Guiteau's Bones.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1806, 2 February 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)

Guiteau's Bones.

In a small room in the upper story of the Army Medical Museum, formerly Ford' 3 Theatre, in thi3 city, are two wooden tray 3 similar to those used by housekeepers for kneading dough, but in thiB instance the contents of the trays are of a more ghastly descriplion, being tjhe highly polished bones of the assassin G-uiteau. While inspecting these remains ol the notorious criminal, attention was directed io the extraordinary whiteness of tha bones and their resemblance to polished ivory. No attempt has been made to articulate the skeleton, and the trays bear no number by which they could be distinguished from similar receptacles in tho Museum. "Look in that box over there if you want to see an interesting skull," said the guide, pointing to a deep hat box on a small table strewn with bone 3 ahd tools used by ana'omists. There was a highly polished skull in the box, and on the right side was the deflection which the insanity experts wrangled about during the trial. The attenuion of the guide was drawn j to the fact, but he laughed at the idea of its j being an indication of insanity. " A perfectly symmetrical head," said he, " would be as rare as a white blackbird. Out of 1,800 skulls examined at the museum during the dispute about Guiteau's head, only one was found perfect, and that is now down stairs in the exhibition cases." It was ascertained tha t in preparing the bones of the dead murderer more than usual care had been taken to preserve them, and consequently the skeleton when mounted will be the best in the collection of the museum. It has been deemed advisable for prudential reasons to keep the bones in a secret place until they can be exhibited to visitors, but all talk about their identity having been lost is bosh. One of the first questions of the tourist doing" the museum is to be shown Guiteau's skeleton, and in order to escape being bored the surgeon in i charge has declined to ascertain its location in the building. The process by which the bones were treated insures their perpetuation for an indefinite period, and Anatomist E. I\ Schofist gave bis personal attention to the work. Not a bone has been lost, and as before stated, when articulated the skeleton will be the best in the museum. The plaster cast of Guiteau's head gives a good idea of the appearance of his skull, as the indentation is very perceptible in the fac simile. The coffin in which the remains of the assaßsin were removed from the gaol three days after burial is retained at tho museum, but the outer box is still in the ground at the gaol. A trusted official has the key of the room in which the bones are kept, and no one is allowed to range at will in this apartment. —Globe Democrat.

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