The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-01

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IN. Witness on the stand In the Luetgert
trial to-day. and at the conclusion OF tina
session the state announced that It would
IN all probability keep him on the stand
f,r the greater portion OF tomorrow. Tho
witness was DR.. w. II. Airport, the ex'
merit who testified for the defense yester-
dav that the Gemur claimed by the state
az the femur Of woman, Is In reality
The famur Of hog. The state had pre-
parsd A warm cross examination for him
To-day and toward the latter portion OF
,ba afternoon session II succeeded IN
confusing him and gaining from MN
seyaral contradictions of his own EVIL
dence. He Identified the skull OF dog
ms being the skull OF monkey and was
neatly trapped by the state into doing So
The attorneys for the state have consld-
crable feeling against DR.. Airport, as MS
testimony more than once has been to the
effect that evidence was being fnanufae-
turei by the prosecution. and they VIII
leave nothing undone to break him down
Prof. Walter II, Airport underwent one
af the saveFest cross examinations to-
day that any witness has been subjected
10 since this famous trial began. Assist
ant States Attorney McEwen did the
cross questioning and when court ad-
journed for the day the assistant states
attorney announced that he was not
through with the witness, and would re-
call him tomorrow morning,
Privately Assistant States Attorney
McEwen said he would probably keep
Dr. Airport on the witness stand the
greater part OF tomorrow This expert
oesiologst was the only witness of the
day Hour after hour he answered ques-
tIons suggested in the main by Professor
Dorsey and propounded by Assistant
States Attorney McEwen.
The sensational statement OF DR.. ALI
port at the morning session OF the court
70 the effect that the temporal bone iden-
t.hed by Prof Dorsey as being the right
temporal OF female was In reality not 9
temporal bone at all. aroused the prose-
cutGn The experts conclusion that the
exhibit was several bones blued together
in the form Of temporal bone suggested
fraud and an attempt to manufacture
evidence which the prosecution did not
relish. The result was that Assistant
States Attorney McE9wen went at DR..
Airport with firm determination ID
lNdl " " lllN hlAllEtn lttllg hllIN hAAhA AAN
was talking about. Questions were fired
at the expert regarding temporal bones,
sasamoids, the phalanges IN evidence and
other matters with such Iapidlty that he
berame bewildered, Confusion led 70
contradiction ahd-this developed sharp
cross questioning, so that the last two
hours Of the expert upon the witness
stand were fraught with nerve testing
anxiety for him.
Professor Dorsey, whose evidence DIR.
Airport fatty contradlcted listened at
teniyely TO the cross examination Of ths
chief expert for the defense. He heard
his own story and those OF Professor
Bailey and DR.. Pierce punctured by DR..
Airport with smile of scOrn lowering
about his lips. Later on Professor Dor
sey will go on the witness stand TO sub
stantIate his original testimony II he
can. ~
Assistant States Attorney McEwen
neatly caught DR.. Airport mapping dur.
ing the afternoon session. The expert
was requested to name a portion OF bone
handed him. After a brief examination
the expert said II was part OF the skull Of
"a monkey. Assistant States Attorney
McEwen Immediately asked another
question which led DR.. Airport TO believe
he had Identified the exhibit at the first
guess and the expert confidently enterc,
upon n long dissertation relative to the
similarity Of the skull in some portions
to that Of "a human skull.
After he had finished Assistant States
Attorney McEwen reached for the bone
the expert held and remarked: "Well, the
bone Is from the skull OF dog"
DR.. Airport looked surprised, but re-
covering himself suddenly, he observed:
We'll, 1t might have been a monkey
faced dog"
This was greeted with a laugh, In
which Luetgert Joined.
There was long wrangle between
counsel and the witness over sesamoid
bones and Dhalanges. This part Of the
examination became so technical and
scientific that the majority OF the specta.
tors became tired and many men left
the building. Even Judge Tuthill be-
came dr0wsy aud dozed for n moment.
only to awaken with start that ratified
the bones piled up on the court railing
near him. much to the amusement OF the
spectators.
It Is likely that the cross lre OF the cx.
pert5 VIII be kept up for nearly another
week. After they have finished, Luet.
CERT viii be called. Although ex-Judgc
Vincent does MT believe Luetgert's EVIL,
dcncr Ia necessary. yet IN his opening
statement he told the Jury that the big
sausage maker would talk to them from
the stand, ana he said to-day he would