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could bo Of interest in connection with the

could be Of interest in connection with tho
case.
THE BRAIN
was found to be IN normal condition and
weighed forty-nine ounces. Tho henrt
weighed littlo over nine ounces and was in
healthy condition as were all the other in-
internal organs. DR.. Hartigan left the Jail
coon alter 4 o'clock, taking with him Gui-
teau's brain.
WASHINGTON, June 80, 10 P. M.-Dr.
Hartigau, who had the custody of Guiteau's
brain, took it at half-past four to the Army
Medical Museum on 10th street whero iu a
room sct apart for Photographic purposes
number of surgeons aud physicians had US
scmbled to continue the autopsy. Among
those peresent were Drs. Nichol ond Mao.
Donald Of New York, and Drs. Lamb. Lor..
ing, Somcrs, Royburn, Elliott, Godding Of
Washington. Tho direction Of operations
was by unanimous consent given to Dr.
Lamb. It had been the Intention of the sur.
geons to begin by making q plaster cast Of
the brain witha view to the permanent pre-
servalion III that form of its confguration
aud external characteristics, but the organ
was found go soft and yielding as to render
this impracticable. Resort was therefore had
to photography. On account of tho late
ness of tho hour aud Of dull overcast sky
stay Of operations was necessarily re-
qured, but after placing the brain on
mass Of curled hair, such as that used in
upholstery and disposing it in the form which
it had during life, several negatives werc
taken Of it from various points Of view with
more or less successful results. The ana
tomioal examination Of the brain wos then
resumed. This examination, which will
include careful microscopica study Of the
organ, will certainly not be finished before
tomorrow afternoon, and may occupy sew.
crul days.
RESULT OF THE AUTOPSY.
The result Of the autopsy on tho body of
Guitcau, SO far as eau be learned to- night
from surgeons who we're present, may be
briefly stated as follows: After surveying the
Soday externally the surgeons proceeded to
lay opou the brain cavity u6d thorax and to
examine the organs therein confined. The
brain was found to weigh forty nine and
one half ounces, which is little more than
the weight of the average human brain. 1t
was we'll formed uud presented no external
evidences of disease or lesion. The lungs
aud heart were in their normal condition,
but there was slight rufllpg of the arota
in the vicinity Of tho heart. Thc neck was
not dislocatcd or fractured, as the surgeons
at first supposed, but there was rupture of
the stcrnocleidomastoi muscle on both sides,
as we'll as Of the tn, roid membrane. 1t fol-
lows. therefore, that death resulted from
suflocaton and not from dislocation Of the
spinal vcrtcb,W. a partial examination
was made of tho abdominal visccra, but it
had not been completed at tho time the au
topsy was suspended. The spleen was
found to be considerably enlarged, its
weight being Gftcen ounces, or moro than
twice that of normal spleen. The other
abdominal organs, SO far as they we're. ex-
nmincd, presented no unusual features. The
report Of the surgeons who are engaged 10
making tho autopsy will probably not be
ready for publication before next Wcdncs-
day.
oUIrEAU's BODY BURIED IL THE JAIL YARD.
WAsnINeToN, July l.-Guiteaus body
was buried in the northeast corner OF the
Jail at o'clock p. NJ. The body was borne
from the chapel upon tie shoulders Of six
of the Jail prisoners and without auy cerc-
mony or service lowered into tho ground
The only persons prcseut were John W.
Guiteaa, DR.. Hicks, Warden Crocker and
son, VIM. Wright, undertaken, Ward, engi
nccr of the Jail, Deputy Warden Russ, Capt.
Croker, and the six prisoners who acted us
pail bearers.