook of a hearty dinner at 11
o’clock. Shortly after his dinner he broke
down and began to cry and eob. FID at
tendants braced him up. When the time
came for him to walk to his death he
Wf.s entirely composed.
He went across the rotunda of the jai! to
the opposite side, where he was ‘o be hung,
with a steady tread. He looked pate, but
was calm and collected. With arms pinion
ed, ho strode to the gallows and
up its steps he went wiih a firm tread. On
the second step from the top he stumbled,
but was supported by the attendants. He
immediately, without any direction, took
b!s place right over the drop. He stood
there fur n moment loowin^
two hundred ind fifty people who possessed
passes to see him huug. He had in his
hand a piece of white paper, which, when
dropped, was to be the s'.gnsl for the man
out of sight to spring the trap. With a
grim voice and wt h faultless elocution
Guiteau read verses from St. Matthew, the
burden of which was, “you may kill the
body hut not the soul.”
The Bible from which he read was held
befors him by Dr. Hicks. Then, in
eqti'illy iis clear a voice, the
assassin recited what he called
“Mv Dying Rrayer on the Gallows.” Dr,
Hicks held the copy before him to read. It,
as also the poem, was written in Guiteau’s
bold, large band. Oa finishing the prayer,
the assassin said that he bad composed a
a poem this morning, which he would read.
It was doggerel, of course. The idea of the
poMo, Gu'teau said, was that of a child bah
bli jg to his mamma. The reading of this
s'u-ealled poem was not very suc
cessful. Guiteau broke down
and could not finish it intelligently. He
simply sobbed it. He could not talk intelli
gently. Bitfore he had finished he was com
pletely broken down. When he got through,
Dr. Hicks leaned upn the railing of the
scaffold and commenced to pray. Before
be had said a half aczan 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. The ne,ek was not entirely dislo
cated, b’jt It wat a very good execution.
The mi j-derer drear his legs half up thiee
times and then hung as If lead were at
tached to him. As he dropped the prisoners
In tUe adjoining cells setup a hurrah, which
was tfiken up and echoed and re-echoed by
the •crowd of about a thousand people out
std.e.
The only member of his family who
witnessed the execution was hts brother,
Jao. 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 6wung into
eternity without moving a muscle. After
swinging in the air for about twenty min
utes the body was taken down, placed In a
plain coflSn and carried to the chapel of the
tail. There an autopsy was performed. If
medieai science is to be trusted, of which
firm; to KIOTO JooV*, OuHe-u’*
showed by the autopsy that he was per
fectly normal, and that hl6 brain was not
affected. To-night, in the northeast corner
of the jail, near the scaffold upon which he
was hung, Guiteau was buried In a plain
deal box. The spot will be marked by a
simple stone with the name, age and date
of death upon it. So ends it ail.
Ku the Associated Frets.
Washington,TJnitbd Btates Jail, June
30, 9:45 a. m.— Guiteau was very restless
during the most of the latter part of the
night, not sleeping more thftn twenty
miouiesat a time. Towards morning he
fell Into a sounder sleep from sheer exhaus
tion. He rose a few minutes after five, and
breakfasted heartily at 6:30.
When the cook took his breakfast into the
cell, Guiteau told him to bring his dinner in
at 11 o’clock promptly. Rev. Dr. Hicks,
who remained at the jail all night, was
call’d Into the prisoner’s cell soon after he
rose, *ud held a conversation on religious
subjects with him.
At 8 o’clock Dr. Hicks saw the prisoner
again, when Us made a request to have a
bath, and asked the reverend gentleman to
go out and see the scaffold, and desired him
to arrange with the Warden to have the
trap sprung as soon afttr 12 o’clock as pos
sible. He also expressed considerable anx
iety lest some accident should occur, and
insisted that Dr. Hicks should see that the
scaffold and it appurtenances were
ALL IN PROPER AND SAFE CONDITION.
After Guiteau had disposed of this matter
j ms ti a eot romponed 1 ” birr alch
She cat:*. S’rapLVin, or Itellglou* Bta-r
I Talk. i'tex mitftlhg * aloud he *“eul id
*ti .pit It. 1 ■ coke and wn !a the effort,
a ■ :.* wirtß 1 iivi pewreJ quite rldiculocD
and ,a*o o'" ' ‘‘sd b*eu lew
” alkt.l for sonw i
tl ,t s'ioml <! re®--rk#d that
heart wt- Ui,<i ” r - “1 ‘don’t Uriah ” k C( ,
s*W, “1 can gT M,r this enJcl wRUou •
VSB!
SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1882,
ness, for principle in me la strong, but be
cause lam nearer to the other world. I
hold to the idea that God inspired me.”
Guiteau subsequently asked that in his
books all the complimentary remarks about
President Arthur and his administration be
eliminated. Then he presented to Dr.
Hicks the books that have been the com
panion of his lonely hours. He told Dr.
Hicks that he wanted him to offer the first
prayer on the scaffold, saying that be
(Guiteau) would then read his favorite
scriptural passage, the 10 h chapter of
John, and offer prayer on hts own account'
then he Intended, he said, to read hts poem,
“Simplicity.” He desired to have the exe
cution so arranged that just as he uttered
the last word the drop should be sprung.
QUITE AC’S BROTHER AT THE J AIL. *
John W. Guiteau arrived at the jail at 9
o’clock and was followed In a few minutes
by Warden Crocker. These two gentlemen,
with Dr. Hicks, were In consultation as to
the (Reposition of the body.
TAKING HIS MORNING EXERCISE.
At 9:15 the prisoner came out Into the
corridor and exercised for fifteen minutes.
He walked very briskly, making It rather
difficult for bis guards to keep pace with
him. Guiteau generally has taken his ex
ercise In his shirt and drawers. This morn
ing, however, he wore a pair of dark pants
and had a handkerchief tied loosely about
his neck.
THE SCENE AT THE JAIL
The sceue about the jail this morning is
unique. The c ftice of the jail has been
given up completely to a large corps of
newspaper reporters, and a (quad
of them are scribbling away
on every table and window sill,
and every projection that offers a rest for
paper. Many newspaper reporters remained
all night. The private office of the Warden
has been transformed temporarily into a
telegraph office, and before 9 o’clock eight
instruments were clicking a merry accom
paniment to the gloomy preparations going
on inside the jail.
A STREAM OF VI3ITOR3
At nine o’clock there was a constant
stream of persons coming into the jail. The
scene outside was like that of some
great gala occasion. Some enterprising
colored men had erected booths,
Dom which they dispersed lemonade, cakes
and other refreshments to the weary and
thirsty people, who began before 9 o’clock
to assemble In the road in front of the jail.
