Illustrations of phrenology : being a selection of articles from the Edinburg [sic] phrenological journal, and the Transactions of the Edinburg [sic] Phrenological Society . BISHOP. 68 WILLIAMS AND BISHOP, MURDERERS. pursuing the trade of body-snatching for some time,Williams thought of saving trouble, by killing peopleas they were wanted, and induced Bishop to join himin this improvement. From this circumstance, andthe greater villany and daring of Williamscharacter,I had no difficulty for a single moment, when I firstsaw the casts, in pronouncing which was the head ofWilliams and which of Bi
Illustrations of phrenology : being a selection of articles from the Edinburg [sic] phrenological journal, and the Transactions of the Edinburg [sic] Phrenological Society . BISHOP. 68 WILLIAMS AND BISHOP, MURDERERS. pursuing the trade of body-snatching for some time,Williams thought of saving trouble, by killing peopleas they were wanted, and induced Bishop to join himin this improvement. From this circumstance, andthe greater villany and daring of Williamscharacter,I had no difficulty for a single moment, when I firstsaw the casts, in pronouncing which was the head ofWilliams and which of Bishop. The large develop-ment of the organ of Acquisitiveness, with the smalldevelopment of that of Conscientiousness, and of themoral sentiments at large, accord with the accountgiven us of Bishop being always ready to perjurehimself for the sake of gain, and to cheat in everyway; the smallness of Combativeness equally agreeswith the account of his being a sneaking villain—anarrant coward. For the sake of contrast, I beg the Society to con-template the head of a character distinguished for hisintellect and nobleness, that of Dr. WILLIAMS AND BISHOP, MURDERERS. 69 Thus far Dr. Elliotson. We refer our readers tothe account of Burk and Hare, executed at Edinburgfor similar crimes—[see next article.] The strikingsimilarity in development between them and Williamsand Bishop, will be apparent to the most unpractisedobserver. In short, there is no fact in Phrenologybetter established, than the great and preponderatingdevelopment of the organs of the animal propensities,situated in the base and back part of the brain, andthe relatively small development of the moral organsin deliberate and atrocious criminals. This fact goesdeep into questions of moral and legal responsibility;and it must necessarily lead to important practical re-sults. The present cases afford apt illustrations ofthe doctrines expounded by,Dr. Caldwell in the firstarticle of this number. ARTICLE III. [From
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