The San Francisco call., 1906-10-01
PLACE FOR We EBER's
ASHES SOUGHT.
Pauper,s Grave May Hold
Them or They May Be
Scattered Over the Sea
TO PRESERVE BRAIN

Without .ostentation or publicity
with none but the most meager funeral
rites and in the presence only of those
who must of necessity be witnesses to
the carrying out of the legal require
ments. the body Of Adolph Weber, the
boy murderer of Auburn, who met
death on the gallows at Folsom prison
Thursday, VIII be cremated today or
tomorrow and the ashes consigned
either to a pauper's grave or to the sea.
In spite of the fact that he died 1eav-
ing an estate of about $4,000, there
remains the possibility that trouble
nay. be encountered in finding a place
h which the cremation may be accom-
lished
Adolph Webers body now. iies in the
srivate laboratory of local physician;
7vhere it was subjected yesterday to a
preliminary examination by A. A.
CaYagnaro of 1913 O'Farrell street, a
specialist in nervous diseases, into
whose custody it was. given at the re-
quest of the only surviving: relatives of
the youth An autopsy will be per-
formed today by Cavagnaro in the
presence OF one or two specialists in
surgery. The brain. spinal cord and
other organs will be removed from the
body for. further examination by
Cavagnaro and after consultation with
the Board OF Health the remains will
be disposed of as is then decided.
Cavagnaro received the: body from
the officials at. the Folsom prison by
request of Mrs. Snowden. an aunt of
Adolph Weber; who desired that b
thorough ost-mortem examtnation of
the brain be made to determine If pos
sible whether any trace. of. insanity
was. present. Cavagnaro knew Weber
prior. to the murder for which he paid
the penalty last week and was present
with the proper papers at the time of
the. execution to claim the body. 1t
was brought to San Francisco and
taken to the undertaking establish
ment of Gallagher & Co: for prepara-
tion according. to an embalning for
muar desired by Cavagnaro. 1t was
Impossible to carry this out at the un-
dertaking rooms and the body was re-
moved Saturday to another place. for
this purpose, but. botn Cavagnaro and
the. undertaken deny that it was at any
time at the Cooper Medical College, as
reported :.
The body was returned to the under
taking establishment, where Cavag-
naro made. the physical examination,
and it was then removed to a private
laboratory, where they would be- no
possibility of the presence of morbid
spectators. Mr.: Cavagnaro stated yes
terday that a close examination of the
uSdIl due OlilST organs Will De mace
today and the brain and spinal cord
removed. These he intends to subject
to the most minute microscopical
examination. which may occupy several
weeks, as dissection will follow .the
examination of the exterior of the
organs. All abnormal growths will. be
carefully studied for scientific pur-
poses.
he had not. determined what disposition
to make of the remains, but that If
possible he would have them creniated
tonight or tomorrow at the Odd Fell
lows Crenatory. He said that no ar
rangements had yet been made and
suggested the possibility that the in
stituticn might refuse to accept the
task. At the Offices of the Odd Fellows
Cemetery Association no definite state
ment could be obtained as to whether
the body would be accepted. Cavag.
naro. stated that If cremated he did not
know what would be done with the
ashes, but that he supposed they could
be inferred in the potter's field or else
disposed of at sea IL necessary.