Mounted messengers speeding to and
from the city and carriages bringing
visitors to the jai’, kept up
continual clouds of dust, covering
over the road that winds through the wide
common that lies between the j til and the
city. At 10:10 o'clock Guiteau expressed a
desire to take a bath, and a large tub was
taken into bis cell. At this hour no one
save the “death watch” was with him.
THE I‘RISONER TAKES A HATH.
Guiteau nervously disrobed and plunged
Into the ba*b. It was quite apparent to the
guard, who was closely watching his every
movement, that his object in aeklDg for a
bath was simply to obtain some employment
which might distract his thoughts from
the dread contemplation of his approaching
death. He evinced increased nervousnesp,
and his uncertain movements,distrait manner
and marked tremor in bis tones when h
,mcuj|)icu lu luiprets (1 the guard
with the belief that he was rapidly weaken
ing.
The opinion is expressed by seme of the
jail officials that he will be unable to control
his emotions when the dread moment ar
rives, and even if he does not completely
break down, and make a scene, that he will
be unable, from nervous excitement, to
carry out the programme upon the scaffold
which he has announced.
THE ROTUNDA THROWN OPEN.
10:45 a m —The rotunda was thrown open
at ten o’clock, and the newspaper men
Hocked In. There were few others there
except the jail guards and a squad of artil
lerymen. Eirly this morning the prisoners
in the part of the jail overlooking the court
where the gallows stands were all removed
to other quarters Seventy policemen are
posted along the roadway outside the build
ing. In addition to the jail guard, all
the available men of Battery C, Uni
ted States Artillery, are on duly
inside the jail. Shortly before 11 o'clock
Guiteau called for paper, and for twenty
minutes engaged In copying what he calls
“his prayer upon the scaffold." At 11
o’clock Mrs. Scovllle arrived and besought
admission. She was laboring under great
exclt( ment.
John W. Guiteau went out to see her, and
persuaded her to make no further attempt
to gain admission.
11:35a. m.—While Dr. Hicks was in the
cell at 11 o’clock, Guiteau made some re
quests as to the execution, and having
made copies of his “Ls6t Prayer,” a
poem and other writings, tore up the origi
nal. He had his boots blacked, and as the
doctor was leaving the cell his dinner was
brought lu, and Guiteau ate It with much
relish.
When Dr. Hicks came out of the cell he
said the prisoner had not the slightest fear.
“We have had a pleasant religious talk.
He feels now that his preparation Is finish
ed, and he la ready for the la6t formality.
He commits himself to God with
the utmost confi fence. I think
he will show some emotion because
the nervous strain Is so great.”
THE DEATH WARRANT READ TO GUITEAU.
Bulletin, 12:05 p. m —At five minutes
past 12 o’clock General Crocker read the
death warrant to the prisoner in his cell.
The only persons present were General
Crocker, Deputy Warden Hush and Rev.
or. mac.
THE PROCESSION STARTS FOR THE GALLOWS.
Shortly before twelve o’clock Guiteau
seemed to break down completely,and burst
into tears and sobbed hysterically. After
the death warrant was read to the prisoner
by the Warden he became much more
composed, and turning away, began to
brush his hair with his old appearance of
swaggering sang froid. At 12:25 a loud
steam whistle was blown at a workhouse
which was near the j ill. This whistle
usually blows at 12 o’clock, by which
Guiteau was In the habit of thus
reckoning hla time. The delay to-day was
by special arrangement, so that its startling
summons might not come before the officers
were ready. Two minutes later the lion
gates at the end of the corridor clicked.
Then Warden Crocker made his appearance
and a moment later the familiar figure of
Guiteau was seen. Hla face was pallid, and
the muscles about his mouth moved ner
vously. Other than this there were no
signs of faltering. The proqession m )ved
quickly to the scaffold, and Guiteau as
cended the twelve somewhat steep steps
with as much ateadiness as could be
expected from a raa’ whose arms
were tightly pinioned behind him.
ON TUB SCAFFOLD.
At the last step he faltered for a moment,
but was assisted by two officers, who walked
one on either side. Upon reaching the plat
form Guiteau was placed Immedlate’y be
hind the drop, facing to the front of the
scaffold. Capt. Coleman stood upon hi*
•••gbt.. Mr. RObl. V -■ V- a. .
I Mr. Woodward a.rectly behind fctii. Mr.
' , ...... „ t . : - oa the north
ime -/right be tm. General Uron:t.’ (the
! Warden) took his pa Won at tfcASftatteasi
i corntr of me structure. There war * tught
while the crowd ol two bunded and
flrtvor W".‘ -spectators we** •*' *tpsfi
jostling throegj,- * r v
the r-’ilin:d t* * frtrei
-t v.Uah Um.
f ‘ * **"**£§
looked up at the beam over his head, and
quickly made a survey of all the dread para
phernalia. As soon as the crowd had gained
access, Genera’ Crocker motioned to then
to uncover, and all beads were bared. Dr.
Hicks made an invocation In these words:
“Father, out of the depths we cry to Thee.
Hear Thou our supplication for the sake of
Jesus Christ our Saviour, who has made a
full propitiation for us. Behold this Thy ser
vant. We humbly pray that Thou wilt deliver
him at this supreme moment of his life. Let
thy light descend upon him. Liberate his
soul from prison. May he appear before
Thee absolved by thy great mercy from
blood guiltiness. Deliver him and
us. God have mercy oq us;
Christ have mercy on as; Lamb of
God that taketh away the sins of the world
have mercy on U 9. Amen and amen!”
During the prayer Guiteau stood with
bowed head. At its conclusion Dr. Hicks
opened the Bible, and Guiteau in a firm tone
said:
“I will read a selection from the 10. h
chapter of Matthew, from the 28:h to the
41st verses, inclusive.”
He then read la a clear, strong voice, and
with good intonation, showing little, If any,
nervousness. Dr. Hicks produced the manu
script, which was prepared by the prisoner
this morning, and held It
before him while Guiteau read. While Dr.
Hicks was arranging the manuscript Gui
teau exhibited slight nervousness, and
moved several times from one foot to the
other. He soon recovered his composure,
looked ever a sea of upturned faces, and
said: “I am now going to read to you my
last dying prayer."
THE ASSASSIN'S PRATER.
He then read in a loud tone, and with a
distinct deliberation and emphasis, the fol
lowing:
“MY DYING PRAYER ON THE GALLOWS.
