Show SAW w GU TE U HANGED GED i iA A A Butte Man Han Tells the Story of f the Execution of Murderer Butte Miner At a lime like this when the nation is lis mourning the tile loss 1086 Ios of its chief exec executive execUtive th tIM the thoughts of many are turned back to that time when President tames James ames A Garfield met his death in a manner differing dl little if any from that In which h William McKinley was so foully cn assassinated Every student of history hl tory cap can iy recall the circum circumstances stances st noes assassination a nation ashes and nd there is one man at lens in tn Butte who was wa present at the exe execution execution cution If C f Guiteau the assassin John JohnB B Hyland was talking with a party of friends last night about the death of McKinley I 1 would like to tob tob tob b peasant and see s that man who shot him Ranged remarked one of ef the party partie It would be bo one of the most pleasurable DI experiences I ever had I think This brought up the subject of death nod and a the execution of ot his assassin asSin One of the party knew that Mr Hyland had been present at G hanging banging and called caned for tor the story story seems seem that Mr Hyland was one of ot ofa l a 5 very few e ew who were permitted to wit witness I I nose ness the execution He was a young I man inasi almost a 8 boy bo at the time and had ad bee in Washington but a comparatively comparatively I short period He knew kne the foreman torel of ef t the Jury which convicted Guiteau anti and 00 remarked one day da with without without ith out thinking that tha he would like ilke to see seethe seethe seethe the execution The Th foreman asked him if It h 11 really meant what he said sald and on Mr lr Hylands Informing him that he did said s id he guessed guS ed he could fix it It There were very few people allowed to witness the among these being the members of the jury and a i few ew invited guests ests The foreman was wasas wa as 88 good gooi as a his word and Mr Hyland was wu admitted to the Jail to witness the tha fK wl 1 In I h Jail was small the multitude u outside o was enormous Washington Washl was sim simply simply ply era and if It the assassin had ever fallen tallen bite their hands he e would have h ve bee torn to pieces The Th jail jaU was sur surrounded rounded by a restless surging sea ea of humanity awaiting the signal the dropping of a flag from the staff stag on th the Jai Ju roof root which would l teIl ll the world mat fiat the drop had fallen tallen Guiteau q the disappointed appointed dt office seeker and ant assassin went to his hie death without a word of repentance but rather with a bearing of ot triumph He did not for tor a moment shown a sign of he exhibit any more nerv nery PJ that which characterized I IftA ak was w always alert In manner eM agile it ti his hig movements His HI eyes never nAver ver lort a single thing which tran transpired transpired about him and on the time morning of the execution his step was s as elas el S tl tLe his bearing maing as jaunty as a man with a future of the brightest promise He ascended a the steps to the gallows as 88 If at eager for his fate and never be the slightest emotion em As MX Mt Hyland remembers it the only i t Jie je made mad ma e was Wits You Y u 1 ope ople regret t this or m words to that ef effect J e was wu dropped through an opening and his neck broken The crowd outside a ac soon Jon s as the flag nag fell teU which told of or Guiteau s death became be iii t frantic franU and surged sur e around the e prison n nd doors dors d ors in a aval vain attempt to get in for fora a at his bedY D DI t Guiteau G was WIUS a man Ulan to came from froma a good family and d the fact of his hi edu education education education I cation made his hll hI crime more rn heinous The defense at his trial was u insanity anity Ib rut hut Mr Ml Hyland Hyla d who had seen him several times after ter the and arid before his execution says that he never appeared a P e te te a him to be anything but an n His sister ll ter waited outside o the jail Hi in a carriage for tor the signal gnal an announcing announcing her brothers death but Mr Hyland could not remember whether J I she took the he remains or r not |