Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-02-14


PRoF. wALTER .. HAISEs,
Expert OF Rush Medical College, Chicago, testified:
Reside ct Chicago; am Professor Of Chemistry at
that college; am . member Of two medical societies
at Chicago, a member of the State Microscopic
Society at Chicago, President Of Chicago Biological
Society and Vice President Chicago Chemical soce-
ty; began the study Of chemistry seventeen year
aeo, deyoting all the time since then In its study
and practice spent year and half of that time In
Europe, have given the study OF the microscope
since then constant attention; am well scquainted
with chemical chsracteristics OF blood; have been
employed frequently in legal examinations, In max
ing microscopic views Of the blood; cannot say pos
itiyely that blood is human, may say that blood
has all the characteristics Of human blood, but in
the present state Of science cannot always speak
more positively; the only animals whose blood
closely resembles huma blood are the odg, the
monkey, and the Guinea pig; these are the only
animals in this part of the globe whose blood
resembles human blood. Witness was here shown
the boots and clothes Of johnson, which had been
su jected to chemical examination and pronounced
the stains EACH of blood, either human blood or
that of the Guinea pig, the dog, or monkey; the
blood has all the characteristics Of human blood,
and is probably human blood; 1t could not have
been the blood of horse, COW chicken; that Of
chicken presents vey marked chan cteristics, which
enable us to readily determine 1t from the blood of
other fowls and animals; have here two photo
graphs Of blood corpuscles; blood are large and
round and red in the blood of man. oval and with
black spot In the center in the chicken or other
fowls; and round in animals; in animals the cor
puscles on these boots, etc, as they did Lot have
II. I.ot.. t.t
not be those OF chicken; as they are round aud
have all the appearance of human blood, rs said
before, they must either be those Of human being
or Of the animals referred to came to the con-
clusion, therefore, that very probably the spots
were those Of human blood.
Cross-examined: first made o chemical analy-
sis Of the spots referred 10, and found that they
were blood but what kind Of blood was question.
then applied what lie known as the Haemnan test.
witness then recapitulated in detail exactly in
| what manner he made the test going through the
| analysis step by step.I The blood corpuscles did
not contain black spot in the center; they were
about the size Of human blood and were evidently
masculine blood, being from some being that does
not nurse its young; therefore concluded that the
blood was probably human, and could not likely be
that Of chicken; there are very large number Of
corpuscles In each drop Of the blood generally; I
believe that one.half Of the weight Of drop Of
blood is allowed to be corpuscles, or about forty
two one-hundredths Of such drop; the smallest
blood corpuscles about 14.1CoO of inch in de
ameter; / examined is blood corpuscles on these
clothes; DIR. Belfeld examined more; those l cx-
amined were about $4,000 in diameter; have ex-
amined the blood of hogs; 1t averages about 4-1000
Of an inch-a difference Of only few hundredths OF
an inch between that and human blood, which
though small under the microscope, is in reality
outside very great; would say that the spots OF
blood onthe prisoners clothing could not have been
from the blood of sheep; can say that positively;
can easily determine the blood Of sheep.
Had rlads examinations Of Johnson's overalis, but
found no blood on them; nave never examined the
blood OF raccoons; cannot speak as to how closely
1t may resemble human blood; cannot say how soon
blood Will conguiate 1t varies greatly, but ordinari
ly In a few minutes; temperature has much to do
with 1T 1t would begin usually in few minutes and
be nearly perfected In lew hours' say from one TO
three or four that is pretty broad limit but can
not really fix 1t more definitely
DR.w.T. BELFIELD.
Iresde at Chicago; am physician; have devot-
ies-six years in this country and two in Europe;
am professional! ling several positions In Chica
go at the present time; examined the boots OF the
prisoner; received them from Prof. Haines fol
microscopicai examination; 1ound several oiood
spots on them; determined them from chemical ex'
animation every drop OF blood mas smal round par
ticles which are not visible to the naked eye drop OF
human blood is large and round that OF fowis elhp-
tca and that of animals smaller than those OF per-
sons. photograph OF drops OF human blood ana
those offowls, animals Of various kinds, including
many domestic animals taken unaer microscope,
were shown the Jury and the blood of each pointed
OUT The corpus cles shown were magpifed several
thousand times. A drop of blood magniHed in the
same proportion would be over six feet in diameter
the blood on the boots examined could not have
been that of chicken; can say this positively the
blood Of chicken is so different from that Of hui
man blood that one tell it readily as they can
tell q COW from horse with naked eye, the cor
puseles Of human blood vary in size among them
selves.
Cross-examined: The blood Of the human race
vares and all microscpists do not return the same
report in regard to size of its corpus cles it is like
this-you might take hundred men, and get their
average height; I might take another hundred and
measure them-the average We would each obtain
would vary somewhat; so 1t is in the measurement
Of blood corpuscles; while they would nearly agree
in the main, there would always be- some little frac
tional difference.
i PROSECUTING ATTORNEY r. W. cAHILL.
Identify the boots in court as the ones received
from Sheriff Blair, who obtained them from the pris
oner; Il took the boots, hat and overalls Of John
son received in the same way, to Prof. Haines ai