“Father! Now I go to Thee and (he Sa
viour. I have finished the work Thou gavest
me to do, and I am only too happy to go to
Thee. The world does not vet appreciate
my mission, but Thou knowest it. Thou
knowest Thou didst inspire Garfield’s
removal, and only good has ’come
from it. This Is the best evidence that
the inspiration came from Thee, and I have
set forth In my book that all men may read
and know that Thou, Father, did t inspire
♦be act for which I am now murdered. This
government and nation, by this act, I know,
will Incur Thv eternal enmity, as did the
Jews by killing Thy Man, my Saviour. The
retribution In that case came quick and
aharp, and I know Tby divine law of retribu
tion will strike this nation and my murder-
L ers In the same way. The diabolical
spirit of this nation, its government
and its newspapers toward me will
jusli’y Thee In cursing them, aid
I know that Thv divine law of retriburion
is Inexorable. I therefore predict that ihls
nation will go down In blood, and that my
murderers, from the ExecuMve to the hang
man. will go to helf. Thy laws are inexor
able. Oa thou Supreme Judge! Woe
unto tho men that violate Thv laws. Ojlv
weeping and gnashing of teeth awa!ts
them. The Amer ean press has a large bill
to settle with Thee, Righteous Father,
for their vlndictivencs? In tils mat’er.
Nothing but blood will satisfy them, and
my blood be on them and this nation and
its (Ihcials. Arthur, the President, is a
coward and an ingrate. His Ingratitude to
the man that made bun and saved his party
and land from overthrow has not a parallel
In history. But Thou, Righteous Father,
will judge him. Father, Thou knowest me,
but the world hath not known me, and now
I go to Thee and the Saviour without the
slightest 111 will *. D-i,
polntshe half paused and en
deavored to Impart an Increased emphasis
to Lis words by the peculiar facial expres
sions eo often observed during his trial,
when he was aogared at something which
was said or done. This was peculiarly notice
able when he alluded to President Arthur,
and when he declared that this nation
would "go down in blood.”
THE POEM.
When he had finished reading his prayer,
he agatn surveyed the crowd, and said, still
with a firm voices “1 am now going to read
some verses, which are intended to indicate
my feelings at the moment of leaving this
world. If spt to music, they may be ren
dered t ffective. The Idea is that of a child
babbling to his mamma and bis papa 1
wrote It this morning about ten o’clock.”
He then #ominneeito chant these verses
In a sad and doleful styles
“I am going to the Lordy,
I am so glad;
1 am going to the Lordy,
I am so glad.
I am going to the Lordy.
Glory hallelujih; glory hallelujah !
1 am going to the Lordy—
I love the Lordy with all my soul.
Glory halleluj ih!
And that is the reason
lain going to the Lord.
G ory halleluj ih! glory hallelujah!
I am going to the Lord.”
Here Guiteau's voice failed, and he bowed
his head and broke into sobs, but he rallied
a little and went on with bis chant;
“I saved my party and my land.
Glory hallelujah:
But they have murdered me for it;
And that is the reason
I am going to the Lirdv
Glory hallelujah: glory hallelujih!
I am going to the Lordy.”
Here again his feelings overcame him, and
he leaned his head on the shoulder of Mr.
Hicks and sobbed pitifully. Btill be went
on.
“I wonder what I will do.
When I get to the Lordy?
I guess that I will weep no more
When I get to the Lordy.
Glory hallelujah
Then th're was another Interruption,
caused by sobs and emotion, which he was
unable to repress. He wept bitterly, and
theD, with quivering lips and mournful tones,
he went on to finish his ditty;
“I wonder what I will see.
When I get to the Lordy *
I expect io see most splendid things.
Beyond ail earthly conception,
When I am with the Lord.
Glory hallelujah:
Raising his voice to the highest pitch that
he could command.
"Glory hallelujah.
I am with the Lord I"
This closed the chant, and then Rev. Mr.
Hicks gave to Guiteau his final benediction
and farewell, saying: “God the Father be
with thee and give thee peace forever more.”
THE NOOSE ADJUSTED.
The attendants then pinioned hfs logs,
placed the noose over his head and carefully
adjusted It about bis neck. Mr. Strong
piaceu toe oiuca cap over ms aeao, uiu e
be did so Guiteau called out in loud tonee:
"Glory! glory! glory!”
SWUNG OFF.
Instantly the spring was touched, the
drop fell at 12:45 p. m., and Guiteau swung
In air. The body turned partly around but
there was not the slightest perceptible
movement of the limbs or any evidence of
conscious effort to move them. When the
drop fell a yell was seat up by some per
sons inside the jail. This was received out
side by the voices of a thousand or morZ
people, who hurrahed lustily. There was a
a general onslaught by the populace
upon the door, which was so powerful that
the officers were unable to withstand it.
Hundreds of people crowded Into the office
and there was a terrible crush at the doore.
For at least forty seconds after the drop
fell the body hung motionless. Then there
was a slight motion of the shoulders and
lege, due to muscular contraction.
INSTANT death.
Three minu’es after the drop fell the
body was lowered to be examined by the
physicians. There was a decided action of
the heart for fully fourteen minutes, and
ihe p ilse fluttered two minutes after. When
the body had hung with the feet just touch
ing the ground for over half an hour, It was
lowered Into the coffin, which was waiting
for it under the scaffold. The physicians
decided at once that the neck had been
broken. When the body was lowered the
b'ack cap was removed and the face ex
posed. The features were pallid and com
posed. About the mou'h there was con
siderah’e moisture. After the body had
been arranged in the coffin Warden Crocker
ascended the steps of the tcalfold and ad
dressing the crowd, wbluh was kept back
from the scaffold by a line of officers, said
that those who desired could pass alongside
of the scaffold and view the bod*
r’swing . * ut
*“*: • crow aof •••*■ -i t> i ?> i .*ne,
. passing t,.'*wech the M <m* t!a
of vbe *-tj. At?W‘ -a* - '4 f - Borne
of the j*!; Official*, t -o or three plratcians
sod Dr filths Aon i about tne coffin. John
W. Cf ottos L j • : J tnf**wj?™eeod tanned
&J dead uvji i n *r’j fai j, . ■ vny
fliae. Jona Uulteau • u“. 2
asaffold, pen. auriirf rv
wttfeU the IK Of fffl-r Si*
tbo 5 fa£ When H’mny '<_
,w<* •
in place, and the body was borne to the Jill
chapel, where the physicians who were to
r“ks the autopsy were assembled. Gcf
l'lßt before the trap was sprung.
a P* €e of P a Pe r *Wn his hand!
Crocker * lTen h,m b - v Warden
hy the condemned
W furt 1 h was ready. John
vv. Guiteau Siid to a reporter lust after the
execution that he was glad n *ver
“Whatwm be done with the remalia *”
asked,the reporter. r
“We will bury him here in the jail, where
he will be safe,” said Mr. Guiteau. “He
will not be taken out of the jail.”
