New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-02
BURIAL DENIED CROWLEY.
SCIENCE CLAIMS HIM FOR HER OWN.
HIS BODY CUT UP, HIS SKIN STUFFED, HIS
BONES ARTICULATED, HIS FLESH THROWN
AWAY.

BONES ARTICULATED, HIS FLESH THROWN
AWAY
The rights Of Christian burial to be denied 10 Mr.
Crowley, OF central Park Ho does not owe this TO any
failure crime OF his own, but to his too great iamo
In short, paOr Crowley 10 DO stuffed ana exhibited IN
state his hosts Of mourning friends Early yeser-
day Professor Jenness Richardson the taSIdormss OF
the Museum Of Natural History, had Crowey's body
brought from Arsenal, where II had boon Kept
on ice over night lie and his assistants placed tho
body f. \ sitting posture tabo, with post sup
porting his back This DONE the body up TO tho
shoulders Covered with excelsior ami th'fh
composition oil sand, cement AMI tow was paohed
around his shoulders and neck. mixture OF inc b'st
quality of dental plaster then smoarcd hioy over
the head Thlsl operation occupied about twenty MIN
ues, and ten nEnL'es later the mixture had assumed
tho required frnness. The removal OF the cast wa
decidedly dedca4 task FIRST It was divided into three
sections with knife and then peeled Of carefully 10y
hand. The buniance o, haif on the subject rendered
the work UNI suay difficult, but # MS finally accom-
plshcd success fnlly. and Professor RICHARDSON OK
pressed great Sd i action with tho ; enit
The first model taken from this cast sill he given 10
a sculptor. who make fc-si1e bust of Crowley
in marble for exhibition at the Arsenal when t'iS
task was completed Crowley weighed lie Tipped
the scales al Just Sc entythrce pounds thiry-scyon
pounds short OF what no weighed last July The boay
then laid out on tho operating table ard D VIII
lam Gotthen began the autopsy. Tho Skin was care
fully removed aud will DO tanned and stuff for OK
hbltiOn on the frst Aoor OF the museum. Tho skeleton
for this specimen Is 10 be carved from vo'' and viii
be an exact reproduction Of the bone sbcotoh After
the skin as rcmavoG iho body opened Tho layer
Of muscles over tho abdomen was found to b. Iamirh-
ably tough and inucn thicker than human raiE-
Every one OF the Vital organs diseased and croDs
causes of death were found TO have killed DO en
monkeys Tho it lung al grown sodly % 80 wall
OF the cavity amt had evidently boon useless an
organ for a long time Tubcrclcs dotted AZ over
it, and when cut open It found to be tr'. hlris
consumed by consumption and badly conc 5icd Tho
right lung also adhoTcnt TO CONSIDERABLE degree
and dotted with tubcrclcs well.
ENOUGH ILLS TO KILL MANY MONKEYS
Fatty degeneration also found In the heart ana
liver, indicating that Indigestion was another Of crow
cys ailments while tho covering over the inlestines,
which was grown to the sides, showed an Old case OF
pcritonitis Dr. G0tthc was Of the opinion that tho
case OF consumption about two years old, and
that the immediate cause Of death was congestion OF
the lungs, superinduccd by taking fresh cold after
his second attack Of pneumonia IIcmor'hages were
also found IN the stomach which were the starting
point of gastric ulcer that would have ultimately
killed Crowley had he survived his other HIS
When the examination was over Dr. Gottheil
said that tho physical difference between
Crowley and human being was chiefly difference
Of degree The formation of the body was
much the same. except tho feet All the vital organs
man possesses found in Crowley. though there
was slight difference IN formation. and some were
larger while others ere smaller. There VAS no cNl
length OF %. ar ~ndiX verm fOrmas' marked the
lower ord o' al