New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-08
NOT YET IDENTIFIED.
sor,ruwoRTH HELD on SUSPICION.
-vrs,r PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY RECOGNIZED
sr HEAD OF THE MAN WHO TRIED

ne and talked with Inspector Byrnes lie
~ .hsrn 10 the Morgue. Late in the afternoon no
sa' aThe task of identifying that head at the
So sesrns 20 be difficult Several persons who
a s o,nsulted with to-day have failed to recog-
n although they thought they might be able to tell
~ ,,. bomb-throwcr was. Up to the present time
A. NOT know the name OF the man. or where he
W, s..n staying in the city. am pretty sure that
WAS not Professor Denton. a crank of whom
w - has been made / sent to the Morgue a num-
% :, r,rsons who knew Denton well. They looked
pe' 49, had and said IL bore resemblance to ben
sas head -, $500. ..,s 30 ,.. h. a,
s.,.d by the bomb-thrower TO Captain Harry
- At Worth's Museum several weeks ago,
u 10 the Tombs Police Court yesterday morning
xos remanded to the care Of Inspector Byrnes
= an. afternoon the prisoner was taken 10 the police
- srain and committed to Bellevue Hospital
a. examination rs to his sanity.
a. consulted with the District Attorney about
.,hvorth this morning." the Inspector said. and
= av,sed that the prisoner should be examined BY
-. IN insanity. There seemed to be considerable re;
:. "A h.ieve that southworth was crank who ought
= % he allowed 10 be at large. He had been talking
-. svpsmite bombs and railroad capitalists so much
"a. he might be supposed to favor the kind of work
harmed by the man whose head is at the Morgue.
=. ooly evidence have that Southworth and the
,nAthrower had anything in common Is the statement
:, C.pta,n Horne. In searching through Southworth's
At. We found a badge, such as Captain Horne said
=. sbowr to him by the bombthrower, and called
.sxr's badge in the secret organization to which he
"a he belonged We have no other evidence of the
essence Of such organization, and at present do
a. care to express any opinion on the subject"
The Inspector exhibited the badge which found
suthvorth' e. possession. II a metal shield.
rsopted BY an eagle. In blue ground at the top of
~ She'd were the letters r. L. V. in white. The
Ln,r Z inclosed the fraction ITO. Red and white
enpes filed the lower part Of the shield.
Inspector Byrnes said he did not know what the
vusr. and figures on the badge meant unless they
"a some connection with the "Grand Army of
Labor ard the -tenths, universal and viglant"
shout which Southworth wrote and raved. One let
tr found in southworth's possession evidently had
hesn received in reply to appeal to the Prince Of
Walks for AID as member Of the Masonic order. Ii
rsd as follows:
Marlborough House, Pail Mall. S. w.
sThs Comptroller Of the Household is directed 10 in
firm Mr. southworth that his letter to ii. Il. II. the
Prince Of Wales applying for aid, has been forwarded
70 the Grand Secretary, Free Mason Hall, to whom all
inch communications should be addressed.
sMsy G, 1891"
Inspector Byrnes's attention called to a state
uert said to have been made by George Francis Train
about the bomb thrower and he was asked If the
poloe had asked Mr.. Train for Information
sYo,s replied the Inspector. 1" Train was declared
10 be insane some years ago.
The dynamite-thrower's head, from which the brain
has been removed. hangs suspended by cord
passed through the of the skull In large glass
iar Of so per cent alcohol IL is kept in the small
room behind the MOrgue Office and crowds beseged
the place Yesterday endeavoring to get look at it.
As IN sunday It was noticeable that there many
women among the visitors and they evidently came
through idle curiosity alone, and nothing else. Tho
~ NOh sides of the lar
and the LIQUID disort the face that it IS unrecog
Unable but when IL is lifted from the alcohol, IL is
hund that the features have undergone no change ex
osp st the look OF staring horror has gone from the
sunsen eyes, and the face placid and peaceful
Many Of the visitors positively declared that they
the man. after examining his features, but 1t WAS
proved nat their assumptions were wrong in almost
all sss 1t seems strange that many mistakes
shouh be made as the face is natural and should be
an EASY one 10 recognize account Of the marked
kstures.
Four different people came to the Morgue yester-
y and thought that they recognized the head as De-
lx that OF a Professor Denton. The first man was
LINES NJ. Pollock a bookkeeper at McCiown's Pass
Tavern in Central Park. He said that there was a
striking resemblance between the features of Denton,
As h. remembered him, and the head of the dynamite
hrower. He had two photographs Of Denton's face
which looked much like the head. He said that he
kn known Denton to be very outspoken In denuncla-
ton Of Wall Street operators He then goried in being
Known as the Ghost Of George Washington and
Americas Spiritual Adviser" The last time Mr.. Pol
lock heard OF his friend in July. He went away
without saving positively whether the head was that
Of his friend not.
T. J. McCartle, of No. 1877 East Twenty -ffth-st.,
also said that he almost positive that the head Was
that Of Professor Denton
Denton's relatives live In NewtOwn, L. l., and yes
rdsy afternoon at about O'Clock Emanuel Brandon,
eliza or and Wakpmau. of
the same place. looked at the head and thought also
tat It was that of Prof ssOr Denton. They went
hsek to ascertain whether Denton was missing.
What gave the Identification of the head that OF
Denton peculiar importance was that oil saturday the
n4n Strifer who said he worked at {. ii. LIly's
veatI-yane factory, said he recognized the head as
that Of q man who formerly came there, but whose
be did not sem mber This man, according TO Mr.
Ely's statement yesterday nobody else but Pro
sor Denton He said that Denton used TO sell lightning
nds on the road, and that he often came TO Lily
place 10 buy them. He a crank, and indulgea III
many cratic freaks, though he never expressed any
uhdictive desires In regard to Jay Gould or other
Wall Street men. He did however, often say In a
certain rnsgniloquent way that he was going down
70 Sc such men in relation TO business.
Later In the evening a man who called at the
kofgue said positively that Professor Denton was
Ave and that he had been seen since the eAplosloh
In the evening a woman who said she was Mrs.
Roeing elarvoyant said that the head was that u
man who called on her some months ago u ash
shat way Onion Pacific shares would 90. Her mem
" proved rather vague, when she was questioned
\ % detas and she could rot even say exactly IN
Al month the man bad called She had not foretoiu
Ano AZ any rate.
rs mGfderers brain was removed on saturday by
w. LsndOn Carter Gray and Deputy Coroner Jsli-
ms under supervision OF Coroner MESSENGER. Since
Zen II has been subjected 20 careful examination 10y
uperts, among Others the Neurological society OF
skeh Coroner MESSENGER il a member, and also the
seey Of Medical Juris prudence. Among those pre-
~ at the examination were DrS. Durham, LandOh
V,ter Gray, ana Joseph Collins.
The c0nvOluii0Ils ,o the brain were measured anu
solgared, and different paris OF IL separately were
Weighed and compared with another, and the
sagh OF the entire left and right henspleres were
eso compared. As DR.. SptZka was prevented ron
assisting ut the examination, IL was not oiic.auy
0aee and the report OF the experts VIII thefefOr1
~ IL gwen out until Thursday.
a. me Inquest the remains will be held as sooh rs
s victims able 10 leave their beds ana aPp'ar