The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-09-30
SAYS IT'S A HAM BONE
Fenur Of a Hog, Says an Expert for the
Defense In the Luetgert Case.
POINT WHERE THE DOCTORS DIFFER
DR.. Airport Says tho Homo Found In
The snusnge Factory Din Not He.
long 10 I" Woman Dr. Dorsey viii
Undertake TO Prove tho Defend.
ants Expert Mistaken.
Chicago, Sept. 2pth. 1sa7

SiiSoSOp OSpl. SRln, 1871.
dog or human? That Is the issue in
lHe huetselt case at present and ac-
cording to the view Of the case adopted
by the jury is the fate of the defendent
likely TO be. If hog, he will in all prob
ability go free, IL human, there is no
telling what will become of him. or
rather what may not happen TO him.
The defense proved to-day that the
bone which Dr.. Dorsey, the osteologist
or the Columbian Musuem declared was
the femur of n human being, OF u wo-
man, and woman or delicate Dhyical
structure as was Mrs. Iuetgcrt, Is moth
Ing but the bone OF a hog. 1t came from
a hog of delicate organization, so said
the expert for the defense, but he was
nothing but hog for all that. The rc-
mur was rather small for the usual run
of hogs, but this ws2 q small boned hog.
and there is no doubt of the origin of
the bone.
The witness who declared all this for
the defense was DR.. w. II. Airport, pro-
fessor of descriptive and comparative
anatomy in the Northwestern Univer-
sity. He declared in the most positive
manner that the fcmur was that a 4
hog, and that there was no chance of
his being mistaken in the matter. Dr.
Dorsey, who proved for the State that
the femur was that of Il woman, was in
the court room when DR.. Airport was on
the stand and his face flushed when the
expert for the defense declared that the
bone came from a hog. lie will take the
stand when the time comes for the State
to offer It's evidence in rebuttal and
prove to the jury that the fenur is not
that Of n hog, but of II 'humcn being, of
q woman, and a. woman of delicate phys
ical organization.
The declaration Of DIR. Allpopt clearly
defines an issue between himself and
I. Professor Dorsey. They are the respec-
Y fe,tiing exports oftfr- defense and
the prosecution. Both pride them msevcs
upon their regulations and n battle roy
al will be the result. Or. Airport drew
pictures of what he said represented a
human femur and hogs fcmur, and
explained to the jury the difference be-
tween them. The difference was prin-
cipally in the socket of the hip Joint, C.
cording to the witness. Tomorrow DIR.
4Allpont Will be cross-cXamined after he
has testified further concerning meta
carpal, sesamoid and temporal bones.
Previous to Dir. Allport's testimony
Professor ]. a. Weisener gave evidence
in support OF DR.. Riese's testimony in
connection with the experiments with
human bodies made in the watts in the
Luctgcrt factory early In the present
month. His testimony was of n cor
roborativc character.
States Attorney Denccn smilingly de-
clared tonight THAT Prof. Dorsey would
settle the question as TO the identity of
the homes beyond Il question when next
he appeared before the witness stand.
Luetgept and his lawyers are well sat
isfled with the showing made and eX-
Judge Vincent said he could not see the
necessity for Luctgert going on the wit
ness stand. "Thcre is nothing for him
to deny" remarked cX-Judge Vincent.