The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-07-03

New YonK, July 2,-With the case Of
ne people all in. tho lawyers for Amees
Rp Ali began this morning the taking
dtestimony for the defense. Ben Ali,
the alleged ripper" himself was relied
ryop to Offset the stories OF the miser-
die creatures drawn from the slums in
nDport Of the detective theory, and
,ainent scientists are counted upon to
meet the testimony Of the prosecution
experts.
As a matter Of fact the whole case
nally comes to this: Will jury cons
yict o man Of crime involving the
death penalty on microscopical
,nalysis OF dried blood made nearly
Two months after the blood is alleged to
have been shed, when the expert tesh-
nony as to the revelations made by that
nalysis by the other expert testimony
lsBls to show that those alleged reVe-
hlions are not to be relied upon?
After testimony TO the effect that Ben
All had no knife when arrested and
sent to Jail at Newton for vagrancy, off
etting the testimony Of the three jail
birds who swore he had q knife while in
prison, there came the most dramatic
scene Of the trial.
ADRAMATIc SCENE.
Ameer Ben Ali, or "Frenchy," was
called to the stand. His tall form rose
upirom the little group of lawyers in
which he sat, and he moved to the stand
nth his peculiar quick, dignified stride.
llis examination was conducted through
interpreter and Ben Ali remained
blerably calm during the preliminary
IatOi his examination. At last, Ikea
mn moved half to madness he sudden.
y broke out into a torrent Of pas
aalte declaration.
Heheld his trembling hands aloft
rltarned his head upward IN fierce
Epeals to heaven. Tears rolled down
h.eheeks, All this was when Mr..
EEsHd had leaned forward on the rail,
nd with great impressiyeness, had
std "Did-did-you-kill-car Carrie
BpER?"
When the interpreter had slowly
NFeated this question the explosion
tine 1t lasted Tor nearly q full min
ae before the excited man could be
suppressed. The interpreter stated his
answer TO be: Gentleman by the gar
neAt Of Allah l am innocent. did not
ll tha: woman. l do know nothing
about how she died. didn't do it. /
dla 1ot-l did not. Oil spare my life
eeatenen, good gentlemen"
AGAIN ArPEALs TO HEAVEN.
Then therewas a lull in the prisoners
excitement, only to burst forth with
greater violence when the blood-stained
knife found near the mutilated body Of
Shakespeare" was produced. He was
asked II he had the knife on him when
arrested q! Newton. He sprung to his
iIeei aid again lifted his trembling
aanls TO heaven and implored Allah to
geat witness that he had no knife then;
saS saSl no knife was taken from him then.
SCognsel passed the ugly looking,
eioS9l..staincd weapon over to him. He
lo'S it deliberately between his thumb
lal iSretinger and held it out at arms
SShgIsI before him, slowly balancing It.
tleIl he was asked II he had over owned
Eal knife. He held it out still further
Iol9 INN, and shaking it swiftly in his
sshG, said, with another outburst OF
sssion, that he had mover seen II be-
l ste nc saw it in the court room; that
va: not his; that he had never owned
l. Nothing further OF sensational
g9aracter developed. The defense rest
iu,. ~ a. thls stage. The case will go to the