The spot Indicated by the Warden as
Guiteau’s burial place is in the same court
as the gallows and a few yards from it.
THE CERTIFICATE OF DEATH.
The certificate of.death,which the Warden
Is required, according to the terms of the
death warrant, to file with the Clerk of the
Court, recites that the signers were present,
at the execution of Charles J. Guiteau, and
that he was hanged by the neck till he was
dead. The jurors wre: W. 8. Lirner, W.
B. G ilnes, Harry P. Godwin, John Couvhlln,
S. D Newcomb, Chas. T. Murray, Edward
Hudson, 8. E. Lewis, H. L. West, Stanley
Gardener and G. H. Plant, Jr , all of whem
are newspaper men.
Mrs. Scovllle, after waiting on the outside
of the j*ll until after the execution took
place, decided not to view the remains this
afternoon, and about two o’clock returned
to the city. While the autopsy was in pro
gress Warden Crocker said to a reporter that
the manner and place of Guiteau’s burial
had not yet been determined upon. The
body, he said, would remain in the jail to
night. Dr. Hicks, who left the jilt soon
after the hanging, will return In the morn
ing, and then the question of interment
will be settled.
A TALK WITH JOHN GUITEAU.
John Guiteau, when asked If the relatives
would not ultimately remove the body, said :
“I don’t want to say what we will do, for
if I do, we will not be able to protect it.
If the body Is taken away nobody will know
it for some time, at least.” Charles H. Reed,
Guiteau’s counsel, did not witness the exe
cution. He said he could not stand it, and
intended to leave the city. It Is not known
whether Scovllle is in town or not. John
Guiteau says that he has not seen him, and
he does not believe he is in town. John
Guiteau appeared to be In a very serene
frame of mind after the execution.
“I believe he was insane,” said he. “1
predicted just what would happen—that he
would go bravely to the gallows. The trial
was a farce, and to-day an insane man wag
executed. Whether he is insane before
God, I do not know; still, I believe, if he
was to b) tried again, he would be convict
ed. It was not a question for the jury."
At half past two o’clock Dr. F. B. Lorlng
concluded his examtna’ion of the eyes of
the dead mac. Both eyes were so indistinct
that no opinion could be formed of their
condition or expression.
THE AUTOPSY.
The phy-iclans who performed the au
topsy were Drs. D 8. Limb, J. F. Hartlgan
and II I. Somers. In addition to ttes physi
cians there present Drs. Noble Young,
K>bert Reyburn, A MacDonald, Johnson
Elliott. 8 A. H. McKIII, P. J. Mlxphy,
Chas Q N ehols, Surgeon General Barnes
of the a-my, Su-geon General Wale* of the
navy; D g. VV. W. Golding, A. fl. Wremßn
and Clarke Patterson, of Bt. Elizabeth A‘V
lum, Drs. D C. Patiersoo, Coroner of the
Dlsirlcr, C. F. Kleinschmidt, J. R. Hayne,
and Drs Birdsall and Parish. John W.
Guiteau and Dr. Hicks were present for a
short time, but left the jail before the con
e’usion.
The close of the examination of the bod v
showed that Guiteau’s neck was broken, and
that the rope had cut deep Into the flesh of
his neck.
There was a disposition on the part of
some of those present to obtain mementoes
of the occasion gt any cost. The jtl offi
cers took the rope from the gallows and
secreted it a* soon as the noose was removed
from the dead man’s neck. Dr. Hicks said,
not want To
interred. The funeral, such as It will be,
will take place to morrow, and will be as
quiet as possible.
At a quarter past 3 o’clock the military
guard that has been on duty at the j ail ever
since the second of July last, marched
away. They were loudly cheered as they
left.
Dr. Bliss and his son arrived at the jail at
half past 3 o’clock and Joined the physi
cians engaged in making the autopsy. A
reporter of the Associated Press was the
only newspaper man admitted to the chapel,
where the body was being dissected.
The operations at the surgeons engaged
in the autopsy were watched with the
greatest interest by others who crowded
about the table. After the examination of
the eyes, the brain was removed and in
spected. Then the body was cut open, and
a thorough and complete examination made
with the view of determining all the phy
siological facts that could be of interest In
connection with the ease. The brain was
found to be in a normal condition, and
weighed forty-nine ounces. The heart
weighed a little over nine ounces and was In
healthy condition, as were all the other ln'er
nal organs. At 3:55 the autopsy was adjourn
ed until this evening, when the brain will be
taken to the Government Medical Museum
on Tenth street, where a more minute and
critical examination will be made of it.
The physicians were disinclined to go into
details in regard to the results thus far
reached. Dr. Hartlgan left the jail soon
after four o’clock, taking with him Guiteau’s
brain. Dr. Godding, who has maintained
that Guiteau was insane, said, when asked
what the result of the autopsy was:
“I have nothing to sav now.” Another
physiciau remarked; “We are all know
notbines.” A bystander replied; “8o the
uneducated, non expert puolic thought at
the time of the other autopsy.” All the
physicians agree that there were lympboe in
the brain, and a gardening of the dtirampUr.
None of them cared to express a positive
opinion until after the examination had
been completed. Dr. Bliss said that there
were many points showing a good, healthy
mental and physical development in Gui
teau.
EXAMINING THE ASSASSIN’S BRAINS.
Dr. Hartlgan, who had the custody of Gui
teau’s brain, took it, at 4:30 o’clock, to the
Army Medical Museum, on Tenth street,
where. In a rocm set apart for photographic
purposes, a number of surgeons and physi
cians had assembled to continue the autop
sy. Among those present were Drs. Nlchol
and McDonald, of New York, and DrS.
Lamb, Lorlng, Bnmers, Reyburn, Elliott and
Godding, of Washington. The direction
of preparations was by unanimous
consent given Dr. Lamb. It had been
Intended by the surgeons to begin
by making a plaster cast of the brain with
the view to the permanent, preservation in
that form of its configuration and external
characteristics, but the organ wa9 found to
be so soft and yielding as to render this Im
practicable. Resort was therefore had to
photography. Oa account of thejlateness
of the hour and of the dull and overcast
any IDC |>r‘q;aialuuß wciC uccce*mliy
hurried, bu’, after placing the
on a mass of curled hair, such
as that used in upholstery,
and disposing it in the form which It had
during life, a number of negatives were
taken of it from various points of view
wi hmoreor less successful results. The
anatomical examination of the brain was
then resumed. This examination, which
will include a careful microscopical study
of the tissues and structural characteristics
of the organ, will, certainly, not be finished
before to-morrew afternoon, and may occu
py several days. Thesurgeonsand phys’clans
who are participating in the autopsy have
sledged themselves not to make public, in
:he meantime, auy individual conclusions
at which they may arrive, lu order that the
official reDor:, when made ready, may have
full weight and value, as representing the
conclusions of all the examining physicians.
