Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-07-01
kT0NEMENT.


e phenomena of the different parts OF the body
were placed about on tables, The operations
Of the three surgeons engaged in the autopsy
were watched with the greatest interest by
the other medical gentlemen, who crowded
about the table. After the examination
the eyes and brain were removed, to
be inspected Dr. A. B. Cgringer found the
left eye completely suffused with blood, and
both ewes were so iudistinct that no opinion
could be formed Of their condition or express
sion. Then the body was cut open and
thorough examination made, with view to
determine all the physiolC gicsl facts that
could be. of interest in connection with the
case. Ihe brain was found to be in a normal
condition. and weighed forty nine ounces
The heart weighed little over rice ounces,
and was in q hesl,hy condition, as were the
other internal organs.
DR.. aIcWilliams. the fret physician to
leave tho room where the sutopsy was held,
said there was nothing, so far as he could see
about the brain thst was abnormal. Its
weight, according 10 DR.. McWilliams, was
4)I ounces. The general viscsra was in Q
perfect condition.
At S:15 the autopsy adjourned until eve
ming.
The physicians are diarclined to go into
details 10 regard to tie result reached thus
far.
Dr. Hartigan left TIE jail soon after
O'Clock, taking with him Guiteau's brain.
DR.. Golling, who has maintained that
Guitsau WAS insane, vixen asked what the
result Of the autopsy wa, said: 81 have
nothing to say now"
ANOTHER physician remarked, 1--WE all
know nothing" a bys.andsr replied, So
the pneducsted non.expert public thought at
the time of the other sutopsy."
AL-th physicians agreed chat there were
lynpt in the brain aud hardening of the
durntmster. None of them care to express
positive opinion until after the examination
has been completed.
DR.. Bliss said thers were many points
showing good health, mental and physical
development.
DR.. HartigaD, who has the custody Of
Guitsss's brain, took it to the Army Medical
Museum, where, in room set apart for pho /
tographic purposes, number Of surgeons and
physicians had assembled to continue the
autopsy. All the direction Of operations was
given to Dr. Lamb. Il had been the inten-
ton of the surgeons to begin by making
plaster casts Of The bTaip, with view to per-
msnent preservation in the form of its con-
fguration and external characteristics, but
the otsAE was found so soft and yielding as to
render this imprscticable. A resort, there
fore, was bad to photography.
On account Of the lateness of the hour and
the dull and overcast sky, the preparations
were pscesssrily hurried cut after placing
the brain on 8 mass of curled hair, such as
that ussdin upholsteripg, disposing it in the !
form in which it had been during life, a num-
Der Of negatives were taken from various |
points Of view with more or less successful |
rssults The anRtomical examination was then |
resumed. This exauli1 alton, " hich viii include |
5 careful microscopic study of the tissues and |
structural characteristics of the organ, will |
certainly not be finished before tomorrow |
afternoon, and may occupy several days.
The surgeons and physicians participating in |
the autopsy have pledged themselves not to |
make public, in the meantime, sny individual !
conclusions they may arrive at, in order that
the official report when made may have full |
weight and value as representing the con.
elusiops OF all the examining physicians !
ANOTHER REPORT OF THE AUTOPSY.
No. lee NfI
the autopsy, as far as can be learned tonight, |
are as follows After surveying the body |
externally, the surgeons proceeded to lay |
open the brain cavity and thora1 and ex- |
anime the organs therein. The brain was !
found to weigh 494 ounces, a little more than |
the weight of average hnman beings, was
well formed and presented no external
evidence of disease or lesion. The
lungs aud heart were in q normal con-
dition. There was slight rufiing of the aorta
in the vicinity of the heart. The neck was
not dislocated or fractured, as the surgeons at
first supposed, but there was q rupture of the
sterno ceido mastoid muscle on both sides, as
well as of the thyroid membrane. II
follows, therefore, that death resulted from
suffocation, not dislocation of the spinal ver-
tebra. A partial examination was made
of the abdominal viscera, but was
not completed at the time the autopsy was
suspended. The spleen was found to be con-
siderably enlarged, its weight being fifteen
oun ces-more that twice that of an ordinary
spleen. The other abdominal organs, as far
IS examined, presented no unusual features.
The report of the surgeons making the au-
topsy will probably not be ready for publica-
ton before Wednesday.
A Crank CerraIed.
WASHINGTON, June 30th.-At 1880 this
morning man appeared in front of the jail,
stripped off his coat and vest and declared
that he bad come down to save Guitesu.
Four policemen grabbed him in tIice and
hustled him off to the nearest station house.
The Assassin's Brother.
WASHINGTON, June 30th.-Just before
noon John W. Guiteau said to representa-
tive of the Associated Press that he felt
cheerful, 80 far as his brother was concerned,
believing it far better for him to die than
live. He said that no one felt keener
anguish than he himself that the crime had
been committed which plunged the nation in
grief He believed, however, that his brother
would show himself to be a brave man. and
from his own standpoint would vindicate his
idea of patriotism. His life is a wreck, and
worthless" said John. and I think this
most fitting END to his checkered and insane
career" He believed that his brother died
happy, and owing to his demented condition
before going into the next world, he thought
his brother happier in death than in life
under the circumstances, and if he John
could he would not ask to have him reprieved.
John was in the same mood after the exc
cution. II believe he was insane" said he
"I predicted just what would happen that
ha vould 90 hrayalv To the pallowa The