Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-05-12


Tie examination Of tie corpse along
with me. j. more familiar Than I with
the excavations which have is-'u made
To- nnl tb. cssiiin 81 Admiral JONES. A.
"a mru.i-T If il- -Siilili-~ iuu "l u.4
Paris d. Interested himself in ll-
s,auh maay hy N. Weiss. mining ga
g.u,rr. htd 90 do uu.y with lhc .icH-
Iluratiun pf lhe bu,il afi,r th- i'-.,a4cn
couin had i,en oIcu,,L Tie ~o!in was
brought 10 tie medieval faculty un Iie
uih 81 April II had no Inscription. but
its fabrication showed exceptional
care. II exactly enveioped the shape
Of the body. outlining even ia. contour
Of the head.
The body which was found ia this
collin was wonderfully preserved, and
II had most likely been plunged in al
cohol. The skin was tanned. mummi.
lied. but altogether intact. The only
clothing WAS une shirt The boy
WAS welged into its leadcn eHveiJp
with straw and hay SO tight that to
get Il uut of the coffin Il was necessary
to use piRchers. This must have been
done 10 avoid injury frym shaking in
case il had been Transported 10 An.eTi-
"a.
TO identify the body of Admiral
Jones two kinds OF documents had
been placed at our diSpos.t.ou-tiTSt
written documents. among other details
of his physique from memoirs OF the
time and Information concerning the
disease of which he died; second, two
husts made Icy the sculptor Houdon at
different dates.
According 20 the written documents.
the admiral died At about the age Of
forty-fvr. He had brown hair and was
Of a stature of 10 meters. The exam
ination of the teeth of the corpse.
which, after being scraped and washed,
appeared brown with white lines,
showed a man of about forty-five. For
the stature | found III meters. which
should not surprise. for II man lying
down has always one Of two centime-
tiers more than when standing.
These first veriicatious were salts
fvug, but they We're not sufficient.
With the two busts Of HOulon | was
able to obtain results far more precise
and interesting one Of these busts be-
longs to the Marquis de Biron. 1t is
rough east. graceful and spirited, rep
rCScutiug rather an elegant cuurtlcr
than mariner OF vauntcd bravery.
The other bust. the original of which is
In Ihia 1elphia. hut which has Il plaS-
ter replica in the TrocIGrrO museum,
seems to have been modelled more eX-
aclly. In it HoudOn appears TO have
aimed chiefly at the likeness. On this
bust we took measures ana verified the
morpholugical characters capable Of de.
tcrmuing identity. The roots of the
hair. shape of the eye socket. form Of
tue forehead and root of the nose We're
identical in tie bust and in the corpse.
Professor Herve, who helped in tn" OPP
Grafton, even pointed out Il particular
disposition of the ear carriages. In
which the corpse agreed with the bust.
"But il WAS the measurement Of the
height of the face, of the minimum
frontal diameter and OF the chin ana
the rest which aStOuiShcd me 10y its
condolences. The agreement was with
In one millimctpr. Now. while artists
always take exact measures they have
Il tendency, often In order 10 empha-
size some characteristic, TO wander two
or three millimcters from the real meas
urc. THUS DalOu. who was a very CX-
act artist, made even important errors
He allowed me TO measure some of his
portraits and compare them with the
model. | verified that he made change;
or CXaggeratiOnS often Oh purpose. but
sometimes he did not notice. have
never verified In any modern artists
work SO exact relation between mod
cl ana portrait as that which found
between Houdon's bust and the head
Of the corpse | was examining.
"ln my report have hot absolutely
asserted that this body is that of Ad-
miral Jones' But believe that have
accumulated proofs which render doubt
very" difficult. | ought Ia add that
have compared the measurements and
characteristics verified IN lloudon's
bust with those of 200 CorpSes which
have in my registers without once find
ing similar details"