RESULTS OF THE POST MORTEM.
The results of the autopsy upon the body
of Guiteau so far as they can be learned to
night from the surgeons who were present,
may be briefly stated as follows;
After surveying the body externally the
surgeons proceeded to lay open the brain
cavity and thorax and to examine the organs
therein contained. The brain was found to
weigh forty-nine and one-half ounces,
which is a little more than the weight in the
average human being. It was well formed
and presented no external evidences
of disease or lesion. The lungs
and heart, were In their normal
condition, but there was a slight ruffling of
the aorta, in the vicinity of the heart. The
neck was not dislocated or fractured, as the
surgeons at first supposed, but there was
rupture of the sternocleidomastoid mnsete
on both sides, as well as of the thyreobyold
membrane. It follows, therefore, that death
resulted from ~ not fr-
I', itlpt* of Uie ,-j.ittai verteb:. 1
eismffiotlon was made of the a * •( j
vliiu.'s, oqt u pad but been oomjrf r
at rt*o. iirc-a- the jblrqjy if. j *•• •
I’be n>um ‘i* founu to be uouat£ir*bly
enlarged, its being fifteen ounces,
or more tbu twice L;t of the 150711481
eD<eeß. T-h#*-* *r abdonui.i’ organs, so fir
, ' ' ~ >, - ”and. press ciud 30 Uf.-
oi -b*
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— Wzqjf-MMft j
HISTORY OF TOK CREME.
A. Garfleid, twentieth President of
the United States. w. s ess-lnated in Wash
ington City, July 2, 1881, and died of his
wound September 19, seventy-nice dies af
terward, at Elberon, near Long Branch, New
Jersev, whither be had been removed on the
w to gratify the wishes of
the sufferer and iu the hope of fn? prove ment
by change of air and scene. The details of
President Garfield’s assassination in a time
of profound peace, bis loug and brave en
durance while lving prostrate on a bed of
Y a ? and the wl<le B P rea d sympathy for him,
human o . U^, d * x P res * ior > In every form of
Decide In J2 D ’ are familiar to minions of
people In every part 0 f the c i v il< z .d world.
.HE TRAGBDY in the DEPOT.
Several days before 0..
nouDced the President wo U ?h ’'i .Y 3 ® , n “
set out on a bur of seme of
Btates, In which he would be acentm l *^? r 2
by Mrs. Garfield, then at Long Branch
this memorable Saturday morning a t. joso
o’clock, President Garfield and Hon. James
G. Blaine, S=cretary of State, reached the
depot of the Baltimore and Potomac Rail
road to take the cars from Wash ngton to
Long Branch. With his usual courtesy
the President stopped a moment at the
entrance of the depot to acknowledge the
salutation of a policeman, and then en
tered. He had gone but a few steps when
the assassin, lurktDg in the rear, stepped
up behind him, and pointing a pistol with
deliberate aim, fired at his back, the first
shot no doubt dofng Its fatal work. The
President shuddered, staggered and at
tempted to turn, when another shot was
fired and he fell bleeciDg to the fl >or, un
conscious. The pistol was of very heavy
calibre, and tbe distance between the sssas
6in and his victim but a very few feet. A
bullet was found to have entered the right
side of the President’s back, between the
hip and the kidney, splintering one of the
ribs and penetrating to an unknown depth.
Senor Camacho, the Venezuelan Minister,
at, Washington, who was an eye witness to
the tragedy, stated that as the President
fell he ex’endt and his band to break the
force of contact with the flior. The second
shot was fired from a pistol yet smoking
from the first shot. Mr. Camacho says
the first shot was fired on a It vel aim close
to the Preslden’; at the second fire the
President had fallen lower, and this shot
missed. The wounded President was quick
ly surrounded by sympathizing spectators,
who l ad witnessed the tragedy but had not
time lo Interpose. The President was con
veyed to a private apartment in ihe build
ing, where he vomited and fainted, but
soon recovered consciousness and talked
freely with those around him. In an hour
he was removed to the Executive Mansion.
Mrs. Garfield was summoned hy telegraph,
the President himself dictating the dls
patch, and she reached his bedside a' 6:45
o’clock the same evening by special train
from Lmg Branch.
THE ASSASSIN AND HIS MOTIVE.
The assassiD, after firing the shots, at
tempted to escape, but was followed by
Mr. Blaine, wbo directed a policeman to
seize the offender. Oa being taken to police
headquarters, the man gave the name of
Charles Guiteau. In a package of papers
belonging to the prisoner, was one setting
forth his reasons for attempting the life of
the President, as follows:
July 2, 1881. “To the White House.— The
President’s tragic death was a sad necessity,
but it will unite the Republican partv ar.d
save tbe republic. Life is a flimty dream
and it matters little when one goes. A
human life is of small value. During the
war thousands of brave boys went down
without a tear. I presume that the Presi
dent was a Christian, and that he will be
happier In Paradise than here. It will be
no worse for Mrs. Garfield, dear soul, to
part with her husband this way than by
natural death; he is liable to go at any
time anyway. I had no ill will toward the
President. His death was a political neces
sity. I am a lawyer, a theologian and a
politician. lam a stalwart of the stalwarts.
I was with Gen. Grant and the rest of our
ineja,ffi_New York during the canvass I
leave with fivron Andrews and”his*’cojou"
nallsts, at 1420 New York avenue, where all
the reporters can 6ee them. lam goffig to
the jail. Cuarlbs Guiteau ”
The intense excitement produced by the
crime gave rise at first to rumors connecting
the assassin with a political conspiracy, bur,
It was soon demonstrated that there was no
foundation for these reports, and that the
assassin who had been a “floater” in poli
tics, a chronic suppliant for place, and a
“ne’er-do-well” generally, was alone re
sponsible for the conception and x p cution
of the desperate enterprise which had grown
up in his mind and leflimed his Imagina
tion. His avowed purpose was to revolu
tionize Ihe- existing administration
of the government. He seemed to fancy
that by removing the President to make
room for the succession of Vice President
Chester A. Arthur, hp would commend
himself tq the new Executive and his
friends, and 6coure immunity for an odious
crime. In a written paper published as
the assassin’s confession Guiteau saye:
“My Idea, simply stated, was to remove as
easily as possible Mr. James A. Garfield,
a quiet and good nature ! eitizsn of Ohio,
who temporarily occupied the position of
President of the United States, and substi
tute In his place Mr. Chester A. Arthur, of
New York, a distinguished and highly esti
mable gentleman. Mr. Garfield I Intended
to quietly remove to Paradise (which is a
great Improvement on this world) while Mr.
