New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-13
TESTIMONY OF r. OGDEN DOREMUS.

TESTIMONY OF r. OGDEN DOREMUS.
Juoge Cspron-Are you ready. Doctor e. 70 MAKE
your report
Judge CsproD-Are you physiciaa and surgeon 10
this oity1 A. AN physician by degree ana chem-
O. Have you made chemical analysis in relation
to Of 'be clobiDg or the stains on the clothing
fond belonging 10 the Doctor A. have male Q
chemical All micioscopoal examination OF tnese Ar
ticles in company with Drs. Gouley, Chiids and Van
BureD.
@. Have you, with those gentlemen, prepared a
report of the results Of that examination A. we
have, Sir.
Q. Have you that report with youl Aye, Sir.
O. l would Thank You to read it 70 the jury slowly,
90 that II can be taken down easily, if you please.
CoroDer-So tina, We can understand.
Dr. Dortmus then read the report, as follows:
We, tie undsrsigned, appointed by the Coroner
ard Jury TO EXAMINE chemically ard Dicrosoopoaly,
CERTAIN articles found 10 the house No 81 Bond stres
iD ef.reDce their connection with the death OF Dr.
Harvey Burdell, viz: stains resembling blood upon
small Dagger; on sIndIy articles Of weaving apparel,
sheet fos e mating oilcoth, door knob, stair rods
wal etc. etc pectfuly report the foil. ing resus:
The dagger was fret examined and the blade found
slightly stained the bilt, but The wo0sn inug 81
the uard though in contact with the spots shaved no
appearance Of blood nerher the smo tn surfaces OF
tte ivory handle Dor the ottsetn the ipmnge
of the same exhibited trsces Of blood, probably
could any have been removed by washing, for the par
clee OF dut found al toe bottom of said ctea5es APP
pesed to be of long stanSiDg the spots though trivial
p amount, were carefully removed from the bsde and
subj. cted TO chemical analysis they yielded abund-
ant precipitates cbaracterist, Of irOn but did
not sne yer to the distinctive tests for blood;
they were also repeatedly examined With the micro
scope no blood dicks could be detected but the
particles presented on comparison with ordinary IRON
rust, the same euar outline; small knife known
to surgeons a French bi-touy, was inspected bat
presented no suspicious appear inces the stains on TOE
lowell night gown marked shirt blue and white dress,
shpet ali I
where the above mentioned ssiDed clothes VI re found
responded to the chemical tetts Tor blood uoder the
n horoscope the same OBJECTS showed altered bio a
disks and indicated epltheal scales IN abundance
the stains tie outsde door knob Of the unoccuped
room on the floor, and the stair RODS from the
fight leading from the second story TO the attic, yielded
Elm ilor results; stfeaks Stimulating blood on blue
elk dress found in the attic discovered BY chem
ical analysis to contain sugar; blood could be de-
tectfd the micTescope sfo proved ts absence; SANS
on small book found in the par!or (furoished by
Juror old not sDsEer to the chemical or micro
scopical test for hood; the stains upon a news
paper The Herald of Saturday, Jan. 81, 1857 J
found srourd books in Ecksls secretary, a.
though proved by chemical al slysis 10 be blood,
VI DER the microscope showed altered blood disks differ
ing from those upon the Otner articles examined 10 pre-
teDtiDg LEGS average diameter; the stains upon the
butcher knife, brought from Stanton street, exhibited
similar appearances to that upon The newspaper; all
that c. uld be procured by the Commission OF the gar
meDs of Eckel and the ConoiDeh ham ladies including
boots 8Dd shoes carefully scrutiDized, but no
blot -sains were fouu6 the table cutlery was exam
Ded but no evidence the shape OF stains could be de-
teced; fuDdry half burned scraps of paper and small
piefe Of cloth from the CRATE Of the ulocouped
room were inspected with care bat no spots of blood
were d. covered; u sifnes of the ssh-s from the cs
lar comprising parts Of pamphlets letters bits of paper
fragments Of carpet, rags, &C., examined, bat
furnished nothing requiring further Investigations fpss
were found on The outsl1o OF the door vi the room
where the body Of thu decessed discovered, ono
besr the knob and another on the strip between the
panels also dense sire ak ON the oo'sde Of the casing
If said door the left hand going out, commencing
nearly two feet above the oor aso spots on the fret
aid second panels Of the painted wall on descending
the short fight Of slais another spot ca the
second panel from the windov below tae
platform also a smesr on the same and
on the third panel streak about four feet above
tbeseps stain on the inside edge OF the inner
ball door smother on the outer ma'gn Of the front
door, and correspondent spo 90 the modng opposite
10 the edge of the ooor another fpo on the wall near
the base Of the first "stye behind the back parlor
door; large spot toe OIL ,dth, about two feet from
the end OF the banbsie:s of the basement stairs on
the left side descending said stairs about two feet
above the fifth step from the lsst, streak rs though
wiped upward and lastly, sresk tEo inches loog on
the frame Of the door of s,ld stairs, near the hDses
about three feet from the bottom. Tnese were eSch
examined chemically and found to be blood STAINS
each were also repeatedly Inspected with the micro
scope, and discovered to contain blood disks without
epithehal scales.
CONCLUSIONS.
csl exaninstons we infer that the stains on the dag
ger Of iron rust.
The blood 81 AIMS on the towel nightgown. marked
sbirt blue and white drets sheet; also on the mating
of M attic closet where these articles found on
the ,or III obs of the uped room In the aNc and
Oh the s,sr.rods leo6ng from the secon story TO the
atic all contain indicated, epheus Ales, many OF
them in abundance from which we infer that ali the
above fpe smens wire menstrual blood.
The marks on the blue silk dress, and In the
smsh book from the paror, were not blood.
The bood-stsns upon the Newspapers found around
the books in Ecsels secretary, and the butcher.
knife from Stanton street, by repeated comparisons
with hose the clothing of deceased render 1t probs
BILE that they were not stains OF bus blood.
The stains on the door of the room where the de
ceas, was found on the wall leading down stairs on
the front door, also the wall the back pallor
door, the olco'h at he ad of the Placement stairs
spd the door III the foot OF the same probably
pure blood.
The Commission obtained, with the concurrence
of the Coroner the valuable assistance Of Professor
Foroyoe Barker, NJ. d., in making the distinction be-
tween Menstrual fuid and pure blood, 10 whom they
wish to express their Indebtedness
Accurate copies OF tbs micfCscopica appearances oil
The different objects examined were 0rasn By Mr..
A. Berghaus, artst and by members Of the Commis.
ZION.
tobs TO Mr.. Adsm Zeuker for his assistance 10 the
chemical analJ els, and to Mr. Char &c Phep. Student
Ms,ss i pnb bs sn siSs cred SERIES
JOHN w. S. GOULEY, NJ. D., Lecturer Microscopic
Anatomy
TIMOTHY CHlLDs NJ D, Professor of Anatomy New.
York Medical College
WM b. VAN buren,. Nj. D. Professor of Anatomy, ua
v.rsity, N.w.YoIk. -
TESTIMONY OF JAMES X. WOOD
Judge Cspron-Docior, where 10 you live A. No.
2 Irving place.
@ Are you ply stefan and turgeonl A. an, Sir.
O. Did you make examr stisn Of the body, either
alone or in COME elton with others of DR.. BGrds
a. did, Sir, In COM ecuon With Others.
O. Where was that examination made A. In tie