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Guiteau Executed After Prolonged Night in Jail
The long preparations and tense scenes at Washington’s jail culminated as John W. Guiteau was hanged for the assassination. He spoke prayers and read a personal poem and dying prayer, while reporters filled the rotunda and streets thronged outside. The execution proceeded with military ceremony and ended with autopsy plans and burial in the jail yard.
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