The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-06

stage of ro-photography, IL has been
shorn of a vast deal OF it's difficulties.
DR.. Jeserich had TO deal with number
of cases where the Identification played
an important part.
About twelve years ago a murder OF
most atrocious character was committed
in Westphalia, and a small white hair
found upon the body of the victim,
young girl, was submitted 20 DR.. jesse
rich for examination. The police sup
posed that the hair belonged to the sus-
pec;ed murderer. an elderly man with
gray hair and beard. A hair from the
beard Of the man was also submitted
for comparison. The photo-mocrograph
made showed a great resemblance be-
tween the two hairs. Both had the
same pith in the center, the same air
channels. scales and hollow spaces. The
expert decided. however. that the hair
was that OF an animal because. that Ike
human hair. the pith in the one suspect
ed to belong 10 the accused extended
nearly the whole width OF the shaft,
Then the work OF determining what
animal the heir belonged 10 wass COM
nlenced. acknowledgements OF a2ffnal
hair were compared and i. was identi-
fed as being that Of a dog. From It's
color the hair was determined 20 oe~nat
Of yellow dog winch was growing Old.
Il was circular in section and smooth.
showing tina, il came from smooth
haired dog. and. from the point os the
hair being unclipped. il was concluded
that the animals hair had never been
cut: The following description Of the
dog was forwarded by the expert 10 the
police:
IAN old. yellow. unshaven, smooth
haired and comparatively shori-haTed
dog"
On the testimony ot DR.. Jeser;ch the
accused was SCI a, liberty and a year
later man owning a dog that answer
ed the description given by the exIer;
was arrested on suspicion.t Two months
after he confessed 20 the murder OF iae
girl.
II another case-also the mu-5e- OF a |
woman--;Hc men we're arrersted. on |
whose Clothes some hairs were found |
which were examined 20 6eterTne Il hey |
corresponded with hairs taken rryus tle |
head % the deceased The Photographs !
showed that the hairs found ca rse
clothes % one OF 5he accused men were
,den.ical IN point. root and shaft win /
those OF the murdered woman Taet
pho:o-ric-ograpnic p.cturs IL the case |
OF the other accused showed hat tae !
hair .as MS oxu AMI ne ges liberated. 1
sJspec: number one con<esse5 Els x!i. |,
iust 4 few hours before MS execution
On another occasion sc.ence cleared a,
innocent suspect "A forester vas foaat 1
IL WOOD AID beside me body
xzS par: % vuican!re match b5x. -..h
sane searches OF ire cover suggestive
,. me letters Il 4 mans name. 4 n1aa
azmej G-o.tle5 G-aeber xas arrested
1u suspicion. and TIE DIX gzs examines
. faG /, re scratches were zot re
aame % re mar. T1e ex2s-- poz5e--
= ne match box With fa= iyco5-Si!u.a-
sni then wipst Il carefully 50 Ia Ire
fine xh.i- pzr:i.ies remained = -aE :
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ne box n ,his coa1ifio1 saos@d --.a-
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execu;ed sor re rsur5@-
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