St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-25
THEIR CApUTS FELT.
The Heads of the Barretts Felt By a
PhrenOlogist.
DOCTOR MEADE'S IDEAS.
Characteristic Bumps" Found on the
Craniums of the Dead Muir
derers.

rett had been moved to C0nnelly'sf
morgue, DR.. ii. Meade. phrenolOgist
OF Minneapolis. was seen by a reporter
with the idea of getting some informal,
ton in regard to the opinions he would
| deduce from the measurements of the
| heads OF the executed men.
The doctor was quite ready to tell just
| what shape and proportion the heads
would be likely to take. p
ut has been my experience" he said;
with criminals, to find the top of the
head low, that is the moral portions,
They are almost always very full above
the ears, that is the region of destruc-
| tiveness. In the case of the boys ex-
pect to find secretiveness large, for
surely they have shown that quality
That will be manifest by fullness back
of and little above secretiveness."
On Friday night, after much waiting,
| the doctor and reporter entered the
| back room OF the mOrgue, and there,
under the white cloths were stretched
all that remained on earth of the men
who had been hanged as murderers.
The cool little man of science COM
mented on where the other part of
them might be, and removing the cloth
from the cold face of Tins remains
| and quickly took the required meas
urements, calling them off to the
reporter. Then he felt over the head
| just little, and went over to the other
| side of the room to Iete'S remains. and
| the same process was gone through with
| him. Going out of the chamber
| death the door was locked on
| the two dead men, and the stu
dent of human nature, with the re-
| porter, stepped out into the pleasant
night, taking the notes home with him
to think and study over. The next
| day, when seen by the reporter,
he gave the following results:
In regard to Tim he said The size of
his head being little above the aver
age, if properly balanced and being of
| good organic quality, should expect to
| find him man capable of being clever
scholar and doing fine business. But
| in his case l find the organic quality
not good and his head low in the
moral region and large in the re-
| gi0n of the animal propensities-
a condition usually found in low
| criminals. In the region OF combative-
| make him Quarrelsome, and. being
| large in the region of destructiveness,
| to make HIM diSagreeable, contentious
and severe, and with the region OF be-
nevolence rather small, crnel and heart
| less, and the region of SecretiveneSS
being fairly developed. and the region
! of cautiousness only sufficiently de-
yelOped to make him reckless,
impetious and daring, and With ap-
probativeness. such as to make
him bOastful of his exploits and crimes
when in the company of confederates
| and confidential friends. His develop
| opment in the regions of acquisitiveness
| and consclentionSneSS are in keeping
with the crime he committed-murder7
ing fellow-being because he would not
| yield to him money intrusted to his
care. Knowing the money was to be
| had, his acquisitiveness called into
action his combativeness and de-
| structiveness. and his conscienciousneSS
| being small, either was dormant
or applauded. In his head we find, as
we do everywhere. proof of the correct
ness of the science of phrenOlOgy, as.
, discovered by Dr.. Gall, and promulgated
| III this country by such men rs DR..
Spunzheim, Prof G. Combe and O. s.
| Fowler. He was thief by nature.
| Large acquisitiveness. fair secretiveness,
! and only small conscientious: his height
! being 5 feet go inches: his weight being
| about 100 pounds, with a full, large chest
| and well developed muscles and coarse
| grained by nature he was fitted to en-!
| dure many hardships, and having great
| physical power was capable of great
! deal of hard work. but L should judge
| him to be one who disliked work, there
| fore he had to find some other channel
| TO give vent to his pent up forces. and
| being ruled by the animal prOpensities.
unchecked and unhampered by con-
ScientiousnesS and with large cOmbative-
ness and acquiSitivenesS, should expect
| him to give vent to his forces in quar-
/ relS, contentious and in acquiring the
urbnrpyVIth ~ food anI mis- a,,i
nal propensities. never caring that
| that which he got, by right belonged to
| some one else. In fact, his mental Or
| gans were so developed and so COM
bined that he could not realize that any
thing he laid his hands on did not be-
long to him.
PETE'S CASE.
He was young man of seventeen,
| five feet eight inches in height, with
| good full chest. l should expect to find
one capable OF enduring much, and
with organic quality such that if sur
rounded by good influences would lead
a good life, with the mentality rather
| sluggish. He needed to be strictly tenn
| perate in all things, and to avoid all
forms of temptations. particularly VI
| ciOuS and vulgar associates. His head
was of average size, he was slow
of perception, and had rather
dull sensibilitieS with great self-con-
troll, as indicated by his large secretive-
ness. fairly developed in the moral
region, thus making him good under
good circumstances, but so constituted
as to be easily influenced by evil assOci-
ates. His cOnscientiOusness was too
| small to guide him Alright and prevent
| him from doing wrong when urged to it
| by others. If left to himself or to fol-
low his own inclinations, he would
| palpably avoid wrOng-doing. He
was rather full in the region of
the animal prOpensitieS. In fact.
they were his guiding instincts, but if
properly restricted and with good moral
| companions would be good, would not
| be contentious or quarrelsome. Yet he
was not one to strive to avoid conten-
tons and quarrels. having the organ of
combatlvines fairly developed. but with
| well developed deStructiveneSs and
large secretveness and fair firmness he
could be cool and determined when
very angry, and if needed
iDtlict severe punishment. and
sometimes be cruel, because
not large in the region of beneyolence,s
iveness and fairly developed in the
region of combativeness. He did not
have the necessary developments to
make MIN a natural thief; true he was
not large in the region of conscientious
ness and was large in the region of
| Secretiveness, yet he was small:
in the region of aequisitiveness: and.
while l feel that he has received but Just
punishment, feel that he was ''more
sinned against than SHINING" and that
if he had received good moral and in.
tellectual training, thereby stimulate;
ing and bringing his moral and INTEL,
lectual organs into the ascendencv, in
stead of diving q felnn he minht houa