Show THE DAY OF DOOM charles J guiteau on the eve of his execution he his body fo rev hicks dy W U Telea telegraph mph to the washington june 29 deputy warden russ was asked today to day how guitrau d deported himself iio lie said tho the ma man n is as hap happy as a child I 1 iio ae wants to seo see nobody axy y but hicks arid speaks to nobody the guards arc are not allowed to speak to him and lio lie never speaks speak to them doca 0 o ea he sleep well yes lie goes to sleep about 9 or 10 clock at night and sleeps like a child till tilt after daylight in the morning aiu 11 e sleeps quietly without any tossing around or muttering or waking what does lie eat cat wo we give him just what lio lie wants about eight ho he orders liis his breakfast iio lie calls for beefsteak fried potatoes fried e eggs rolls and coffee iio cats hear heartily tilT iio lie is an epi epicure cure in his diet ho he wants liis his food nicely prepared and arid delicately served at twelve at noon lie calls for liis his lunch and it is served always three poached eggs on toast and at ata he lie dines and his dinner is is just like it e his lunch three poached e eggs on oil toast and coffee his meat is cut up tip for linn him dont you give him a knife and r fork rk no no knife and fork nor spoon no no spoons how flow does he lie cat then avith liis his fliers fin gera eliy dont you give him a knife and fork there is no telling what a man under sentence of death will do the more quiet a man is the closer lio lie has to be watched it is astonishing to what devices they will resort to kill themselves even in spite of the sharpest watch guiteau might inight take it into liis his head to kill himself and lie always acts on the spur of tho the moment this man mail lias has given us a world of trouble for the past year tho the well meaning officer heaved a deep sieli as much aa as to say 1 I wish lie was gone but lie did not make any like observation what has the roan man actually in his possession was asked 1 0 only aly his bible was the reply 1 lias has lie nothing not liing then with which lie could kill himself oil olt yes iio ile could kill himself in fi fifteen minutes if ho lie was not watched provided he lie so desired lie ile could hall hang himself liim self with liis his sheet or his suspenders suspend earsl or his handkerchief no the only way to do is to watch the manvle man alio is under sentence still you say lie appears happy and satis satisfied fled yes but it dont do to t trust rust a man under tinder such circumstances ho he might change liis his mind heed reed drew up the following paper at Guit caus eans request which was presented to warden crocker washington juno june 29 issa to T agn john n I 1 0 crocker ocker cr 11 arden U S jail we frances mi 31 scoville and anti john W guiteau sister and brother and only heirs of chas J G guiteau uto to bo be executed on the soth day of june 1882 in the U S jail district of columbia hereby request you to deliver the body of said chas J guite guiteau au to rev wm W Ilick such execution signed LIT SCOVILLE JINO W GUITEAU witness charles 11 reed alfiro A Clie vallier J W W godding Guite guiteau ati thanked reed for liis his c in his behalf and becoming greatly excited lio lie exclaimed As for president arthur atthur lio lie is an all ingrate and lio will bo be puni punished blied hereafter guiteau said I wait one moment I 1 wish to eay say something more lie then sat down at tho the table and arid in a firm bold hand wrote the following and liander it who came from the cell deeply affected hy by the interview to my dear lear friend chas A 1 heed reed 1 I 1 am only too gladdo glad to express t to 0 you my tar unbounded abounded appreciation of your our services in my mv behalf beli alf you did splendidly may god reward you for it meet me in heaven leaven signed J GUITEAU U S seail jail washington june 29 I 1 issa 11 dr flicks remained about fifteen minutes longer lodger with tho the prisoner but was unable to turn liis his thoughts away from the consideration of ill his s diato diate surroundings when lie retired from the cx cell imars mrs scoville and her daughter and jolin john IV W Guite guiteau iti were admitted their interview with the prisoner r i ler 1 lasted listed fifteen minutes the warden V a rd c n and deputy being present Gulte guiteau ati was at first much excited and roundly abused the president and those wretches as lie termed them who had hounded him to the scaffold and you too he ha cried out pointing his finger at gen crocker and the deputy you will bo be both sent to hell if in a few minutes lie calmed down and said ho lie was ready to die and wanted to bo be hung at twelve sharp At parting he said let me kiss my sip sister ter through tho the grated bare bars and let it so go on record after kissing liis his sister and little he turned to liis his brother and handing anding li him a dime said hero here is the ten cents due the washer woman I 1 guess you had better settle that balance today to day mrs scoville and lier her brother john then took leave of him and passing directly to their carriage were taken back to the city Gui guiteau teata is now at 4 perfectly factly quiet and composed and apparently patently ly in deep meditation dr george 31 beard sent telegraphic invitations to many physicians ceans to attend tho the autopsy on gui gall beaus body tomorrow to morrow afternoon he ile does not believe the pos post mortem n will show tho the condition of Gui guiteaux Guite teata aua 1 13 mind or show him insane guiteau about six took for supper broiled steaks toast potatoes raspberries rasp berries he ile then was shaved by C captain tain torrens axt at 7 deputy warden warde n russ visited him and found him ofleter crbut but ho lie talked in his usual