Evening journal., 1892-06-02
THE BLOODY SHIRT
"Ensanguined Garments"
Put Under Microscope.
DR.. FORMAL Is Ratified.
The Judges Promptly Decline To
Charge for Acquittal.
DR.. FORMAD IS RATIFIED.

Dr. Formal, the Specialist Tells the Noah
Benson Jury What lie Knows About
Could Not Have Been Made by Hog
Blood Peter L. Cooper. Jr.. Asks tho
Judges TO Charge for Acquittai, Be
cause the state Failed to Prove Corpus
Delicti and Venue The Judges Decide
That Circumstances Compel the Bench
to Leave the Matter 60 the Jury The
Defence Opens-Mr. Cooper says lie
VIII Prove an AIibi for Miller and john
son.
The entire session of the Court of Oyer
and Terminer yesterday afternoon was
consumed in hearing the expert testi-
mony Of DR.. Henry f. Formal, physician
of microscopy and pathology Of the
University of Pennsylvania, ON the blood
stains ON the garments found at the resi-
dence of George Henry and Julia Hutt,
two of the supposed four murderers OF
Noah Benson.
The examination was a long and d
tedious one, the distinguished specialist
being on the stand about three hours
His testimony, summed up in few
words. was that, after making thorough
examination of the cOrpuscles, he found
! that the blood was that of a mammal
consistent with that of q human being
and most emphatically, not hogs blood.
He said:
~ have been physician of microscopy
and pathology at the University since
! 1874. and have made blood a study since
1869. / was for eight years coroner
physician i'm Philadelphia and am nov
consulting physician to the coron er an'
the court
Il made a microscopic and chemical
analysis of the garments and discovered
blood of mammals on all of them.
could not be hog corpuscles. The averag
size Of human corpuscle is between 8.
and l. 33 of am inch I'm diameter, whili
hat of hog corpuscles is between Ia
and 143. made 800 measurements OF
the blood upon the pillow-case, shirt ani
towel
He identified the clothing exhbite
models showing the relative sizes Of TIA
different blood corpuscles, some of theI
magnifed 1000 times. He made tn
examination through I 900 magnifyin
glass. He wanted TO produce photo
a \ efnriia ~ tmc inuUo cOfpusclcs or IN
human being, PIG and fish that lac ha
made in another case
Peter l.. Cooper. Jr. counsel for th
prisoners. objected. because the phot,
graphs were not of blood found on th
garments.
The court overruled the objection, say
ing that they could go before the jury d
an illustration of the differences.
Continuing the expert said 9TH
, blood of the elephant kangaroo, monkey
muslSiHt, opossum and guinea-pig are S
near like human blood that | would nC
swear to the difference i'm them i'm erin
inal case But I am willing TO swea
= that this blood is not that of a hog.
! there had been any meat in the pillO
cases it would leave traces of meat fibei
that could have been detected under tl
microscope. There were no such traces.
'Thc blood on the skirt was menstru,
blood, which lacks coagulation an
corpuscles / examined 220 spec
mems of corpuscles on the bloody shir
| failed TO find any indication that
was menstrual blood. 1t looks lil
arterial blood and is inconsistent with pi
blood. The drawers band seemed to hay
been soaked in water, the blood was di
integrated very much, and it was vei
hard to make an examination To ii
best knowledge and belief il WI
not menstrual blood But it WI
a very unsatisfactory object to examin,
/ examined the knife in Wilmington a
your Office. / took my specimens frol
: the blades and recesses and found quite
number of blood capsules of T.. .32 and 3
3 They were inconsistent with the blood q
y the hog, and consistent with huml
blood
Jack, the Ripper.
L 'Have you made many post-morte
n examinations Eyes, about 10. 200.
p averaged from three to FIVE q day f
eight years.
you have heard the evidence in rega
TO the condition of this body Cou
that body have been put into the wat