Arthur saved the republic. Not a soul In
the universe knew of my purpose to remove
the President. My motive was purely po
litical and patriotic, and I acted under Di
vine pressure. Jt, was the same kind of
pressure that led Abraham to sacrifice his
son Isaac.”
HIS ILL SPENT LIFE.
In ransacking the country for the prison
er’s antecedents, it was ascertained that
Charles “Jules” Guiteau was a native of
Illinois and 40 years of age. He was found
to be the author of a erude work on re
ligion—a sort of “Companion to the Bible,”
as the writer styled it, the sale of which he
had anticipated would be largely increased
by the renown he would achieve as the slayer
of the President and the founder of a stal
wart dynasty. Indeed In this expectation
he had prepared a freshly annotated copy of
the hook for the press, which was seized
among the prisoner’s other written effects.
He was also found to have been once an un
worthy member of the Ooeida community
in New York State, and later a self styled
lawyer in Chicago, where he had dropped
che “Jules” from his name.
THE VICTIM’S AGONY.
Dr. D. W. Bliss and a number of other
physicians of Washington City attended the
wounded President. Dr. Bliss took charge
of the case. On July 3J Dr. Frank H.
Hamilton, of New York, and Dr. D. Hayes
Agnew, of Philadelphia, were summoned as
consulting surgeons. The medical men and
surgical history of the case form a sepi ate
chapter In the melancholy tragedy. For
two months and a half the people
of the countij eaaeily consulted the
bwiicfelsse telegraphed by the surgeons
three times a day and oftener on
occasions. Nor was interest confined to
the United States alone. All the civilized
world united in sympathizing messages and
in prayer for the restoration of the Presi
dent. Asa substantial evidence of the
deep feeling in America, subscriptions were
started in New York to raise a fund of two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars to be in
vested for Mrs. Garfield and her children as
an inheritance from the people of the United
States. The sum was partly raised while
the President yet lived, and after his death
additional contributions swelled the amount
to over $365,000.
Up to July llth all the official bulletins
from the President’s bedside were favora
ble to recovery. After that date the
fluctuating reparts kept public anxiety in
a state of continual suspense. On Satur
day, July 83, amidst intense public interest,
the consulting surgeons were resummoned
to Washington, and their special tr*“
traveled from Jersev City to the nat un r
capital, a distance of 230 miles, in for bou-o
and thirty six minutes. Oa the rt* 1 ffi' rn ‘
ing, July 34, a surgical operatic*,
formed, and another on the 8/,, J
both giving temporary relief „,„i De ,5
of August the President 1,8 ra se l
in bed and wrote a ft
mother at Mentor, Oa’‘ “
the same month tlu f? r^e 9’ 5 ? rßt
public the fact rt* '*** ha * ln ? e t a
flexible drainage °* to a ,^P th
and-a-half inch£ Knowledge of this fact,
showing the y*"V k ‘ bl ® extent of what
was then surt 04 ' (1 *>® the wound, grea'Jy
shook pub** confidence in a favorable
result tc n P that time l 1 na( * been sup
posed’ *•* lower part of the wound had
healei* leaving a suppurating channel three
or (v lour Inches long, commuoteaM *tth
gj-fnclslon made ' K ■-atUa i
* -a pu v ; . ‘ ,at the >
* 38.*. tif *h . .re-ma, it is ■ "rer- 1
■■' i : , *fOUiUi that Ibe king-;:- .i! • sq;
efcuv.• 1, *• b'e.” was -ti,.;>* - J •
i 1 :\Q . *■&£** juitoiw- W&o JlUs to
the buttts of p u*. "
THE FO6 . it .S HOPE.
On the fith of of ember, when f ”
rieat war tooweyta trot r. tne. ieM ot . <
meat to fLtOee UtAt acquainted
Mto hi* HMo!ikti had batßUfc hop* tba*
he •A*.j*i>d v'er reflnn to the isKmtftr': Majt
at; a, * .OSjyu Le had bonefcimsetl i&;ougt)'
i tt Lo trying oniottl eo bravj’u Ui*f.
t,
ESTABLISHED 1850.
the ?r ffere Th “, a Wt through
the a.r. The journey 0 f 225 miles
was performed In 6 hour#, 30 rotates a?
ftSmSSi#*®* £****“* ercat berefi
from the elfinge; but the corrosion cf the
tissues which had been long since ravaging
the system could not be arrested
strong man weighing slightly over 200
pounds in full health and the prime of life
when he was wounded, had gradually wasted
away beyond the hope of restoration. The
stages toward final dissolution were marked
by various ailments, some of them distress
ingly painful to the sufferer, but all point
ing to the one Inevitable result. The
gleam of hope which the sight of the
sea and the invigorating breezes from! the
ocean had inspired soon vanished. Then
came occasional delirium, and finally sus
pension of functions by tiie alimentary or
gans In spite of stimulation. Just before 10
o deck on the night of September 19 h the
worn sufferer fell into a quiet and easy
slumber. Iq fifteen minutes he awoke from
>nt9 sleep and complained of severe pain
the r p he .* leart - In twenty minutes more
““ Itw “
b, cfbK 550",—2? SSSJtf
HONORS TO THI OB AD
The remains of the murder** *
were removed to Washington <^ u f p r ®o, ld . en ‘
Sep ember, the funeral train being
by multitudes along the route. who%d
with uncovered heads and exhibited the
most profound sorrow. The corpse lay In
state in the capitol, where It was viewed
by thousands, till the 23J. when the
funeral services took place. The remains
were removed to Cleveland, where, on Sep
tember 26th, after most Imposing ceremo
nies, t hey were deposited In a vault in Lake
view Cemetery. A movement was at once
begun to raise funds for the purpose of
erecting a monument to the deceased at
Cleveland.
THE TRIAL OF THE ASSASSIN.
The trial which was closed on Saturday,
February 4th, Ly the sentence of death,
proved one of the most remarkable on re
cord. It was begun on the 14th of Novem
ber. Three days were occupied in selecting
the jury, a much shorter time than
was generally expected. District At
torney Corkhill opened for the gov
ernment, and the prosecution then
put its witnesses on the aland, Secre
tary Blaine being among the firat, and the
familiar story of the assassination of Presi
dent Barfield was told under oath. The
government closed its evidence on the
21st of November, and two days later the
examination of witnesses for the defense
began. Among the witnesses was Gulteau,
who went on the stand on the 29;h of No
vember. After a short examination by Mr.
Scoville, he was subjected to a most severe
cross-examination by Judge Porter, which
lasted until the 2d of December. President
Arthur, being too busy to attend court, an
swered a series of questions which were put
to him by the counsel for the defense.
