The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-25

% ths D. val Oofis - "a Sx-nn- " vs.
th"uEh' 70 ~. hand - a f-'us'~ ~
head ~as sic .rssli fnr . man. and "' ~
Csi't~ i've. I .hotld az. and -''n~sha'
cnnseal in asst-, ant ~tth mofe "~"
han that frontal i~-y.luptu'u'
Srme littla time aftes hi- fsihsT d-~'h
N. skull and hanI v~re hruush' nom ~
Mornins'on rod. where VI" r. hoh~'
Atn-li- had r-xt~i. 70 u'v~r AHn~rs
hou--, ~ iIncpln's Inn Fields, ~hsnce th"y
wee 'sh~h swav ~ a Mr. Penny. to whom
had f-~n ,onhd~i ~Dus sr~fNhssu~n'
~ the room cuntAininx them for . nee
tenant oliver Ain.li. h~cams Interested
In the remain. only when toS A,- 10 cav
them. and.vas unable 10 and Mr. f~nny'
nor did he know hi. nd name.
He ruppps-i that Penny may have n$-
po.>d ~ tho .kufl la n Of the waste pApT
dralcr- n.~rhy. B, this app~ars to u"
improbable Every physician must pos
ses~ a skull. ~hirh /. worth move thsn =
waste VApet d-~ier would ray.
This skull Of Pain aiso had the name
" Y. cobh~'t. written. o p<rfAps
s~C-stchei. on u. II an obvious REMARK
may b" orgivrn. Mr. Penny would hardly
lie ~ rpund-fool',h as 70 disposr Of a skull
~ inscribed a. meg~ rubbish, and Paine's
skull may b. In snnIe London doctors
ofhco or orniotog,csl collection.
The Rov RArer, Ainshe. whom met a.
Brighton TN isds, was n mn n ability. and
my conjecture II that his purchase OF
Psine's sknl ~s due to an interest In
phrenulogy. O~oree Jacob Hoiyosks toh
me thai lie spoke ~ Mr. Ainslie about these
bones. hut mai the minister dbl not wish
~. 60. r. - ..,es.,.,, ,..so,.
a., ,,t. h,, ,h., h.v. Lons inc, nas-.-d
ax.x
,.,s., ,oxx. ~, ,,x.cu,ps
NJ ain Al. had 49,, an os9c,aI member
~ ,h. t,ty v,x.L, uh,,b ,S,ps,s,s ~ man
-h..lonv,nx ,o dic.r.,, denominations. hut,
h.. a rpu,ation OF strict o-thoioIy. Mr.
A,nslio. orthodoxy was assaulted by come
OF his fellow -labores In the City Mission.
and though he warmly rv<-nt~d this AZ the
| time IL would apJ-sr tIIai hts "a ATLANTIS
aaw the tendenc.- Of his views r,ore ceerly
| than himself, for he berame usool the INT
tartan munster at Brighton, where he re
ana ard until 1870.
Mr. ttnslie had come into p,sseeri n ~
Psins's skull some years hefore his ostho-
doxy was csLIed IN question, and the hue
! and cry mishs have b~~n d,~asreeably re-
p.vcd had 4, reached the public that Will.
Secretary Of TIE CITY Mission he had the
home. Of Tom Paine In his house..
I, apr-ars o.,,ain that when he ,ur.
, chased Patn.'s skull and hand, Mr.. Ainslie
was uncon.ciou. of h.r-ttcaI mpso
II Il were admissible for Painites To believe
In the potency of saintly rslic~ they might
point To the fact that fnineS skull Tell
INTO the hands OF at orthodox m~rnoer OF
III" NY Mis-Lpn. AMI falnes brain Into
THOSE ~ an orthodox BAPTIST minister. the
hrN. '"-nrse keVnoId-, anu THAI both OF
these ministers subsequently b--came UNI
orthodox
BURIED, PROBABLY, AT LAST.
That Paine's skull Is still somewhere In
London j. highly probable. and w.rc any
found bearing the name -Cobb.tt.- its Renu-
inen--s could he proved hv other word
or two on 1, which for the pr,~en, I reserve.
As 20 IN. other remains 81 Paine sk.le-
ton they N.rn no, DESTROYED. as MIR Ginn'.
story Nigh, inply, for they were seen hv
IN. Roy. Alexander G,orrion. a Unitarian
tutor nj Manchester in 1874. and hy him
heard 81 in 1870
Although tina, gentleman give. no fur
| thor narjcular. m. corre-no,a.nc. which
has passed lie, veen us leaves no doubt, IN
! my mind ina, he wa led 10y his resr-ct for
Paine DESPITE. ~divcrg.nce- from that au-
,hors religion 10 secure for the remains
uui., burial perhaps hear his parents a,
Thetfurd.
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