Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-10
PITY FOR BEN ALI.
HUNDREDS OF LErTERS POUR IN UPON HIS
COUNSEL.
Every One Expresses Belief in the Innocence Of the
Unluc,, Algerian Whom the POlics and
Recorder Smyth Succeeded in COnvicting.
Testimony Anslyzsd-Lawyr
Levy Determined.

New YORK, July 9.-Ameer Ben Ali,
the poor outcast son of Algeria, who is
now confined in the Tombs awaiting a
life sentence for the alleged murder OF
"Old Shakespeare" at the East River
Hotel, was visited by two of his coun-
sci, Messrs. Levy and House, yester-
day.
Mr.. Levy said afterwards: 'We are
more positive than ever that Frenchy
is innocent Of the crime for which he
was convicted. lie persists that he is
innocent, aud continues TO say thst ne
did not know old Shakespeare ana ala
not.kill her"
Mr.. Levy says that his associates and
himself are earnest in their desire lor
an appeal and reversal OF judgment.
He beliveS that the verdict was against
the weight Of evidence, and that
Frenchy was either guilty OF murder In
in the first degree or not guilty at all.
Notwithstanding the hardship the nrm
has passed through and the expense OF
appeal with which they are SaddIed,
they have determined, II necessary, 10
20 to the court OF last resort TO Vlndlcate
their confidence in their clients lnno-
cence and the injustice OF his con-
viction.
AZ can only say" continued Mr..
Levy. "that, in the words OF Prof. For
mad. in one of his publications, This
trial evidences that scientific experts
NAV become more dangerous to society
than the very criminals they are called
upon 70 convict.
He declared that the specimens ex-
amiped by Prof. Formal, and upon
which he based his testimony, were not
we'll preserved. "If that be So" he
said. 1--WE are sustained in our position
bv Prof. Formad's own words: III the
blood is well preserved the experts can
determine it easily; If, on the other
hand, it is putrefed, he cannot.
1.-The specimens were examined"
said Mr.. Levy, by Prof. Formal two
months after the spots were placed
upon them, and he himself admits that
he discovered In the specimens eX-
amined by him evidences OF bacteria.
That in itself shows pUtrefactlon.
Since the trial Messrs. Levy, Friend
and House have received numerous Of
fers from well-knOwn scientists and
medical men, who express their willing
ness TO assist in disprOving (as they say
the radically impossible" theories OF
Professor Formal.
The firm has also been receiving hun
dredS Of letters from all over the cOun-
try, in which the writer's express their
belief in the innocence Of Frenchy, the
falsity of the testimony given by the
witnesses now in the House Of Deten-
ton, and the abSurdity of the theories
advanced on the trial by Professor For
mad.
There was one among the hundred or
more letters received yesterday, which
seemed very pleasing to Mr.. Levy and
his associates. IL was written by a
lady, evidently of culture; is dated New
yareiuliy watched your actions in de-
lending the poor oUtcast recently land
IN doing so your acknowledgment OF
the God who is the Supreme Ruler of the
Universe), to say God bless you and
prosper you In every good work."
Then follow these verses:
Work on. though some time the thought may
my labor has all been in vain;
From the seed sown with care in the earth SO
bare
shall reap no golden grain"
Work on, with a heart that IS trusting and
brave,
With hands that are willing and true,
And as the morning light comes after the night
Your reward viii come to You.
DR.. Justin Herold, Of No. 70 Seventh
avenue, who was formerly a Deputy
Coroner of this county, who has eX
amined over sixty thousand living per-
sons aud passed upon $4,000 COrOner'S
cases, out OF which be made 1900
autOpsieS, at the recent trial, said yes
terday:
Il heard an of the testimony ut the
Coroner's inquest, and think it simply
unfair for physicians TO change their
testimony az trial from the original
at tho inquest. Deputy Coroner jenkins
testified al the inquest that "Old
Shakespeare" died from both Strangu-
lation and mUtilatiOn. At the trial he
testified that she died of strangulatiOn
only. He never saw the body in it's
original position at the hotel. How
could he swear whether the wounds
were plOuuCcu ut lut TlBuI VI lcAl
hand, or whether the mutilation had
caused death, or whether she had been
mutilated after being Strangled?
"HiS opinion about strangulatiOn was
formed from the fact that the tongue
prOtruded. He examined her body at
the Morgue. The Coroner who exam
ined the body at the hotel says her
tongue did NOT protrude.
AT the Coroner's inquest there was
no mention of preserving any Intestinal
matter 70 compare il with what was
found under the defendants finger nails
and on his shirt and socks. What was
found on his person was compared with
matter on the mattress, on an article
which had probably never been cleaned
since it had been In use. 1t is supposed
that physician, in order to testify as
to the effects Of the intestinal fluid on
arti les of food, must have had Oppor-
tunity TO examine the operation of he
fluid in human being I. This is q ridisu-
lous suppOSitiOn. The fact of the mat
ter ic, that all we know about its actin
we have learned from the animal king
DOM"
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