Guiteau’s sister, Mrs. Scoville, and his
brother, John Wilson Gulteau, also went
on the stand in his behalf. On the 7ch of
December the government began Its
rebuttal testimony, and concluded on
the 31 of January. The arguments
on the prayers for Instructions to
the jury began on January 7, and occupied
three days, when Judge Cox announced the
course he would follow In Instructing the
jury. On the 12th Mr. Davldge opened the
argument to the jury, and spoke two davs.
Scoville began his argument on the 16lh,
and spoke five days. Gulteau occupied
Saturday, the 21st, with the reading of his
long address, which the court decided to
admit. Judge Porter began on Monday, the
23d, with the closing argument, and finished
on the 25th. Judge Cbx’s charge was then
given to the jury, which, after a brief ab
sence, returned with a verdict of “guilty as
indicted.” Mr. Scoville entered a motion
for anew trial, which was overruled on
Saturday, February 4th, when Gulteau was
sentenced to be hanged on June 30th •*•
The lawyers connected TTi y,,, rn6 T c ? Be
were District Attorney Judge
joscDh K p 'v,‘~‘> OI New York, and Walter
- -L.iOge, Esq, of Washington, for the
prosecution, i’he defendant’s counsel were,
at the beginning, George H. Scoville, of
Chicago, brother-in law of Gulteau, and
Leigh Robinson, of Washington, the latter
being assigned by the court. On the 21st
of November, Mr. Robinson, however,with
drew, and Mr. Scoville appeared alone In
the ease until the 24th of Deoember, when
Charles H. Reed, of Chicago, appeared as
assistant counsel for the defense.
During the whole course of the trial
Gulteau continually Interrupted the pro
ceedings aDd at times became almost vio
lent. On the 29th of December, by order
of the court, he was placed for the first
time in the dock like an ordinary prisoner,
but this did not 6 top him In the least. Dur
ing the last few days he was unusually ir
ritable and nervous in his speeches.
THE ASSASSIN’S PLEAS.
The plea of Guiteau was that he acted
under Inspiration of God for the good of the
country. In the then existing political sltua-
Hon, nnd ttmt ho woo not *eyoßihV
the act of “.-emoying” the President, as he
persistently styled the homicide. The plea
of his oounsel was Insanity and consequent
irresponsibility, but the prisoner utterly re
pudiated such an idea. On one occasion he
said, “I had rather be hung as a man than
acquitted as a fool. The Lord don’t employ
fools to do His work. He gets the best
material.”
The prisoner was allowed much license
of speech so that experts could determine
whether he was feigning insanity or not.
At one time the Illness of Juror Wormley,
colored, threatened to bring the proceed
ings to a summary end, while on the 19th
of December the death of the wife of Jury
man Hobbs proved a sad break in the trial.
WOCLD-RB AVENGERS.
During Guiteau’s Incarceration two at
tempts were made on his life. The first was
by Sergeant Mason, who fired into his cell
window on the night of Sunday, September
lltb, and the other by a countryman named
Bill Jone 6, a “crank,” who, on Saturday
afternoon, November 19th, fired into the
van in which Guiteau was belDg conveyed
to the jail. Both men were arrested. Mason
was court-martialed and Imprisoned. The
trial lasted sixty-nine days, or ten days less
than President Garfield’s Illness.
THE SENTENCE AFFIRMED.
The appeal which Guiteau’s counsel had
prepared was argued before the Judges of
the District of Columbia, sitting In banc,
and all of the exceptions were over
ruled. Later Mr. Reed applied to Justice
Bradley, of the United States Supreme
Court, for a writ of habeas corpus in behalf
of Guiteau, on the ground of want of juris
diction in the court before which he was
tried. This application was denied. On
June 221 a number of experts on
insanity urged upon the President the pro
priety of granting a short reprieve for the
purpose of making a scientific examination
as to the assassin’s sanity. The President,
after consultation with' the Cabinet, de
clined to grant the reprieve on the ground
that his sanity was established at his triai.
his sister’s final appeal.
Mrs. Scoville on June 28 made a final e"
peat to the President in behalf of her ' m ‘
ther, for a reprieve, for the sime
pose expressed in the previous app*'*" 1 n,s
also was refused.
The New York StO'"* *®* r * te **
New York, June 30 -speculation
opened firm with pr* < * 8 7? X P e J cent .
higher than the cIof I ’*^ l^ 8 ** 0 ” Byes
terday, the latter. ior t u. n * n<i Texas.
In the early speculation was very
tame, and prhrf °
the latter fr gan Centra!, but subse
quent! v tb’, n, ,e aet became strong, and an
advance to IX percent, was recorded,
to w“ ch and Tex *- New Jersey
Cf—ral- "abash preferred, Louisville and
xashv ,ie and Michigan Central were con
spicuous. la the early part of the afternoon
tb= was succeeded by a decline,
"S” * *.a per cent.:
Leading, Houston and Texas. Mau
haUan Elevated and New Jersey Central
suffering most severely in the downward
movement. There was then a recovery of
P er cent-. Houston and Texas lead
ing thereto, hut-In the final dealings prices
ag slns°ld off V to IV per cent., Reading
and New Jersey Central being most promi
nent .n the decline. The market closed dull
and weak. The changes from yesterday’s
closing rates were Irregular, but In the main
values were X to IX per cent, higher, the
latter for Houston and Texas. Reading,
however, was 2X and Northwestern prefer
red \% per cent, lower. Transactions aggre
gated 180,000 shares,
1 i 1.,
Cotton In Ll>iy *o
L s . J— -Thl- wtME’i oireu
*V:. “ _■ - * Brokers’ Asso
ciation says- p-.j - ... . 4,.
f * TT ' -tight terr;-orary rl<. a- at
•lenirg . been ia fair 0
Et-ae .tmj orartjy decllnad
-® 3 * 81 penitg Fcr ms Island 1
'■ *?* bt,;,n 8 wader**.- teiawic, but
r J* o*t-opeaa ictlyjau
•h'- -SUt- ' : ■-*<*• J bey iu,y. active *.tc'
1 -ij>i •. sovctb-x the {
id- higher gw' '
□WK />-; -
ni-tt.
