Unfortunately the lower jaw was wanting, to obtain which a fourth
nocturnal expedition had to be undertaken. The skull was carried
back to the Gewolbe, and many jaws were tried ere one was found
which fitted, and for beauty of teeth corresponded with, the upper
jaw. When brought home, on the other hand, it refused to fit any
other cranium. One tooth alone was wanting, and this was said by an
old servant of Schiller's had been extracted at Jena in his
presence.

"Having got thus far, Schwabe invited three of the chief medical
authorities to inspect his discovery. After careful measurements,
they declared that among the twenty-three skulls there was but one
from which the cast could have been taken. He then invited every
person in Weimar and its neighbourhood, who had been on terms of
intimacy with Schiller, and admitted them to the room one by one.
The result was surprising. Without an exception they pointed to the
same skull as that which must have been the poet's. The only
remaining chance of mistake seemed to be the possibility of other
skulls having eluded the search, and being yet in the vault. To put
this to rest, Schwabe applied to the Landschaftscollegium, in whose
records was kept a list of all persons buried in the Kassengewolbe.
It was ascertained that since the last 'clearing out' there had been
exactly twenty-three interments. At this stage the Burgermeister
saw himself in a position to inform the Grand Duke and Goethe of his
search and its success. From both he received grateful
acknowledgments. Goethe unhesitatingly recognised the head, and
laid stress on the peculiar beauty and evenness of the teeth.

"The new cemetery lay on a gently rising ground on the south side of
the town. Schwabe's favourite plan was to deposit what he had