The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-02-02
A STIFF SCHEME
70 ExAlalT rAE AssAsslN,s ooapsE:
A eA.ltly Speculation tAl. take. the PrI..-Tl,
RslltI,a to Get Half the Receipts from the
Rspal,ln show What csOssI SEQ.
VILE says Ia Regard 10 II.

PatIApELpmA, February l.--Nfr. ]. H
Rtdgeway, Of this city, says he has receiyet
the following letter in regard TO his propo
sition to exhibit the remains OF Guiteau:
WAsnlNoroN, January 80.
Yours Of the 2sth inst received. The
relatives are inclined to regard your prop.
osition iavorably. In case Of his death the
brain will have to be removed for posi-
mortem examination, Gro scovt1LE.
It's understood that Mr. Ridgeway gives
the relatives s.. 600, with a per centage. He
calculates that will make the total price oi
the corpse $4,000 at least. II the offer Is
accepted the body will be preserved by
patent retrigeraing process, ice and salt
being the material used, The exhibition
car refrigerator will cost $4,000. Mr..
Ridgeway says It will be elegantly carpet.
cd and upholstered and the metallic
cooling apparatus will be concealed
BY rich hangings. 1t has not vet been
decided how the body will be dis.
posed, but 1t will be arranged so as to
look as natural as possible. The form will
be dressed as In lie, and the features, 1t Is
expected, will retain the expression they
had Immediately after they became fixed
in death. Mr.. Ridgeway says this will re.
suit from the state Of perfect preservation
in which the corpse will be retained by the
refrigerating apparatus. He says: awe
will visit all the chief cities Of this country,
after which we will go to Europe, and
probably exhibit the body in all the prin-
ctpal cities Of the continent think we
will do even better, financially, there than
in this country. In London, especially, l
expect to get large returns. wrote to
Guiteau soon after his trial began, making
q similar proposition to him. He replied,
saying that be was disposed to regard my
proposals with favor, but that he would
have to refer me to his counsel. | think
there is no doubt but that l shall get his
body, and l am now making arrangements
10 secure the largest halls in the country"
WASHINGTON, February 1,--Scoville, re-
ierring to the revival Of the story that he
had consented to the exhibition Of Guiteau's
body for the purpose Of speculation says
at Is for Guiteau's brother and sister to
determine what shall be done with the
body. 1fthey should consent to the prop
osition it would be upon the condition that
a post mortem examination Of the brain
first be made to determine beyond doubt
the disputed question whether or not he
has any disease Of the brain. The proceeds
OF such exhibition would be used by the
family in paying Guiteau's debts, and the
remainder, il there were any, would be de-
voted to the amelioration Of the condition
Of the insane, or the advancement Of the
anti-capital punishment theory. Itwould
be next to impossible to protect the re-
mains from body.sa tchers. They would
have far more incentive to steal his remains
than those OF A. 7. Stewart, and II the
remains can be made to subserve some
worthy philanthropy it seems TO me far
better to dispose OF them in this way"
scoville says he has received a few small
contributions in answer to his appeal.
It is the general opinion that Scoville
will abandon the case ii his motion is de.
MED by Judge Cox Friday.