Com • V
War ”■' '>i BC.— *Th*
bas been f 8 *®**®
parties It. rested Ir.fee at active
Georgia- politics,' , ,r% hi# Indueoe# te
boost ’jp th# > caiteo Republican or Iv d-*
pends party thatduiv. lac F.-esia*.
has.li ; ib, refused to do any rush
thing fie re- iia- a the fact that llep'-h
licanh . in (, . --(a dead, and itat tL#
nomii i-jo hen# will kill iM* .
pende.' .am, so,- tin { ear! xrav
So he s# rt'n a nt#i f-ra la: --cala
unless b- - -Ie caß K%J|e #
better <acv ir. to */hat taer e.t *ertc
do. I or v wte
abandc i G as a goad Republic Us'd,
which h* 'ore been er >-
the Ne _ • :-t- -
dent A. tha rec-r t eve*
- S>-
From rfc at r. . jjadW
dulging h s
Mr. Ste
Mr. Spe ay m ; .2, but c-. . w -
his friei \ TANARUS t. ~,n | ,
that you . r s- ; r aaf t>#* l-id ,4 by
Represent. ’•said
havenev * -‘nJ Joat. ..y h. ”
It not bet O for l; I) con
elusion t. Vr. f . • e
-ceptance th ■ cm is#
breach of i Mr. Emory Speer.
Thiels M o; pt. ; rtowifcle erime. The
fact of th' i > waver, * ;st oaly by
his advice as Mr ,u. 8 >eer hesa gu'dtw
by Mr. St,: ;her if r Emory Speer-haa
gone astr 7 or. ;,at iv.ee, it H hi t fault
and not .u. fault of *lr. Step! -‘a*. The
friends of ‘fr. Ei.iary peer had better di
dpllne tt ir eh ef ra ber than try to ar
raign Mr. iephenn.
rOLITICAL AS- H^XKSTJ.
t,ia * ctl<)a t>f Oongrs.se -both
houses 1 .jcijatag jad dewwjic'eg thr
Jr Z°: • -.f.-r.
erf.thesi ■ and fie ofltee
holder- ri .....
c ’ rcu,^ r - ! ,iih~-ie
that the ai act uj 1 the sys mof
ment in th H( ase and Uer.aU.- hßil ai
ed to not! 4. si.npiy regar.lad
as Democi .ijit.* at party cspiraL
Th e “o/e 1 -ul -.L’ated. the mote
readily the ae6t•.“*ipdoj #t-ome down
with their eta.' The only thing that
will Indue/ hv : ~ pOfb ioi, so .Le sys
tem of pr sae sni-.nl—or robbery
will be fc doc. its, when they come
into pov t down upon and de
nounce it.
PttV AT > ;INi3SS.
Public -!?:*- C ogress Is gradual!*
approach afcu> t basis. The algae of
adjouren, tara i ua. The hnrrv *l*3
cutting o,i >fd( are irfaiMble sign# of
this. Th cis . lobl'e or -iporoprlatlcn
and othei H’ls t fornueriy, and there Is
less tigktlr *li mgi s than formerly.
This all Indicates jtout i:;g adjournment.
There are ow >. rr aany '.hints that
may delav ad jo n that .he circom
stancesw: not a: ■ ’a r - edlctioc as to final .
closing oh tha 1 .as fc otofore bee:, given
In these £ atefc as and to.-; espondence.
CO 1899 T VL PLOCKBIHICOS.
In the nate House the death of
Represen-i’ve H .a* announced. Com
mittee# v e' s apt ois' and to superintend the
funeral c<' nonit .o ! escort the retcaims
to their la min; pla e. Both house’ ad
journed u to n orrow.
DEAT t* RE RESB.N ‘ TIVK HAWK.
Repress itlve Hawk, Illinois, died
last night ,er an lines' 9 few hours.
COTTON.
Total N' t Receipt* at all the Porte.
New Yt k, . ne he 'oUowing ara
the total i re ; cotton at *•! j^jrta
since Sept aber
_ , . Bales
Galveston. . 426 24'
NewOrtean.: ... .l.iiaubl
Mobile .. ks:.#sv
Savannah. . ~*•
Charleston . . ... iH’Gfc)
Baltimore.
New York. j&il*
Boston |a? s
Providence ■ -> w
Philadelphia
City Point a Yes t, w,
Brunswick.
Port Royal.
Pensacola ~n : >~
Portland ~w
Indianola ... " M
Washington S,O . . ...” to’ U
Tot *l ‘ 4,581, -S
Wi*!Ber ii.tUeatloM,
Omo* Gki*t Bit Dbeiutbr, W*Bir
INBTON, D. C* Ju is H >.—s idicatiana tot
Saturday:
In the 8. ? j. riant'. .:•, local rales,
partly cloui leatßur, ,-a hei iy tu westerly
winds in the noi’her. portion, lower b
rometer ant slight • u veein temperature.
In the M 1 , States, threatening
weather at rain to west winds an>\
lower baro leier
In the (- utterly to westerly
wind?, parti her In the eastern
portion, loea it change* In tem
pariture AT ft
In Tennes . uliio valley, occa
sional rain folio Ihi rfly cloudy weath
er, southet est winds, rlshig
barometer * or slight fall In
temperature.
_n ■■■■■■ II
Cotton 1 -i i nbw York.
New You The tout's cotton
report says; 1 rles at tne £• st
call showed change, but de
clined afte 0. to 4100 c. for
near month a rally of U
-100c., but n > n, i;t, and
at the thin VjJd at 12 6Se.,
August bro 1 -ruber 12 54c.,
October ll i . 54c., Decem
ber 11 56c., f
The Y.- t • - \ + t> ■ Race.
New LOl 1 > > ’’he file crev,
were the firt . <d shot ahead.
At fivehun he half mile
flag the Har* -t, and g ain
ing rapidly, fore read
ing the mile a# a terrii >
struggle, bu' on by os.‘
length.
Vfrmu ■ 5 And Vx) pi,
London, .hsc db . .0 the
Daily News from Paris stn te 1 e French
Cabinet has . r i r -3i- r .>isn
honor bound o ewS Pa **. the
Khedive, if t-e pcr.il - c'iy aoe
tile to him, a ...
to support a br . • uj.-on
between Arab I '..be ? 3.
BlllEt >.c.W SCSiuky.
The Sultan 1 i- u ’, >p 1 •* lirman
granting to J ! uMSje *roai Kiivp *
fertile tracts •
Mesopotaro'-*-
The fj?'“ al ' 'f■ 'of to ’biceo
Texasl *eviAai)
u .-*e at Dallas a t ,t. a *
A skiff conta. ing of Bwrdtkfc in
borers was upt by e n ’*
boat at Bismar ;. 1 few
and five of the
The American residents of Los \
New Mexico, o Tue Jay celebrate I “ 'Til
victory over the M■ xi. in , eu
incorporating tl , dTd it
hanging Guiteau . ; effigy *
A correspond at Pa*: 6
will be presented to the
Panama canal shortly V- , aT
says the complet
time he first assh . . , ’ xtk
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