The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-18
BRAIN is Abnormal
PoST.M0RTEM EXAMINATION OF
MURDERER DUESTROW.

the Brain of tho Man Hanged at Union
Yesterday-Cursory View Yields Results
Which go to show an Unhealthy State
Full Report to be Given Out Later After
Minute Investigation Under the Micro
scope-IDgersoIrs Theory and His Reia-
Atives-Presidential Pardons-Crims News
ST. Louis, No, Feb. flowing 10 the
great difference OF opinion as to the true
condition Of the mind OF DR.. Arthur
Duestrow, the murderer OF his wife and
child, who was hanged at Union yester-
day. a post-mortem examination Of his
brain was made today by a number OF
specialists. DR.. Lewis G.. Tandy had
charge of the operation OF laying bare
the brain. He was assisted by DR.. A. II.
Schott, the family physician Of the Dues
trows, and a number Of other physicians
were present at the investigation into the
nurderers sanity. The examination,
which was but cursory one, resulted in
q conviction among the physicians that
Duestrow's brain was in normal con-
ditioa. A careful microscopic examna-
ton will foLow, and the results as they
appear will be given to the public.
Drs. Bremen. Bauduy, Crandall, and
Simon gave out this statement Of what
they found:
The post-mortem disclosed evidences
Of diffused hyperaemia Of the brain and
membranes. There existed some opacity.
and milky spots upon the arachnoid and
pia membranes, the result Of previous
chronic lepto-meningitis.
After the doctors left the undertakers
the body was prepared for burial. II
was placed in a handsome casket and az
. O'Clock driven to the Bellefontaine Gem
etery without any religious services. DR..
Schott and Johnson. the attorney who de-
Tended Duestrow, DR.. Simon and Attor-
ney Heitz, representing Huida Duestrow,
were the principal mourners. The inter
ment was made in the Duestrow lot be-
side the murderer's father.
INGERSOLL'S THEORY.
New York, Feb 17.-Robert ]. Wilson,
a clerk in charge of Colonel Robert j.
Ingersoll's office at IS William street, at
tempted to commit suicide by swallow
ing prussic acid. He was prevented from
doing so by Charles Wynne. a mining
operator of Spokane, Wash, and stran
GER who was IN the Office.
The effort of young wilson TO end mis-
life was. in many respects, the most
startling of the attempts made by be-
levers IN Colonel IngersolIs creed. He
had some domestic troubles. and was
continually talking Of suicide.
Colonel Ingersoll created a sensation
East year by defending the right of a man
or woman TO commit suicide. In his lee
lures and magazine articles he maintain
ed that those fatally Ill. in misery. in
want. or dishonored, were justified in
ending life TO end their woes. He adj
heres to that opinion still. Colonel In
gersolI, in speaking OF Wilson's crime,
said:
at was silly thing for him to do-a
very silly thing. 1t is wonder to me
though. looking at all the misery there is,
that more persons do not kill them
selves
1t appears to be more than a coinc:d-
ence that since Colonel Ingersoll aroused
a storm of criticism by insisting that
suicide was no sin. and in many cases,
desirable and worthy, two Of his clerks
and two of his relatives have taken their
own lives Young Wilson is the fifth OF
those either related to The colonel, vf
closely associated with hTn, VINO have
put into practice his teachings on self
destruction.
William Sanford Lawtor, who was for
several years a student in Colonel Inger-
soils office, shot himself TO death in Lin
coin Park, Chicago. last Saturday.
Norman S. Mussey, who had been the
coloneTs chief clerk, took his life on
August II, last. He jumped from sta
ton of the Sixth Avenue Elevated Rail
road and ran up the track towards an
approaching train. He leaped from the
track TO the ground when he found that
he was pursued by brakeman. Both
legs were broken by the fall, and he died
from his injuries a few days later.
Miss Hattie Cooper. third cousin OF
Colonel IngersolL suicided and killed her
mother. Mrs Sarah B. Cooper. in their
home in San Francisco, on December IL.
Miss Cooper had frequently spoken to her
mother Of the time when they would go
together
PRESIDENTIAL PARDONS. .
Washington, Feb. 1.-THE president
| has pardoned Frank Porterfeld OF Ten
nessee. president of the First National
| bank Of Nashville, sentenced IN Decern-
| Der, 1898. 10 ten years in the Kings coun-
| ~ penitentiary. and costs. for embezzlins
the banks funds. The president says:
This convict has already been I'M
! prisoned for a longer term than that i'm
| posed upon his equally guilty associates
| In the offease OF which he was convicted
| He has made al the restitution il his
| power and, without the promise OF favor
| he gave important II no, indispensable
testimony in the trial OF those concern
ed with him IN wrong doing. HIS pardon
| is earnestly requested by the judge who
| sentenced him and Is strongly recon-
| mended by a. those engaged n the pros
| ecuron. am satisfied that his pardon Il
justified by every consideration thar ma :
| probably appeal 20 executive c.emeacy.
( The presiden; has commu.ed % life i'm
| nrisonmen: TIE death sentence m Arkan,
| sas upon Alexander Allen for murder IL
the Cherokee nation. The president says
| ne does this because I: Is resbmmendet
/ bv :he members OF the cour: that eonvic
! "a him ana because {: ts recommends
OK the d.s.ric, attorney VINO presscuie-
am.
| LYNCHER INDICTED
Lexington. No. Feb l7.-Georgs Spen
Ger. & blacksmith OF Richmond. No. ma!