The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-01
THE II AR OF EXPERTS.
IT CtTsFs STRANGE rnSTRsDIC.
TToss IN LyETGERT CASE.
aiiP"rt Denouness one of the Bones
a an Artificial Composition. hut
IL Trapped With Dox's skull

1faAtAGO. Sept 2s.--The~e uas but ere
~4sAess or the stand II ire LuetEerr trszl
t234s, szl1 al the c9uc3ussan 90 tha session
@2s stare announced that il wo013 IN al
psof'aibs si1y keep him ca the s.ard Tor the
ste&lsi portt r q tomorrow. The witness
Vas 41r- Alport. the expert VITO testified
Ter the defense yesterday that the fgaaur
cAalnlea oy tae state as taa femur *
woman Is IN reality that OF a hog
tae state had prepared a warm cress-
eNsn3isaaLt&on for h!En today and toward the
after portion q The afternoon session II
Succeeded in confusing HIN ard gaining
from him several contradictions of bis
oNn evidence. He ideatiao3 the skull 81 q
dog a. being the sEau % q monkey ard
? as neatly trapped hy the state ia doing
10 TIE stt3rnsys for the stale have con-
siderable feeling against Or. Airport -
his testimony more than once has been %
the eject that evidence has bean manu-
featured by the prosecution. and they w,a
leave nothing undone 20 break him down.
Not Human Homes at Al.
When Or. Airport went or the witness
stand ne created another sensation by de-
eiar1ng that the temporal bone which
Prof, Dorsey identified as human. and
from It's formation as probably the rigat
temporal bone q q female. Is not human.
Dr. Airport emphaticaliy remarked that
there was TO indication upon which 20
base the conclusion that the bone was
from the skull Of human being. re also
declared that the phAlanges in eviten 20
longed 70 the lower animal kingdom.
DIR. Airport made statement that
caused a profound sensation for a few
minutes. He was examining the bone
which had been identified by Prof Dorsey
as the temporal bone Of a woman.
That bone is not a temporal bone.
either q a human or % the lower order II
animals declared he. 1T IS a compost
ton OF bones. put together By artificial
means. The trace here " hich Prof Dor
sey said was the outline Of facial nerve
is fiber of animal matter with which
the bones are stuck together"
Luetgert leaned back in his chair and
laughed.
Hot Fire of Questions
Prof Airport underwent one OF the Sc
yerest cross-examinations that any Wit
ness has been subjected TO since this
famous trial began, Hour after hour he
answered questions suggested ia the main
by Prof. Dorsey and propounded by As
sistant States Attorney McEwen.
The sensational statement Of Or. Airport
a. the morning session OF the court 20 the
effect that the bone Identified by Prot
Dorsey az being the right temporal OF a
female was not a temporal bone at ALL
aroused the prosecution. The experts con-
clusion that the exhibit was several bones
glued together in the form Of a temporal
bone suggested fraud and an attempt to
manufacture evidence which the pTosecG-
ton does not relish. The result was that
Assistant States Attorney McEwen went
at Dr. Airport with trm determination
to learn II the witness really knew what he
was talking about. Questions were fired
a. the expert regarding temporal bones
sesamoids. the phalanN In evidence and
other matters with such rapidly that he
became hewildered. Confusion led 70 con-
tradiction and this developed sharper
cross-questioning, 50 that the last Two
hours that the expert was on the witness
stand we're frausat with nerve-testing
anxiety for him.
DR.. AIlport fatty contradictcd the testl-
sncalg Of Or Dorsey. who viii 80 on the
witness stand 70 substantiate his original
testimony II he can.
4iIport Caught i'm n Trap
Assistant States Attorney MeEwen
nearly caught DR.. Airport mapping during
the afternoon session. The expert was
questioned to name portion o. bone hand-
"a TO him. 4fter brief examination he
said il WAS a part Of the skull Of mon
KEY Assistant States Attorney MchWen
Immediately asked another question which
led Or Aliport 10 believe that ne had iden-
tifed tho exhibit at the FIRST guess and the
expert confidently entered upon long Dis
sertation relative 20 the similarity OF the
skull in some portions 10 that OF human
skull After he had finished Attorney Nc
Even reached for the bone the expert held
and remarked: We'll. the bone IS the
skull Of a dog"
Dr. Airport looked surprised. but recover
ing himself suddenly, he observed: Wen,
Il might have been monkey faced dog
THIS was greeted with laugh, in which
Luetgert Joined There was long wrangle
between counsel ard the witness over sesa-
maid bones and phalanges. This part Of
the examination became 80 technical and
scientific that the majority Of the specta-
tors became tired and many Of them left
the building. Even Judge Tuthiu became
drowsy and dozed for a moment. only 10
awaken with a start that ratified the bones
piled upon the court railing near him.
much 20 the amusement OF the spectators.
II Is likely that the cross-fire Of the ex-
perts VIII be- kept up for nearly another
week After they finish Buetgert's ev3-
aence e necessary Benson fin his opening
statement told the jury that the big ssau-
sage maker would talk 70 them from The
witness stand. and he said he would not
disappoiot the Jury.