The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-18
Gritty FEAR SCIENCE.
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aT'wAYs coNvICTs THEM.

,r+ Assassin By the Flash OF HIS
~, Wespon-Row TO Detect a
7.,ro,nal Who Prerends to Be Deaf
- Durb-Over- Car eful Murderers.
F,orn the NeW York World
o trial for an assault a surgeon, in
.., his evidence, informed the court
80 in examining the prosecutor he found
80 suffering from severe confusion OF
-, tI;ntsy,ments under the left orbit, with
'lo aZtravcsation of blood and eccny-
80 IN the cellular tissue, which was in
4,,oi4ad state. There was also considerable
.h-.sion OF the cuticle.
The Tudge-You mean, l suppose, that
che man had bad black eye!
Witness-Yes.
The Judge-Then why not say so at once9
1raIieal experts, when they get on the
.-,-nsss stand, are occasionally apt, like this
loom 10 hide what they know under
o,ver of imposing words. 1t is when doc
,o-s nermit their learning to be guided by
tbsir common sense that they do most 20
.Li5id the innocent and convict the. guilty.
Tra question whether the person who
s-es gun or pistol at another during a
4arT night can be identified by means of
tEa Ii0ht produced in the discharge has long
i,e,essed medico-legal minds. This ques-
sion was first referred 30 the class of phys
ioo1 science in France, and they answered it
~ the negative. case tending to show
that their decision was erroneous was sub
sannentlv reported by Fodere. A woman
nositivelY swere that she saw the face of Il
pTarson who fred at another during the
hight surrounded by kind of glory, and
that she was thereby enabled to identify
tbe prisoner. This statement was confirmed
nv the deposition of the wounded man.
Desgranges of Lyons performed many ex-
nerrnents on this sub jecG, and he concluded
that on a dark night aud away from every
source of light the party who fired the gun
might be identified within q moderate dis
lance.
A case is quoted by Fonblanque in which
anne police officers were shot at by high
wayman on dark night One of the officers
stated that he could distinctly see from the
fash of the pistol that the robber rode a
dark brown horse OF remarkable shape
about the head and shoulders, and that he
had since identified the horse in London
stable. He also perceived by the same flash
OF light that the highwayman wore rough
brown overcoat.
This evidence was accepted, for it was
considered more satisfactory than that of
robber by the light produced by blow on
bis eye 10 the dark. The Psychologist knows
that is a clear impossibility, because the
flashes thus perceived are unattended with
the emission Of light and it is not possible
that they can make other objects visible.
In a case OF murder by strangulatiOn the
woman who perpetrated the crime had been
snurss in an infirmary and accustomed to
lay out dead bodies. After the murder she
iaH hinlr lv
practice by smoothing the clothes under the
body of her victim, placing the legs at full
length, the arms out, straight by the side
and the hands open. The doctor who was
called in at once declared such a condition
Of the body was quite inexplicable on the
superstition of suicide, considering the
amount of violence that must have at
tended the strangulation.
In another case the criminal had attempt
ed to make the death appear like the act of
suicide by placing the lower end of the rope
near the hand Of the deceased; but he Sc
lected the left hand, whereas the deceased
was right banded, and he did not leave
enough rope free from the neck for either
hand to grasp to produce the very violent
construction Of the neck which had been
caused by the two coils Of rope. A surgeon
pointed out these things. Both criminals
confessed their crime before execution.
Sometimes criminals feign TO be deaf and
dumb II the impostor can write he may
be detected by the ingenious plan adopted
BY the Able Secard an old French SCENT
isE. When the deaf and dumb are taught
20 write they are taught by the lip The
letters are only known to them by their
form, and their value In any word can be
understood only by their exact relative po-
sit'on with respect to each other. A half
educated imposter will spell his words or
in
spelling will always have reference to sound,
thereby indicating that his knowledge has
been acquired through the ear and not alone
through tie lip.
man who had defied all other means Of
OBJECTION wrote several sentences in which
the mis6pelllng was obviously due to errors
produced by the sound of the words. That
showed he must have heard them pro-
nounced. Able Seoard concluded that the
man was an importer without seeing him,
and he subsequently, confessed the iInposi-
ton. "-l
An escaped convict was on trial before q
Freaoh court, and the question turned
upon his Identity with prisoner known to
have been tattooed There was no appear
hnce OF colored marks upon his arm, and
Inc question submitted TO M. Leroy, med
"o-iegal expert. was whether the man had
ever been tae5ooed
skln on the mans arm. This had the effect
Of bringing out white lines as cicatrices
With slight blush tint. By this means the
word Sophie" was plainly lsgible In white
MARKS on the Redeemed skin. This proved
Ine ldenty OF the convict who, thersupon
was barely restrained from knocking down
The witness.
trial took place at the Old Bailey in
london, at which the late Mr.. Carpue, the
surgeon was able to rescue a man who was
wrongly charged with being convict and
nNE having unlawfullY returned from
Nahsportlon. The chief clerk of Bow street
ponce station produced a certificate. dated
seventeen years before, of the conviction OF
person, alleged to be the prisoner, under
tue name NJ Stuart. The governor of the
!aH 10 hich Stuart was confined belle we'd
ttne pi soner be the person who was then
- custod The guard of the hulks, to
"ue- Stuars was consigned from the Jail,
ST." ST. E,s'tiVely that the prisoner was
'uaL'. Ou tue cross-eXamination of the
suaru ne admitted that Stuart had a wen
1I uls left hand, aud 80 well marked was it
t .taI 1t formed part of his description on
'Ng oooks of the convict hulk
Ile prisoner said his name was Stipler
tueuled that be was the person named
lar o'1sIt, out he could not bring forward any
S Uyuui hatory evidence because 80 many
Jsa1s lao elapsed. The recorder was pro-
~. .inB 10 charge the jury when the counsel
- 'ue defense requested permission to put
41esCion to an eminent surgeon, Mr.. Car
80, VINO happened to be in court. He de-
PC'o4 mat 1t was impossible to remove such
= wen as mad bean daacrihad wifho,e Lac