Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-24
aarrrusI snS Grnriss,
Monday. September 24, 1883.
Tlaa Roae Oiark .Amnler Inquest.

-oona-ssNo Arrest Yet madeg-Vme Jurv Adjeurns to Monday. Tn conducting the Rose Clark; Ambler in- ouaut Saturday in 6tratford Coroner Holt showed greater activity than usual. He ex- aniped ten witnesses, held consultation with State Attorney Fessenden and continued the session till nearly six o'clock instead or adiourning at 4 o'clock as hitherto. The proceedings as shown by the examination plsce William Lewis, ssRose Clark Amber g. lover. in greater peril than ever before, and | on the authority of an officer of Holland | county it can be said that the young man IS liable to be arrested at any moment. Dr, Moses 0. White of Yale, the expert micro sconist. has given new testimony on the re- suits of his examination of the LeWls iap robe or duster and certain other articies' III cIudine wearing apparel taken from LeWls' house. All this testimony given with mucn Yoaitivedess conflicts greatly in material noints with the sworn statement and hurried fexplanations made by young Lewis and hls family in his behalf. Professor White was not the only material witness; others who nreceded him gave testimony that also counts strongly against the suspected man, and that too with considerable force when viewed in connection with the statements made by Professor White. The latter's ex- animation was not concluded when the ad- iournment WAS reached. However. there was one thing quite evident from the pro ceedinos and from the movements ot the de- tectives It is that they have settled doWn | to the fact that the murder was committed by | William Lewis and the testimony produced was all directed towards fastening the crime upon him. The coroner and detectives appear to be satisfied with the progress they have made on this point. They say they are surely working on to that end. Aside from Profss- sor Whites testimony evidence was elicited in relation to the rain on the evening of the murder This evidence was of very great importance in the case against young Lewis. The coroner regards it, he says, as one of the strongest evidences of the untruth of Lewis story.
 When William Lewis appeared before the coroner's jury Q week or so ago he swore that he bade his sweetheart good night at the gar den gate between and quarter past 9 and that then she started honeward alone. When Rose Amblers body was discovered 1t was found that her garments were perfectly dry, I while her parasoI, which lay by her side closed, was very wet, making it evident that the girl could not have been out in the rain l storm with no other protection than her par l asol and still have kept dry. Lewis has also
 
 ] Rose Amber was found in the Hodges lot the roads were very dry and dusty He was sure , of this, for at 3 o'clock that morning, while it was yet dark, he went with his lantern ) down to Peck's farm, where he kept his , horse, to drive to Birmingham with load o1 produce. When he got to Peck's barn his | shoes were covered with dust, and even his l trousers legs showed evidence of it. He also saw the tracks of two men, he swore, plainly { | imprinted in the dust on each side of Rose l Ambler's footsteps in the road. These men , he believed, were following her.
 Without single exception all of the Strat ! ford witnesses examined said that 1t did rair
 and rained violently the evening before th'
 body of Rose Ambler was found. They alst ! testified that between 10:20 and II Oclocl | that evening it rained in such torrents tha
 the highways were stretch of ponds anc
 puddles, and water stood for some time afte
 the storm in yards and on the grass land
 Then the shower cleared, and at midnigh ] the stars were out. If during the time 0
 the storm Lewis carriage, which is clos l, one, was out, and Rose Clark Arnbler was Il it with him, it is very easy to see how sh
 escaped drenching and how her clothe
 were found to be dry the next day. The af
 ternoon was far spent when Professor Nose
 White entered the door of the jury room
 which was still carefully guarded with grea
 vigilance by Constable McEwen to keep th
 reporters beyond eavesdropping distance, t tell what had been discovered by his micro '9 scopic tests It was night before he concluC
 ed, and the inquest was adjourned to hes
 him further to day, (Monday).'
 . He testified that he had subjected to
 microscopical examination portions of 8 line
 carriage duster, piece of wood, and DO
 tions of Q white shirt. The shirt and cal
 riage duster belonged to William Lewis, an
 the piece of wood was taken out of the foC
 of his carriage. On the carriage duster net
 the centre, he found spot about one qua oE ofo r56f oh Ifaa yoTS
 ined for blood. By the microscope he sa
 the absorptive bands which are characteristi
 of blood. He measured six corpuscl'
 and found that it required 3,402 |
 measure an inch. The blood corpuscl'
 were smaller than the average, which mea : partly due to their being dried up. The - were as large as he should expect to fin I when made within fortnight.
 ], "Could you tell from your examination u length of time those stains had been made!
 inquired the coroner.
 q am satisfied that they were not o
 stains; they could not have been six weel | old. There was & brownlsh spot which
 thought worthy of examining. After car
 full examination I came to the conclusio that the spot of blood which it proved to l. might have been made long ago. Blood co
 puscIes are all about the same size whC dried"
 2. 'sDo mems corpuscles look any differe a. from those of a woman?"
 ? ssNo, sir; there is not more than one te Id thousandth of an inch variation in one hu r dred corpuscles taken from individuals" ," ii ''Would blood corpuscle taken from u ! stain on theadead girls hat look the same the one taken from the lap robe I"
 I, "It probably would"
 g. Professor White next described his expe 2, fence with some fibre threads about one qus E ter of an inch long which had been subnitt' 1s to him. The corpuscles found on these fibre E. taking 8, 4O2 to make an inch, were larg n than those of cattle, horse, sheep, goat or ca They were the size of those of dog and we
 nearer those of 8 dog than of 8 human b Q ing. He accounted for this by saying tn
 they had not been soaked in glycerine wat
 sufficiently long to show their true diamete
 and after further soaking he would mes n- ure them. The relative size of blood co md puscles, ss given to the jury by Profess
 White is as follows Man, 3,200 to an incl
 dog, 3,475 rabbit, 3, ,550 pig, ALSO; ne ,., cattle, 4, 200 horse, 4, ,525 sheep, 5,225. .ce the piece of wood, which was two inch by long and one-half an inch wide. corpuscl ,sn were found after they had soaked ffte nv hours.
 lck On the piece of cloth cut from Lew ls- shirt were also found spots of blood, whi i1. Professor White testified might have be ,n- made by a bloody finger rubbing over @a This stain gave no results from the micl s1. spectroscope. A piece of muslin or lin
 one-fourth of an inch square, cut from Ap shirt bosom, had slight reddish spot on est It looked like blood mixed with lit
 saliva. slight stain had enter
 the particle. T magnifed this o
 thousand times,' said Professor whii
 land I could see corpuscles whi lial I am sure were blood corpuscles. The
 were other stains which might I
 have been blood. I measured ten of the
 fatter corpuscles. They measure 1,666 IN. the inch. Some of them were white, a . might have been starch. measured nil
 teen that looked like blood corpuscles. The
 was very little color seen in them. They h no more color than if I should take one dr \ of red ink and dissolve it in 10, 900 drops ll water. Some of these were large for blood and showed that th might have been starch; 2,1 was their average measureme measured them by the electric light. other measurements were made by transm sion of light. think that the light mE some difference in the diameter measu
 ments If there had been drop of the bio E of human being upon the shirt and an 'E tempt to wipe away had been made, it wol % have presented very much this sane appe ance." - +-s'-
 Professor White ended his testimony
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