The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-01
LAWYER RATTLES THE EXPERT
LUETGERTs WITNESS, ALLPoRT,
is WOUND UP.
Didn't Know the Difference Between
Monkey and Dog Skull-Neat-
ly Trapped By the State-Techni-
cal Testimony.

Chicago, Sept. 30.-There was but one
witness on the stand in the LuetSert trial
today and at the conclusion of the SEES
son the state announced that it would
/ in ali probability keep MIN on the stand
for the greater portion of tomorrow. The
witness was DR.. Walter II. Airport, the
expert who testified for the defense yes
terdlay that the femur claimed by the
state as the femur of a woman is in
reality the femur of hog. The state had
prepared a warm cross examination Tor
him today and toward the latter portion
OF the afternoon session 1t succeeded in
confusing HIM and gaining from MIN sew
eral contradictions of ais own evidence.
He identified the skull of a dog as being
( the skull of g. monkey and was ceatluv
I trapped by the Seate into doing so. The
attorneys for the SKATE have considerable
feeling against DR.. Airport, as mis- testi-
mony more than once has been to the
effect that evidence mas been Tnanufac-
tured by the prosecution and they viii
leave nothing undone to break MIN down.
LEANS BACK AND LAUGHS
When DR.. Airport went on the witness
stand today he created another SenSa ton
by declaring that the temporal bone
which Prof Dorsey identified as human.
and from It's formation probably the right
temporal bone of q female. is NOT human.
DR.. Airport emphatioaEy remarked that
there was 10 indications upon which to
base the conclusion That the bone was
F.
also declared that the phalanges in evil
dence belonged to the lower animal king
dom. DIR. Airport made statement that
caused a profound sensation for a few
minutes. He WIS examining the bone
which had been identified by Prof. Dorsey
as the temporal bone of woman. That
bone is not temporal bone either of a
human or of the lower order of animals"
declared Dr.. Airport. gazing at qne eX-
hibit intently. at Is a composition of
bones put together ~ artificial means,
was the outline of facial nerve IS 4
fibre of animal matter with which the
bones are stuck together"
1'he statement was received with some
thing akin to dfsmdy by the prosecution
Tor a moment Luetgert leaned back in
mis- chair and laughed
Assistant States Attorney McEwan be-
gan 3 hot cross examination of the wit
ness Prof. Dorsey had prepared for the
prosecution q list of questions that brts-
tied with technicalities and were framed
with view of testing DR.; Airport $
knowledge of esteology. DR.. Airport had
prepared for the defense the cross eH-
animation of Prof. Dorsey and the latter
evened matters today.
Professor Airport underwent one of the
seYere5t cross examinations that any
witness has been subjected 10 since this
famous trial began. Hour after hour l1a
anSw cred questions suggested in the main
by Professor Dorsey and pro9ounded by
Assistant States Attorney McEWen. The
SENSATIONAL statement of DR.. Airport at
the morning session of the court TO the
effect that the bone identified by Profess
scr Dorsey as being ble right temporal
OF a female was not temporal bone at
all, aroused the prosecution. The expert 5
CONCLUSION that the exhibit was several
bones glued +osfker IN the form of
temporal bone suggested fraud and an
attempt to manufacture evidence, which
the prosecution does not relish Tue re-
suit was that Assistant States Attorney
McEwe'n went at Or. Airport with firm
denomination to learn If the witness
really knsW what he was talking about.
Questions we're fired at the expert regard
ing temporal bones, 5e5amoids. the
pha1anX in evidence and other matters
w.th such raDidity that - became be
Wildered. Confusion led 10 contradiction
and this developed sharper cross question:
:nS 50 that the last two hours that the
expert was on the witness stand we're
fr2uSnt with nerve testing anxiety for
him. Professor Dorsey. whose evidence
Dr. lAllp0rt fatty cFitradicted listened
attenttVeiy to ule cross examination of
the chief expert for the defense. He
Professor Bailey and Dr Pierce
Of sconl lowering about his lips. Later
on Professor Dorsey VIII SO on the wit
ness stand to substantiate his original
tes,sln9ay if he can.
WAS NEATLY TRAPPED.
Assistant States Attorney McEwen
neatly caught DR.. Airport mapping during
the afternoon session. The expert was
handed him After a bL<ef examination
he said Il was part of the skull If q
monkey. Assistant States Attorney Nc
Even immediately asked ANOTHER ures-
he had identified the exhibit at the irst
guess and tle expert confidently entered
upon a long dissertation relative to the
similarity Of the skull in some portions
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