The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-31

not permitted By the Philadclphls authorities.
his cell, s1dd tbs results are. now in The posses
sion of DIR. Macdonald. In most people the
case OF Holmes the line was most marked and
intense. The line Is etrai fht tor some distance
And and then nnio the breath Sa, ssk Ssr, = sharp s,T5, ,nh "ns.
g smSsIon, OF cor %,%ai or s u s ,as n
easier in hating than il the. other emotions.
The feeling Of love di N. not n,h, have YEN, much more ore
i HmsS' et resn Of rs al tSe t test. D'P Holmes mesI gave psq hi In.
self up readily to the investigator. and the reo-
ord may be assumed to be q fairly correct one:
strength of rlght-hand grasp, "a Kilograms; Of
Isrt;hSnd grasp ~ Sl1ri2 }ms msIimnm
width OF head. lao uillimetres; cephalic index,
IS: distance between external edges OF orbits.
width Of nose. rs miiiimetres; nasal index. Cd
~milllmetrcs; length Of right ear, 90 milllmetres;
had In injured h Ills eari: width Of mouth. IS mi mill IL
metres; thickness Of lips, 10 millimetrcs: height
Of palate. 20 millimetpss: Tic msasuremcnts
tres: left wrist, 4 mirimetres; least sensi6ility
prees; least sensibility to pain by pressure,
right TEMPORAL muscle, 700 grams: LETT tenn
tCatoll'sJ right hand. $3.50 grams, and left hand.
1850 grams. Holmes was ambldextrous as IL
common among criminals. HIS palate was higher
HIS sense OF locality was more obtuse than the
average. which is fifteen, millimetres. Another
popularity was that his left hand was lc,s sensi-
tive to heat than his right hand. His chest was
contracted. and he had a tendency to consump-
aud facts lead to no immediate practical re-
suits. but Dr. Macdonald, by a com parlson Of
inais, shows a remarkable simiia rity in respect
q the records OF many of the Instruments.
These measurement will be kept, and those Of
them. Eventually, for purposes OF comparison,
statistical tables on an elaborate scale will be
may be done more closely in the future.
Dr, Macdonald has the records Of some re-
markable criminal cases. Some murderers. no
says, seem TO be entirely unconscious OF any
feeling of repulsion, at their crimes, A con-
sS5mp %ns %, about SH , sIst Ijo gnp why 6 6s k MI def bis
All" he said, my father died and 1 thought
/ would take my place in the family
His idea was that his father used to beau Ills
mother. but that he had performed this function
better still. When the sensation OF murder has
once been had. 1t sometimes beeets a burning
passion. One criminal expressed regret on the
sine men an he had n%dIi not made the numse1 an even
100. DIR. Macdonald says 10 more cases than II
is generally known the women exceed the men
DR.. MacDonald thinks that a criminal of the
calibre of Holmes gets credit for much more
cunning than he actually possesses. He says
that IL any man in the ordinary. walks Of life set
earnestly about murder. studied his cases care
most cases conid escape detection for a long
time. X not forever.
It has been found that general sensibility Is one
sixth less and sensibility to pain two-ffths less
in criminals than in the average person. Touch
Is obtuse In forty-four per cent. of criminals,
while among non-criminals the percentage Is
twenty-nine. Although the sense Of touch Is
almost normal in swindlers and thieves 1t Is
always less in murderers. Criminals are more
Influenced by the weather than ordinary men.
In several foreign Investigations sixty per cent.
OF criminals were found to DO color blind. This
percentage Is double that found by a test of 800
students ard 500 workingmen. The maximum
force of the left hand. as found by. Prof. Lom-
broso. was twenty-three per cent. FOR the GRIM
inals. against q normal per cent. of fourteen. In
the same investigation the maximum force of
the right hand was sixty-sevon per cent. among
the criminals, while the normal percentage was
seventy. In a large number OF cases sensibillty
is duller on the right than on the left side.
There is a predominance of Uranium and brain
on the right side among criminals.
DR.. Macdonald says that the remorse so COM
monty supposed to Rnaw the conscience of a
criminal Is a myth. The worst men conduct
themselves best in prison. knowing that they
will be treated better IL they appear to have the
best feelings. Among 40 assassinr one inves-
tigator dli not find q sincere case of repentance.
Another o.e studied $50 cases of assassins and
found only 3 i-l0 per cent. who showed repent
ance or manifested any feeling In recounting
their deeds. Ten per cent of these criminals by
their etfrontery showed O complete absence of
renorse. In general more than one-third may
be said to be without remorse. as shown by In
difference and efrontery In the aoknosledg-
ment or recital OF their Grimes.