The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1859-03-23
The Phrenologlcat Points of q Muir
doroy

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Two professional phrenologists at Chi
|cago have examined the lead of Jumpertz
convicted for the murder of Sophia Wer-
ner Professor s Martin givesit as his
opinion that the head of Henry Jumpertz
is one Of the best developed, in every res
pect, he has ever examined. The intel
lectual greatly predominates over the
animal part. He has never seen the or
gan of benevolence more largely devel-
oped, and in the present case this organ
has the sway over all others, being three
times as large as the organ of destructive.
ness. The probabilities of man COM
hitting murde- with such a finely devel-
oped head may be as one in a million;
but he thinks it utterly impossible.
DR. Bars gives the result of his exam-
ination in a public lecture: - 81
Henry Jumpertz's organization was one
of the most striking exceptions that l
ever saw; and 1 never was more surprised
and disappointed than was when I saw
him. / could hardly believe that he was
rather a small man, and would weigh
about 100 or ! 80 pounds, and looks very
much like Prince Albert; and wGs he ecalk-
ing the streets of London might easily be
mistaken for that distinguished parsonage
Though his intellect is much larger and
his forehead towers much higher, his hair
| is fine and dark or black; Lis eyes are
dark and bright--he has fine nervous
temperament, fair skin and fine features;
in short is really handsome (twenty-fve
years Of age.) His head measures around
the base 224 inches; from the top to the
nose, on Level with the eyebrows, to the
octspine Is inches; from ear to ear 2 !
inches, which shows that the base is re-
latively smaller than the coronal region.
His largest organs are benevolence, hu.
man nature. suavity, casualty, compari-
son., imitation, eventuality, form. lam
guage, locality, conscientiousness, eau
tiousness, secretiveness, and destructive
ness. @553.' '' 8a9f
His smaller organs are concen.
trativeness, appropriateness, marvellous.
ness, veneration, tune and time; the other
organs are about full, and would not ex.
ert controlling influence over his char.
acter. Any phrenologist would give him
good character, and pronounce him 9
perfect gentleman, distinguished for rea
| goodness of fsheart. fine taste, and man
of fascinating charms, that would readily
win plenty of friends wherever he goes :
His amativeness is rather large, and we
should expect be would easily win conf,
dence. But it is extremely difficult fol
me to conceive how he could thus harder
his heart and take the life of female
for we should suppose that such combi
nation of faculties would give only Low.
and affection for them. His benevolenc,
is larger than his destructivenesss. Hi
organ of love of appreciation being small
explains why he cares so little, about pub
lie opinion, and shows so little feeling, a
they call it. When I went into bis cell b
appeared perfectly uuconcerned about hi
fate, and was, apparently, as happy as th
proudest lord that ever bowed before til
maiden queen, very soclable and pleasant
His most intimate acquaintances say tha
for the last FIVE years, during his entir
residence in Chicago, he has been distiu
guished only for real goodness of hear1
and / must confess that I never felt q
much sympathy before in my life for an
criminal as felt for him. 1 assure 20
that felt very. different then from thos
I experienced when reading the tel
: : timony against him in the public print.