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wore of Irish oxtraclion, ''Gray" being born in Ireland, while 

 " Dowd's " parents came from Ireland. Neither had more than 

 the nulinionts of an education in the schools. Both men were of 

 temperate habits. 



Case No. I. — "Gray." aged 42; occupation, w'ork with railroad 

 construction gangs where he did blasting work; as a criminal, 

 robbery of safes with the assistance of explosives; body, well 

 developed; weight, 130; height. 5 ft. 5 in.; mind, alert; possessed 

 force which made him a leader of his associates; death by rifle 

 ball through neck and chest. 



Case No. II. — "Dowd," aged 26; occupation, nothing constant, 

 occasionally employed in livery stables or on farms; as a criminal, 

 was associated with a gang which robbed safes in stores and small 

 banks; body, splendidly developed; weight, 196; height, 5 ft. 11 

 in. ; of gentle and polite demeanor, talked very little and was of 

 slow thought; w^as not a character who ever took the initiative; 

 death by suicide W"ith a revolver. 



DIMENSIONS OF BRAINS 



Weight after hardening two weeks in 5 per cent, formaline, 

 glycerine 10 per cent, in water and the membranes removed. 



Case No. I. Case No. II. 



Total weight 1362 grnis. 1377 



Weight of right hemisphere 593 grms. 588 



Weight of left hemisphere 58^ grms. 612 



Weight of cerebelhim. pons and medulla 1S8 grms. 177 



Sylvian angle (Cunningham's) — 



Right hemisphere 60" 62° 



Left hemisphere 60" 60° 



Greatest length of hemispheres projected on 



median plane 163 mm. 152 mm. 



Central angle (Cunningham's) — Right 29° 30° 



Central angle (Cunningham's) — Left 30° 28° 



Cerebral index 81.4 94.1 



C.\SK No. I. Detailed Description of the Cerebral Surface 



Left Hetni^phere. Lateral surface; Fissiira Sylz'ii 

 The opercula bounding the fissura Sylvii are well developed, 

 consequently the insula is covered. Both the ramus ascendens 



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