Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-12-16
The stattcr az an Expert.

Philadelphia Ledger.
Before the prosecution Lad Gl,ta;.u
measured for 4 hat, q prominent Phila,!cl-
phia halter sent his notebook, with dj,
grams, to the Ledger, in comment ca
Spitzka's theory. Although matters are
in The Froverb for going mad easily, they
arc the best judges of the shapes Q, men >
heads III the world. The rhIenologist
may tlattcr, but the halter is bound to
get the measure of his man. Dr.. S;pitzka
testified that, because Guitcau's head was
larger Oh one side than on the other, and
presented Irregularities Of conformation,
he was therefore irresponsibie! Having :.
lop-siCc,! Uranium. he had been actually
at liberty, all his !;ie, to kill men with
balanced heads; fo- presumably they
would be the sort most offensive to such
an autocrat. On this basis. all that Il man
would have to get to qualify himself
for burglary, arson Or q bank en-
bezzIcmeIt would be . hattcr's certiicatc,
to be kept about him when the sheriff S
officer should come up will, him at last
This hattcr's note book appears to be !:
study of great criminals. It is singulally
like the note book o! a fancy pear-growcr,
too There is scarcely a head in it, in fact,
THAT is not pear shaped of the widest va
riety, unless in the few that have Il re-
markablc likeness to the outline OF tho
sole Of Il we!lworn slipper or ssouty shoe.
It Is; a monstrous study, in fact, OF what
appear to be abnormal crania, Sometimes
the unbalanced bulge is in front, some
times III the hack-but no two sides are
alike. Here is head that looks like
misshapcd flint arrowhead !; here is {.
monstrous prOtuberancc behind the car :;
1,o,o 10 hot ...1 1-,,o1>I>xr Al
round, this must be murderer's skull.
and this an idiots.
UnfortGnatel; Tor tho theory, they arc
the hatter's best customers-aIi of them
highly respectable family men, and some
0; them distinguished in public and pri-
vatc life for their ability, intelligence and
worth. A number OF them are dead, ard
their accounts made up for this world, so
that they are beyond the reach Of ont
breaks OF disposition. The seeming mllr-
dercr was p prominent judge, the idiot
was = governor Of distinction, the knobby
potato. ali gone to one side, was a genial,
eaterpising merchant. 4 vice presi-
dents head diagram, which is in tho
collection, would lead any court, were the
Spitzh;i test applied, to send the owner
to an insane hospital. One of the
nearest 10 balanced heads is q brilliant,
but most eccentric, physician, long dead,
who, by the hatter's line, would have been
a very safe man Of affairs. Here is a
clergyman, who gave tho calnest advice
to his flock, but his head is shocking in its
one -sidedness. Some OF the smallest heads
have had the most in them, and, SO far as
shape goes, they put all theories to rout.
NIncty-nine hundredths of the human race,
if this book be q gauge, ought to be under
lock and key, and tic surplus revenue
from matches and cologne water ought to
go at once to building asylums for men,
bers Of Congress and judges of the supreme
court. We hope the hatters will be cn-
ccuraged all over the country to bring up
their blacby -cephalc and dolicho-cepha!ic
defOrmities, ard let the nation see now it's
sOberesS-its most worthy-citizens arc
alarmingly one, sided rs to the knobs on
their heads.