The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-11
BLOOD ON THE RAZOR
The Possible Instrument Of Mrs.
Miller's Death.
EXPERT EVIDENCE AGAINST LINGO

Dfs rOrmhu 3IVcb lmportant Ieott.
mony in the Miller Murder Trial
He Found Blood on Lingo's Cloth
ing and Discovered O Motive for
the Brutal Crime.
CAMDEN, N. j., March 1.-THE state
started the day yesterday by proving
that Lingo wore mustache when ar
rested and that he shaved it off about
week ago. The negro seen in the bush
lot on Sept. 25 also wore mustache.
The long black coat foun d in Lingo's
house with revolver il one pocket,
was Identified by Constable Cariin, and
John Miller, husband of the murdered
woman, gave certain evidence regard
ing her physical condition at the time
she left home that morning.
County Physician Iszard was recalled
to identify the clothing worn by Lingo
when arrested. In regard to the razor
which the state had previously intro
duced. DIR. Iszard said Lingo told him
he had used the razor for shaving two
or three days before and then had
secured it with ashes.
DIR. Formad's Testimony.
LIZ COTOu6T DuySl-
clan of Philadelphia, and the expert on
detection of blood, upon whom the state
so strongly depends, was placed upon
the stand.
The witness said he had been demon
strator of microscopy at the University
of Pennsylvania since 1875, coroner's
physician since 1885, and had made a
speciality of the examination of blood
since 1857. He had made about $4,000
post mortem examinations.
He told how he hal examined the
body of Mrs. Miller ON the Sunday after
the murder, as it lay in the ice box at
her home He said he took the stitches
out of the wound in Mrs. Miller's neck
and examined the wound. The cash
was deeper on the left than on the right
side. The wound extended through to
the vertebrB. All the vessels were sew
cred. The witness took his fingers and
illustrated the position OF the wound on
his own neck.
He also described the gnawed or
chewed wounds on the left hand, cor
roborating the testimony already given
by County Physician Iszarl as to the
nature and location of these wounds.
He described the slight bruises on the
body and went into details of the ex-
animation of certain organs. The cut
in the victims throat was made while
she was alive. The wounds on TIE
hand were evidently made by human
teeth
Blood Stained Clothing.
DR.. Formal produced number of
white envelopes containing separately
the razor, scrapings from under Lingo's
finger nails, certain scrapings from Mrs.
Miller's body, pieces of clothing, and
leaves said to be stained with blood.
He said he had also received the knives
and articles of clothing identified by
County Physician Iszard.
The doctor then told of his micro
scopical examination of certain slips of
paper containing secretions he obtained
at the time he examined Mrs. Millers
body The object OF this line of evil
dence was to establish the motive for
the crime by proving that Mrs. Miller
was criminally assaulted.
The witness then took up the pieces
of the clothing, on some of which he
said he found corpuscles of mammalian
blood. He found very faint traces of
blood on the pantaloons. He found
smears OF blood on the bottom of the
undershirt, but they were not satisfac-
tory for measurement as to the cor
puscles.
On the oYeralls he found smears of
blood and drops of blood on the over
moisture the coloring of the garment
had to some extent become diffused
with the blood coloring. He also found
blood corpuscles in the blue shirt and in
pair of suspenders.
On the sleeve of the blue shirt which
was picked up in the field the witness
said, II spent good deal of time, but
found no blood" He found no blood
on the stalk knife, the butcher knife,
the pen knife, the book, nor on the
rdbber boots
''Did you find blood on this coat?n
asked Mr.. jenkins, handing over the
long black coat found in Lingo's house.
Yes; found blood on the inside OF the
skirt of the coat" said the witness,
pointing to the spot.
Blood on tho Razor,
"Now, how about the razor, doctor?"
Taking the razor in his hand the witness
said: 81 found no blood on the blade,
but between the handles were evidences
of ashes. Removing them with caustic
potash | found distinct clots of blood.
1t was comparatively fresh-not over
ten days old, should think l meas
ured the corpuscles and found them to
measure about one thirty-two hun
dredths Of an inch" This is the aver
age measurement of mammalian OF hui
man blood ccrpuseles.
DR.. Formad said he also found blood
corpuscles in the scrapiugs from uader
Llngo's finger nails. The witness said
he examined Lingo's hanls.pn Sept. 81.
On the left hand he found two abra-
sons, One was mere scrapip9. The
other was a laceration near the wrist.
On cross examination the witneas said
there was no scab on the scratch on ths
back of Lingos hanl This is in direct
conflict with County Physician Iszarls
evidence that there was scab on it.
The witness graduated at Heidelburg,
Germany. He could not produce his
certificate, as it is now in Russia. The
cross examination was rigid one but
did not shake DIR. Formad's testimony.
No Pardon for the Nicelys