The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-17
FIGHT OVER FEuuRS
ANOTHER DAY DEVOTED To Elk
PERTS IN THE LUETGERT
MURDER TRIAL.
BONES ENOUGH ALREADY.
INTRODUCTION CT A MIXED L0F In
EVIDENCE BLOCKED BY
COURT.
PROF. DORSEY STILL ON STAND.
Long WrnnGIe Between the Witness
and the Attorney for the
Sausage Maker.

CHICAGO, Sept. 16.-TireS time was
given over to expert testimony in the
Luetgert trial today and the attorneys
for the defense and the witnesses for
the state wrangled vigorously regard
ing femurs of human beings. femurs of
sheep and of hogs When court ad-
journed for the day the fight was still
on and will be resumed tomorrow
morning, When court opened this morn
ing the defendant come into court upon
pair of crutches He said that he had
a badly sprained ankle, the result of
fall, while sparring a friendly bout
with one of the guards of the Jail. The
injury is painful and will trouble him
for some time.
The principal witness of the day was
Prof. Dorsey, of the Field Columbian
museum, who took the stand for cross
examination. Attorney Vincent, for the
defense, made it his business to show
the jury that Prof. Dorsey did not
know anything about the bones, any
how, and that he was densely ignorant
on the subject of femurs. Prof. Dor
sey fought stoutly to show that he
knew what he was talking about when
he said yesterday that the bone shown
him was the bone of human being
and very probably that of a female.
He made one correction, however, and
said that when he said yesterday that
the fenaur was that Of the left leg he
had intended to say that it was for the
right leg.
Before Prof. Dorsey took the stand
DR.. Norval Pierce, who had identified
"a bone shown him as the left temporal
bone of a female, was called to the
stand but his cross examination did
not last for any length Of time and
then Attorney Vincent announced that
he was ready for the Oss-eXamina-
ton of Prof Dorsey.
The examination abounded in tech
meal terms, and again and again the
attorney tried to make the witness say
that he was not sure that the bone In
question was the femur Of a human
being, but the witness stuck to his first
assertion. Then the attorney tried to
show that the femur was that of
hog, and again the witness baffled him.
Then the attorney tried the femur OF
sheep, and again he was defeated.
Then he offered a large collection of
bones and wanted the witness to state
from what animals they had come.
The court took a hand in the proceed
ings at this point and announced that
there are enough bones in this case
already without bringing in a lot of
them that have no connection with the
case"
FINAL EFFORT
1t was in the closing hour of the
afternoon session that Attorney Vim
cent made the final effort to break
down the evidence of Prof. Dorsey.
After a number of questions touching
iG If Wit
to testify as an expert, Attorney Vim
cent picked up a handful of bones, and
holding them out to the witness, asked
him to identify each of them. Prof.
Dorsey refused to attempt to do so
without first having an opportunity to
examine them.
"Can you do it?" shouted the at
torney for the defense. eff you are
the expert you claim to be, it should
not be difficult for you to name these
bones" This exasperated the witness.
Assistant States Attorney McEWan
then came to his aid with an objection
which was sustained by the court.
But Mr. Vincent was not to be stopped
by objections.
Did you ever dissect a hog" he in
quired.
mo, sir" answered Prof Dorsey
There was an objection to this line of
discrimination and Attorney Vim
cent arose to explain that he wished
TO show that the femur of a hog was
identical with the femur the state had
introduced, and which Prof. Dorsey had
identified as the right femur of a hui
man being-a female. After further
questioning with reference to whether
or not Prof. Dorsey had ever dissect-
ed a calf or a sheep, on receiving a
negative reply as to the former and an
affirmative answer as to the later ami
NAL. Attorney Vincent suddenly asked:
"I1ow do you know then, that this
is not a calf'S femur?"
Because from careful examination
of it 1 believe it to be a human femur,''
replied the witness.
''Why do you consider it the femur of
a Woman?"
Because it is smooth and has the
shape and other distinguishing charac-
teristics of the female femur,'' replied
the witness.
Prof. Dorsey will be on the witness
stand again tomorrow for further
cross-examination. The prosecution
expects to rest it's case Saturday.