Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-06-09

afternoon weeks session of oyer and ter.
miner court in the trial of George Henry
HUT Julia HUT, Jim johnson and Dan
Miller, charged with the murder of Noah
Benson, on November 26th last. He stated
that he was physician of microscopy and
pathology at the University of Pcnnsyl.
vania and had been a professor in that in.
stitntion since 1874. He had made blood d
study since 1863. He also stated that he
was for eight years physician to the coro-
( ner of Philadelphia and was now consult
ant coroner's physician in that city. He
had at one time been employed by the
United States government with the Master
Board OF Health in Investigating an cpl
demic of diphtheria in Michigan lie was
8now the preceptor of 700 students at the
university Of Pennsylvania
Al Continuing DIR. Formal said 81 have
x{ooked up and made 81 examinations OF
blood stains and testified in 53 cases.
haye made at the rate of five auLopsies per
1tay for eight years. have made $4,000
XIn ALL"
M The witness was then handed the blood
Iftained garments by Mr.. Nicholson and
Unidentified them as the ones he had received
3roin the Encouragement for the purpose
Xof making an examination. All Of them
Xexcept one contained blood of a certain
4 upecies of mammals. The blood upon
p Them was all Of the same age. He had
+ made an examination of the shirt which
names johnson wore when arrested, and
MAT examination revealed the fact that
Hthe blood corpuscles were from l-320O TO
f1-330O of an inch in diameter. Thecorpuscles
Were consistent in size with those of the
Elephant, kangaroo, muskrat capybara,
monkey, or sloth. 1t could not have been
the blood OF hog or Of an opossum.
The witness said that chemical analysis
of blood was absolutely necessary in de-
r al mi t,a ltfrapnnf ,t.Ie I.
distinguished by the shape of the corpus
(. cles,and secondly by the size.
\ 0. Formal here exhibited models of
i<plpod corpiscles, magnilied some of them
XxQQD0 times. He had found the blood
1Sofpuscles taken from Johnsons shirt to
assure from 1-3200 to 1880 Of an inch in
n Meter. 1t could not have been the
Hpd of hog or of AN opossum. There
& no difficulty to distinguish between
9pd corpuscles by measurement. The
Mess stated that the micrometer in use
y him had been tested at Washington
1 found to be correct. The instrument
144sed contained a microscope for measur-
, vi Infinitely the diameters of objects or
ees. There had been marked i'm
n 0vement i'll the art of determining the
"A Weren't kinds Of blood corpusces during
14 past 10 years.
4 He had examined and made 500 meas
'turfments from the shirt, pillow-case and
towel given him by the attorney-general.
There is u difference between the corpuscles
of hogs blood and those of human blood,
w corpuscles Of the former being one.
Y N5Ird less i'll diameter than the blood of
ANIMALS, such us the elephant, kangaroo,
HEh, miskrat, capybara and monkey.
7stjXhe witness here exhibited photographs
11{ blood corpuscles of different mammals
Whjch he had taken. The corpuscles were
{'1ungnilied 1000 times.
N MI Cooper objected to the photographs
Y teing introduced, stating rs his reason for
MS objections that they were not the
[ pnotographs OF the blood found upon the
! F9rinentS taken from the house of the
4 Hutts.
/ The court overruled the objection and
4 the photographs were examined, showing
the corpnscles under magnjfying lens.
/ IN reply to question asked by the at
/ torney general the witness said ii any hog
1 meat had been carried in the pillow case,
/ ~ stated by the prisoners, there would
9urely be some tibres of the meat sticking
ip the bag. He would have discovered
this under magnifying power of 1000
\ Hines. He found no trace of hogs meat
the towel. He claims that the stains OH
the pillow case were inconsistent with the
4 corpuscles of hogs blood.
N DIR. Formal said that the examination of
\ the portion OF undergarments given him
n proved very unsatisfactory one. They
bad been soaked in water and he was UNI
nblc to tell the exact kind of blood found
A Upon them. lie also examined long
4 lnife given him and stated that he had
4 Wound blood on the blade and on the
handle, containing corpuscles consistent
4 with human blood.
4 The doctor was then asked by Mr..
Nicholson if, after hearing the testimony
4 of DIR. Jacobs and DIR. Joseph K. Smith,
Concerning the body of Noah Benson, III
81 9iis opinion the body was alive when il fell
A pm the water or dead. The witness said lie
7 could state emphatically that the body was
II dead.
\ Mr.. Cooper objected on the ground that
4 the testimony of the physicians who ex-
amined the body was the best evidence on
Il that point.
DIR. Formal said he was unable to tell
Y how long the body was in the water when
X found. 1t might have been there month,
and ii might have been there longer.
Mr.. Cooper cross-examined the witness
\ and obtained from him the information
n That he was u member of the Greek
4 uQrthodox Church in Philadelphia, and
y that the religion of the church was Chris.
Nlnn. Leaving the matter of religion the
witness said there were three ways of ex-
Qmining blood corpusclcs, namely, the
pectroscope, microscope and by chemical
analysis. lie did not think il necessary
&4Iothes through all three tests. He was
3hen asked to give the minimum and
maximum sizes of the blood corpuscles oil
MIC horse, the lamb, the rabbit, the cat,
U1ne dog and the rat, which he did except.
Ing those Of the last mentioned animal.
~ In reply to a question of Mr.. Cooper the
Witness said he had testified in So criminal
asses, including the Lingo case case al
Horristown, Pa, and the Schmidt case AT
y chester, Pa. He said he had never testi
He'd In case for the defence
h " Mr.. Cooper-"Do the medical fraternity
~ Philadelphia agree with your"
M DR.. Formad-'1 don't know whether
hey do or not; nor do care"
Mr.. Cooper-"Did not DIR. Wormley OF
the University of Pennsylvania say to YOU
latter. you had testified in the Schmidt
N murder trial and the trial at Nurristown,
IA Pa. that you had made statements thai
N were not warranted by, science, and that
~ that was your conviction you were ten
lsyears ahead of SCIENCE"
"That is absolutely false" replied the
|ywitness. DIR. Formal said that DIR. II. o
<6hakespeare and DR.. Wormley had diff
fercd from him at first but they had since
}Hpologized. The differences came up at n
Wcientiiic discussion in Philadelphia. The
XNitness recognized Taylor on Medical
EYurisprudence" and Legal Medicine" by
\ }Iidy, to be, standard works, but stated thai
Science had gone past them now. When
those text books were written there was nc
(. lway to measure blood c0rpuscles, as NJ
lthe present time. He said he had first
Imade an analysis of blood in Berlin, Cor
fpany, under his preceptor, when he was
Out IA years old. He had attended the
University of Heidelberg and had gradu-
&ted from the University of Pennsylvania
jH Mr.. Nicholson here offered the blood
Gtained garments in evidence.
ca Mr.. Cooper objected to the garments
28oing in evidence, and claimed that there
M Fas nothing to connect them with this
prisoners except the testimony of the
X "a merit WIN q y animal tbaun and that thi il