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Show HAS 348 SKULLS. Millionaire Has a Fad for Collecting' Gruesomo Specimens. Wanted Human skulls; muBt be In good condition; will pay liberally for fine specimens. speci-mens. Apply Hotel Metropole. Charles W. Jenkins. Jenkins Is a resident of Corpus Chrlstl, Tex., In winter, and of Duluth, Minn., In aumraer. Concerning his advertisement he said: "I came here to see If I could pick up any good skulls for my collection I havo now In my prlvato museum at Corpus ClirlBtl 34S perfect humaji skulls. "In my youth I mado a study of anatomy. anat-omy. While at college In Lexington. Ky.. I had three skulls In my room, and In that way I acquired a sort of liking for such strango bric-a-brac. "I got my real start as a collector of skulls In 1ES7. when my father moved tho town of Mlnton from ono corner of his ranch to a snot twenty mllos distant, on account of tho extension of tho International Interna-tional & Great Northern. It happenod that there was a graveyard In tho town of Mlnton, although the village was only flvo years old. It was too difficult an undertaking un-dertaking to move the graveyard. Tho cemetery fell Into disuse a few years later, la-ter, and It was found nrccssarv to grado a portion of tho ground. Nearly" a hundred skeletons were unearthed. I took charge of the whole lot. "After a futile elfort to get the people who had originally lived on the spot to relievo mc of my burden. I had all the skeletons re-Interred, keeping tho skull of each. Theso I had polished and placed In a cabinet made for the purposo at my winter homo In Corpus Chrlstl. Having n:adu a start, I added to my collection from time to tlmo, making ray purchases gonorally from physicians "Jt was not until the Galveston flood that my collection hecamc a largo ono. After that great disaster I went to tho stricken city and there obtained In the neighborhood of D skulls of unknown dead." Mr. Jenkins Is a millionaire, Omaha Dispatch to the Chicago Inter Ocean. |