Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-17
TWO MISTAKES MADE
BY the Experts for the State in the
luetgert Wife Murder Case
on Trial at Chicago.
HOMO BONE DECLARED A SLEEPS
Sy One of the Professors, While the Other
Admits That He Had Been Discoursing of
the Wrong Side of a Femur-Devilish
Atrocity on a Young Wife by a Trio of
Missouri Spawn of Satan-The Indiana
Lynchins Outlawry.

LynchinS Outlawry.
Chicago. Sept. 1..-Yesterday was
given over to expert testimony in the
Luetgert trial, and the attorneys for
the defense ard witnesses for the state
wransled vigorously regarding the
femurs of human beings, and the femurs
OF sheep and hogs. When court ad-
Journed for the day the fight was still
on, and was resumed this morning.
When the court opened yesterday morn
ing the defendant came into court upon
a pair Of crutches. He said he had a
padly sprained ankle as the result of a
fail while srarring a friendly bout with
one or the guards in the Jail The in
jury is painful and will trouble him for
some time. The principal witness of
the day was Professor Dorsey, of the
ieiu columbian Museum. who took the
stano Tor cfosS-eXaminatiCn. Attorney
Vincent, for the defense, made it his
business to show the jury that Professor
Dorsey did not know anything about
bones, anyhow, and that he was dense,y
ignorant on the subject cf femurs.
Defense Secures a Very Pointed Point,
Professor Dorsey fought as stoutly to
snow that the bone shown him was the
bone OF human being. and very prob
ably that CT female He made one
correction. however, and said that when
ne had said Wednesday that the femur
was that of left leg he had intended
To say that it was from the right leg.
Before Professor Dorsey took the stand
Dr. Norval Pierce, who had identified
the bone shown him as the left temporal
laJ
stand, but his crOss-examination did
not last for any length of time, and
then Attorney Vincent announced that
he was ready for crosS-examination of
Professor Dorsey. 1t lasted long enough
Tor the defense to make point that is
likely TO he of effect on the jury What
90 you call this bone, doctor?" asked
the attorney. passing the witness
small fragment
i should say that this might be the
temporal bone of a sheep or a dog"
answered DIR. Pierce after examining
the part minute or two
Il viii state as a matter of fact"
said Attorney Vincent. impressiyelv.
that this is the TEMPORAL bone of q
human body which was experimental
upon in the vat at the factory"
Court Objects to Many Bones.
The examination yesterday abounded
In technical terms, and aslin and again
the attorney tried to make the Witness
say he was not sure the bone in oues-
tion was the femur of a human beinc.
but the witness stuck to his first as
sertion. Then the attorney tried to
snow that the femur was that of a
hoS, and again the witness baffied him.
Then the attorney tried the femur of
that is to say that in each of these
cases the witness persisted that ebone
was human and gave the reasons which
forced him to that conclusion. Then Vim.
cent offered lSaye collection of bones and
wanted the witness to state from what
animal they h,ad come. The court took
a hand In the proceedings at this point
and announced that there are enough
bones in this case already without
bringing in lot of them that have no
connection with the case"
But Vincent Gets Them In.
But Vincent got in his bones all right
and he made another point, this time
on Dr. Dorsey, who has been a very dif-
hcult witness for the defense to handle.
Vincent picked up the alleged female
femur and said: Did you not state to
DR.. Airport in Judge TuthilTs chambers
that it was a left femur?' Yes" was
the reply.
Did he not point out to you that it
was the right femur?" Yes
Then you made a mistake when you
told the jurors, yesterday, that it was
the left femur?" Yes"
Then you showed the Jurors the back
part Of the bore as the front part?"
The witness evaded the answer, but
practically admitted that he did.