Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-07-20
The Guiteau Autopsy.

The report Of the autopsy upon Guitcau
signed by acting Assistant Surgeon Of the
Army, DR.. ID. S Lamb, has been forwarded
to Philadelphia for publication in the Met
acaI Ncrs. The opcuing paragraph des-
cribcs it as tho official report Of the autopsy,
bu. it does not Indicate to whom the report
was made, aud lacks the signatures. Drs
Somers snd llartigan, who were designated
by District Attorney Corkhill as associates
of DR.. Lamb in making the autopsy, and
who were present at the dissection of Gui.
teau's body. In uttcranccs to newspaper
men DR.. Lamb declines to recognize these
as having any right to a voice in making the
report, and he prepared tho document With
out consulting them in any way. District
Attorney Corkhil on the other hand, says
DR.. Lamb had no authority to act iudcpcn-
IDENTIFY of the other named physicians, and
the latter announce their Intention to pre-
pare another report, which will DO the ma-
jority report. DR.. Lambs oc,ion in thus
ignoring the other physicians was a surprise
to them and to Col Corkhll. Drs. Somcrs
and lIartigan affirm that DR.. Lambs report
dlssgrees in important decisions from notes
taken by themselves and by other physicians
present at the post-moite TEN, but DR.. Lamb
has possession OF these notes and declines to
permit the other surgeons to sec them The
latter accordingly will prepare their re-
port from duplicates, notes and other mem.
oranda and from memory. DR.. Lamb, in
hls report states that it was made in ac..
cordancc with request from the Rev. DR..
Hicks. The report is entirely too technical
to be inscligibIe to the general reader
except as to points which have already been
telegraphed, to wit: that the muscles of the
neck were torn asunder, but the bone was
not broken, that the brain weighed forty
nine and half ounces aud that the spleen
was nbnormaly large. Upon this report
the MedicaI Nccs has based an editorial in
which it says those who expected to demon.
stratc tho assassin's want Of criminal re-
sponsiblity by changes in his brain will
have rather difficult task, that if they cx-
pected to find such changes IN the structure
OF his brain IS attach to the organs of
chronic insane persona they arc certainly
disappointed Some deviation from the
typical normal brain are referred to in the
report, but they have absolutely no signifi-
cation from the point of view of mcuta de-
rangement. tmay be affirmed Of Guiteau's
brain that it presented as little evidence of
pathological change as the brain Of any one
Q! his age dying OF some other than cerebral
disease. What may be disclosed in the |
investigation which is yet to be
made is to DO seen. Here the opportuni-
ties are great for differences of opinion.
1t is generally believed in Washington
that Guite.u's body has been removed from
Its temporary resting place in the j,l and
fax, tn lo NJ ~
where 1t has undergone or will shortly un-
dergo tho process necessary to reduce it to
q skeleton. DR. Lamb does not deny that
tho body has been removed but declines to
say where it is or what is to be dono with il
WAsnINdTox, July 0--Tho last pro.
cesscs in reducing Guitcau to a skeleton arc
being gone through with, aud before another
week, should tho officials of the Museum
DO so disposed, the curiosity loving public
can gaze upon tho bones of the man who
slew the President. About half past o o clock
Saturday morning the process Of bull
'n9 aud maceration was completed, and tho
skeleton, in its soft and platIc condition,
was given into the hands Of the scraper, On
Did and tried employee Of tic Museum. ISy
noon tho bones were completely cleaned,
and tho skeleton was taken up 10 bag "and
deposltcd upon tho roof" whore tho hot rays
of tho noon midsummer sun soon dried it.
Strict ordels were given to colored em-
'loyee to sit by The skeleton. The old
nan, whose name is Jack, OF once took up
lis post Of duty, and his movements on tho
oof wcro observed bya number ofrcsidcpts
n tho ncighborhood, aud were the cause
much curious comment. Finally an ad-
enturous householder climbed up to the
aves of his residence, aud wes grotifed
ith a eight Of tho skeleton lying on the