Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-15
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

the proceedings in the Star route cases this morning with the introduction of official papers concerning route No. 38, 15O, from Saguache to Lake City, Fla. The proceed ings were interrupted by the entrance of the grand jury, the foreman of which informed the court that they had found an indictment The examination of witnesses was then re- sumed. Mir. Bliss states that the case of Star route 44,14o, from Eugene City to Bridge Creek, Oregon, concluded today, is the last in which papers have to be examined. Court adjourned until Monday.
 MT. Chandler this evening cabled permis- sion to recopper the steamer Brooklyn at Rio Janeiro, but expresses surprise that it will be necessary, as the vessel was newly coppered year ago at New York. The cost now will be S25, ,OOO
 The Republicans in the House have deter mined to take up election cases next week, beginning with Smalls (colored) against Til man. of South Carolina After that the Ala banaa case of Smith against Shelley will be considered.
 Gsuitenu's Brain-A Report From the
 Other Doctors-The Assassin's Will
 Flied
 WASHINGTON, July 1.-The report of Drs Sewers and Hartigan on the Guiteau autopsy has just been made public. A very long preface to the report is devoted to an account of the controversy between Drs. Sewers and Hartigan ana Dr. Lamb, whose report on the autopsy was printed last week. The present report is addressed to District Attorney Corkhill, and the Rev. Dr. Hicks Drs. Sow and Hartigan disclaim all responsibility for their quarrel with Dr. Lamb. They quote number of letters to show that no report was contemplated which should not be acted on by all three of the doctors en- gagged in the examination. Among the let ters is one from Mr. Corkhill, in which he says that Dr. Lamb had no authority to take charge and assume control of the report that by the agreement between him Cork hiiD and Dr. Hicks, Dr. Lamb had au- thority superior to that of either of the other doctors, and that he considers it the duty of Drs. Sewers and Hartigan to make report according to their observation and knowledge of the case. The report then goes on to say that by an understanding be- tween the three doctors Dr. Lamb was charged with the mechanical part of the autopsy, and that before the work was begun Dr. Lamb, on being asked if he had provided everything for it's com plete and thorough performance, answered that n9 lau. At the enQ or LQ6 autopsy DT- Lamb gathered up the official notes taken by the doctors who had been selected for that purpose The report says that Dr. Lamb was authorized to safely keep these notes un- til the three doctors could meet for confer ence and the preparation of their report. They add that when. in obedience to an invi- tation from Dr. Lamb, they called at the Medical Museum for an interview, they found Drs. Bedding and Eliot there, ana were un- able to have any conference with Dr. Lamb upon the report unembarrassed by the pres- ence of these gentlemen. At this interview Dr. Lamb submitted a portion of his report, in which discrepancies were pointed out. Dr. Lamb, however, received the suggestions of these discrepancies in a manner which sat is6ed Drs. Sewers and Hartigan that they were regarded as interlopers, and that it had been predetermined to ignore them in the preparation of the report. The technical account of the autopsy does not differ very much from that of Dr. Lamb. Drs. Sewers and Hsrtigan say that in the preparation of their report they are largely indebted to the notes of Drs. W. J. Morton and c. l.. Dana, of New York, which were so nearly in accord with their views that in some instances they adopted them without change. Drs. Morton and ! Dana. who published report last week, said l their notes agreed closely with the report of Dr. Lamb. Drs Sewers and Hartigan note ! that the hangman's knot slipped from the I left to the back of the neck. They agree 1 with all the others that Guiteau was \ strangled, there being no dlslocation of
 the. vertebrse. Concerning the flat
 tening of the right parietal bone oe the
 skull they say it inclined to the outer | plate. There was no bungling of the inner
 table immediately beneath that could be dis, | cerned. There were no other points of asymmetry noticeable. On the inner surface of the skull no abnormities were discovered. | The report mentions the fact that the blood ! vessels of the brain and it's membranes were
 empty. and ayers that this was owing to the ! unfortunate removal of the lungs and heart,
 and sewerage of the large blood vessels by Dr. Lamb before the brain was examined. Sufficient examination was made to show that the large blood vessels of the brain were in a
 healthy condition. The report also criticises
 Dr. Lamb because he had not provided prop
 CT scales for weighing the brain. There was
 no apparent asymmetry of the two hemis
 pheres of the brain.
 Dr. Hicks presented Goiteau's will in court
 to-day.