vein and exhibited the same nervousness lying down clown he slept about 15 minutes about 8 lio lie requested sted dr dewilliams Me ins to see that reque th the 1 machine iachine I 1 was in working order BO so that ho lie might go off lit tit twelve tomorrow dr hicks and jno W guitena called at dr hicks but refused to admit jolin john guiteau introduced the topic simply sayi saying aig lie felt liken like a child going home to his 1118 fattier that lie would sec ills heavenly father in tile morning he lie read a short poem on and joined the doctor in silent prayer he lie was at midnight in a belter better frame fraine of mind than darine daring tho the day and said lie expected a good rest during in the remainder odthe of the night ft it lias has been decided reed says thal that guiteau be buried in fit the cast wing of the j jail all the execution is to take place about half past one guiteau prepared and will read at the proper time what I 1 ho 10 palls 31 my dying prayer on the gallows reed who has seen it described it as a remarkable production and one of which lie did not think guitrau was able whether lie will undertake to make any address or remarks other than tins this is not now known juno june a in guinean is is sleeping quietly except that lie ia Is frequently disturbed by a crazy negro woman who is making night hideous with yells ho ile lias has turned over once or twice but otherwise seems to refit rest quietly washington june 30 the letter in the nature of a will by which guiteau disposes of liis his body is as follows washington june 1882 Tolt to rev fv lvin A flicks 1 I charles guiteau of the city of washington in the district of columbia now under tinder sentence of death wit which ich is to bo be carried into execution between the hours of 12 and 2 on the day of jui june le A D 1882 1892 in the U S jail in ill said district do hereby give and grant you ou my any body after such execution provided however that it shall not be used for any mercenary purposes and arid I 1 hereby Iier eby for good and sufficient considerations give deliver and transfer to said hicks flicks tny rny book entitled the truth and Item removal oval and the copyright hereof thereof to be used by him in writing a truthful history of my life and execution and I 1 direct thet such history Iii story be entitled tho the life and works of charles J guiteau and I 1 hereby so solemnly proclaim and announce to all the world that no person or persons shall ever in any manner use my body for any tiny mercenary purpose whatsoever and if at any time hereafter any persons shall desiro desire to honor my remains they can do it bv by erecting a monument whereon shall bo be inscribed these words IFer olies lies the body of charles J guiteau patriot and christian his soul is in glory signed CHARLES J GUITEAU leitne witness s Cli charles arles 11 heed reed james woodward clia charles rles if reed counsel abr guiteau says 1 I have seen nothing yet to shak omy my conviction that guiteau will die tomorrow to morrow without weakness or walterine falt erine his ilia courage is not that afan of an ordinary criminal ora or a mere ruffian who takes pride in dying game it is rather that of a martyr of a man who suffers and dies for the sako sake of some religious principle I 1 though thou glit t at one time he lie began to show weakness I 1 saw in the newspapers thata that a spiritual adviser lias has been called in and the thought occurred to me that perhaps guiteau had begun to realize F lie had committed a crime and needed divine forgiveness and tbt he lie wished to make preparation for the tile death th atio 0 next time I 1 saw him bim I 1 said to him Cli charles arles I 1 see by the newspapers that yon you have called in a in minister inister do you feel as if you needed to prepare for death do you repent of W what lat you have done at me with a wild expression russion sion in in liis his eyes and shouted an no xa I 1 called in any minister I 1 done anything thin wrong tho the minister came of liis his own accord I 1 send for him i two or three davs days afterwards I 1 was introduced to dr hicks whom I 1 had never previously met and I 1 said to liim him doctor lias has guiteau ever shown in liis his talk with you any consciousness of having done wrong tand feeling of repentance ora or a desire for forgiveness none whatever lie replied ho lie has maintained consistently throughout that he lie lias has done nu no wrong that lie has simply done gods servi service ce and has nothing to repent of U up u to tl the 1 0 present time reed added adde choa 11 guiteau talked of hi his s death wi t any manifestation whatever of fear or dread ho ile said to me today mr reed what are they going todo to do with roy body I 1 told him that was a very painful subject to talk about and ind that I 1 would rather not go into it but eliat lio might rest assured that his its body av would be properly cared foi fbi he ile said 1 I I dont care particularly i eular I 1 7 wh aliat a t ia w abric done with it so cpr lone ia as it is not nt used for gain I 1 assured him bin again that hh his body should not bo be desecrated or used for any tiny mercenary mercena g purpose what do you mean I 1 by y that lie inquired I 1 explained to him the meaning of mercenary and lie said all right perhaps the bett better C r word I 1 acine dont want my body used for gain in lian dinc to reed today to day dav the farewell letter which lie wrote just before bidding him good tive I 1 guiteau said thisby Thi Th ismy sroy best fri friend end is the only compensation I 1 can give you for services services to mo me you have ner lied to me nor deceived me while nearly everybody else lias has I 1 am going to heaven tomorrow to morrow atone at one and I 1 wish you were going with me a |