New-York tribune., 1909-05-02

II is said that undue weight Is not attaeAas-..
trffne exhibits-they are merely allowed to eo,-
plete a pleasing ensemble dressrnaliur 49,,
gives the courtroom the appearance OF Paor,,S-
establishment and brings the exquisite asa !.
Frenchmen in feminine apparel. while an act,o,,,,
yolving art transforms the chamber OF tustic. A..
a studio filled with voIuble connoisseurs. Csro...
and horrifying exhibits are brought into oo,1-- n
criminal cases: sometimes the jury visits the -
Of murder and witnesses a reconstruction % -
grewsome deed by official actors. Rsconstruc.,o-
however. IS usually third degree measure vr..-
tised on suspected person TO extort Confession
recent instance was the case OF Nine Steinhali7. =.
cused OF the murder OF her artist husband and sass
to be concerned in the death OF President Far..
some years ago
Edmond Kelly. who was counsel FOR the An,~-
can Embassy in Paris and IS an authority -
French law. said that the Gallo courts haa a.
rantages Of their own Among these the ss-
vices OF the "hussier." an ofdciaI Ike uota-v
public, who visits the scene OF crime evil Ht,
gatlon and writes an o1iciaI description o. "a,
surroundings which is admitted IN evidence przr
ticaly without question This procedure obvtat.s
many disputes and the unnecessary calling % zit.
nesses. The testimony OF huissisr practically
conclusive the celebrated Fair case. IN which IL
was a question whether husband o. wife d.sd e-ss
through automobile accident. Nr- Kelly repre-
sented the successful contention % t-s hushazf',
relatives AS to sensational criminal cases. tss
lawyer recalled the trial ot man and vor,a- fcr
the murder OF enploye or the Bank cf Frarca
The victim had been lursd into room. ard WIN,
he was in bed 4 noossd rope connecting with
pulley IN the ceiling was slipped around his neck:
then he was hauled up 70 his death Afusrvs.d
the body as lacked in a trunk The entire az.
uaratus vas exhibited IN court and It's ope-adoa
expIainsd 10 the jury. The nan wao pulled tas
rope was executed. but his woman accomplish
capped the mortal penalty on tbs ground that sra
was under hypnotic influence.
An odd exuoit IN French courts e TIRE photc.
graph of a man who is tried and convicted Q: soas
crime in his absence Probably ths Fugitive t-on
Justice is not worried very much ~ the sentencing
OF his picture term Of Imprisonment
WHERE PROPERTIES" ARE KEPT.
In the dim attic OF the New York Criminal
Courts Building amid criss-cross steel beams. sls
vator machinery and the litter OF smashed gan
bling apparatus. are stored the legal properties
which are used to deprive men OF lie or Hbsrty.
some Of them have played their pa-t, others have
been rejected by the stage manager Just row ons
Of District Attorney Jerome's young men. who has
been arranging life and death drama IN a court
room three floors below. comes with requisites
upon Property Clerk Fitzsimmons for revolver.
two knives silk handkerchief. q vo-nsns dress
and package Of love letters An indexsd book tells
lust where 70 find the articles among the hundreds
Of brown "a per packages on shelves behind hsa7y
wire screen. A drawer contains a lsrgs eootst
diagram or scene plot % ths crime. Hlads BY "
y Voelckenfng the oficfaI typographical drafts-
man and there nay be few Official Photographs
The bundles on The shelves mostly TOO vel
urrapped 10 betray their contents but ons psckass
shows the broken crown ot derby hat. another =
pair OF shoes and a third a pair OF ice tonEs- II
a dark corner stands part Of human skelston -
an fro, rod and beside Il the model q vou-ans
bust These are ancient properties whose histo-T
ia almost forgotten Something fresh and affecting
"a q roll OF bedding OF which unknoTn Von,an
called Flora slaughtered BY ar unknown man. lay
dead for two weeks IN East 11th street lodgi-E
house before the police discovered ths cril1s last
December Perhaps tVsnty years from now -
morse or the rnischance which hounds murdsreIs
v-,1r bring the unknown man 20 the bar ot tusuce
and then the bedding will be unroHed oefors a J4fl
nd the dark old blood spots VIII demand reeFio-
ton II the murderer knows that this be1clns u
stored uD against him. II Is tulpossiols NAV -
should bs at ease for the rest o. his lie hoFey1
far he may be removed from the seems q us
crime.
Without being a Sherlock Holmes. one may %
duce the nature Of many crimes b. iookins o's.
the stored exhibits. Take these sample lots
KEYS gas jer. brass cock and SCISSORS tI-s
ties medical books photos. syringe. checks. bette
- besr zbis<sy flask broken soda bottles. towels.
,1,,5-eo1 chissI check book. photo; three dagger
80 rerc1cers two thern1omsters three bottles O.
rrr.ssic acid. china box. wooden duuloeH' We We
s,,t iron bomb white crepe paper glass ROD teass
- IeI1al'sr Syrian uurdCrI, revolver ana s--s-''
r,-L iir-r1v Chisel three staples. ooN OF -
r,,rs.. broken bauister post, laundry ana plcA-1 -
cts revolver photos diagram; oiacNJacA' IsF'-
.,,,,,,.rfs{, money. Chinese laundry tcks-- PAW
+J.s+- marriage certihcats snd brass N'il-c
nigbtshfrt bottle Of rhloroforul. mask ana 7s
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