Arizona republican., 1906-12-25
THE INTEREST
 OF SCIENTISTS
In the Case of NiCOIai De
 Raglan
Dr. Young OfJOhns Hopkins Hospital Asks for Report On Autopsy.

The necessity for taking precautions against the despoiiing of the grave of De Raylan was forced upon the atten- ton of the authorities yesterday. Cor onet Burnett received letter from pr. Hugh H. Young of Baltimore. professor of genito- urinary surgery in Johns Hopkins hospital, desiring full report oi the findings of the autopsy on De Raylan. pr. Young who is one of the foremost men of the country in his profession said that the case had aroused the greatest interest in the profession, there by reason of the fact that similar case had been presented in the hospital, that of a woman who had simulated man.
 The coroner turned the letter over to pr. Palmer who had conducted the autopsy and who will inform pr. Young that the autopsy revealed no abnor- mality whatever; that anatomically, De Raylan was a perfect woman.
 It is desired by the authorities that the greatest publicity be given this fact. lest the body be removed by an agent of some medical college in some part or the country.
 The coroner also received a letter from Dr. F. C. Weber of Chicago en- closing story of the death of De Ray Ian. The doctor said that he thought he knew him. He had seen him about the Russian consulate and had often marked his feminine appearance. He said that De Raylan called on him some time ago in regard 10 his health and was advised by the doctor to go to Colorado. He said that De Raglan afterward told him that he had applied 10 the consul general at New York for leave of absence but that it had been denied.
 pr. Weber Is not sure of the name of De Raglan but he thinks that is the name. He said that any rate he seemed to be the moving spirit about the con sulate. He had been told that he had two wives who were living on the pick ings from the consulate.
 The doctor said that there was one man in Chicago who could no doubt, if he would. lay the life of De Raglan bare. This man pretends to be Rus sian noble and calls himself PriECe Engalitcheff. It is commonly reported that he is spurious and that his mother was a concert singer. He is supposed to have known De Raylan from child hood and is believed to be the only person in America possessed of such knowledge. This man by the way ap- pears to have escaped the notice of the excited reporters of Chicago who are engaged in the solution of the mystery.
 Another letter received sby the cor oner was from Consul Kaskovich of the imperial service at San Francisco.-t He refers to De Raglan as NicOIai Con statinovich which he interprets in parenthesis to be ''the son of Con stantine." The consul pretends to know nothing of his life or record and writes the coroner only for information concerning his estate here in order that the rights of any Russian heirs may be protected.
 Whatever developments now take place may be expected to be uncovered In Chicago, though 1t is possible that when the effects of De Raylan here are examined something will be brought to light.
 So far little headway has been made in Chicago. The reported confession of the wives yesterday, though the confession may be genuine really adds nothing to what was already known. further than to show that the last wife was not deceived. A former dispatch from Chicago stated that it had been proved that De Raylan was a govern ment agent set to spy upon the rev olutionary societies. The dispatch of yesterday shows that he was a rev olutionary agent set upon the Russian government. No one could believe that in either case De Raylan would have taken her wives upon whom she must necessarily have had a very slight hold. into her confidence in a matter of so much importance as her relation either with the revolutionary ! societies or with the imperial govern ment.
 The rest of yesterdays dispatches only tell again what Charles Tanner had said had been understood about the | life and love affairs of De Raglan in Russia as far back as when he knew him" in Chicago.
 Tanner by the way left last night for | Tucson. He was not certain that he would return to Phoenix. That would depend upon his ability to be of any | further service here to the Russian consulate in Chicago.