The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-15
TESTIMONY GIVEN IN
 FAVOR OF GRIFFIN
Expert Admits That He Cannot
 Tell Sex of Body
NO IDENTITY CERTAIN
Crippen's Attorney Makes Strong Point of the Testimony That the Re- mains of the Body Cannot
 Be Identified

the resumption today Of the Crlppen murder trial Prof. Augustus J. Pepper, pathologist of the University of Lon don, said that his examination had con- vinced him that the human parts found In the cellar of the Hilldrop Crescent home were severed by a hand skilled in surgery and directed by a man that possessed a real knowledge of ana atomy.
 The evidence of the medical experts has been awaited with eagerness and the famous little court room in Bow street was crowded. The prisoners In the dock presented contrasting appear ances
 Dr. Hawley H. Crippen, who Is charged as the principal In the murder of his wife, Belle Elmore, the American actress was seemingly as cool and col lected as ever. He did not miss word of testimony and eagerly whispered 10 his solicitor, Arthur Newton, when ever he bought he had detected a point in his favor.
 On the other hand Ethel Clare Len eve, accused as an accessory after the fact, was wan and plainly In mental
  thorities had anticipated that the day would be a trying one for her and ac cordingly she was attended for the first time in court by a wardress who sat close to her.
 Professor Pepper was the first wit ness called by the prosecution. At considerable length he described the examination which he made of the parts and set forth his conclusions. Witness said that he had identified pieces of | flesh as belonging to various parts of the body, except the head, hands, l forearms, feet and legs below the knees. He could say that the mem
 bers found were undoubtedly from a | human body. No bones were discov- cred, nor was there any trace of the genital organs
 Viscera Is Intact
 | The whole viscera was present intact and the only wound was a cut in the up- per part of the wind pipe. Other parts were left undisturbed by the one who did the cutting and the way in which | the parts had been separated convinced the expect that whoever was guilty of the mutilation did his work with ex- actness borne of familiarity with the hu- man body. Professor Pepper said that the ndlr ulScONeTeQ lHcluueQ a SuOIl strand of fair texture wrapped in a handkerchief of the size commonly used by men. The witness identified par ticularly a piece of flesh six by seven inches in size as coming from the ab- dominal wall and which bore a scar which, in his opinion, was undoubtedly left by wound from an operation. The witness said that the scar was in
 a vertical direction and more than four i,, Tf old md iUht have been en the body for a year, possi- bly, many years The condition of the organs recovered was healthy and in his judgment indicated a stoutish person in middle life whose hair was dark brown, where 1t had not been artificially bleached.
 Witness said that he found no trace of the sex. The parts had been buried for not less than four months and not more than eight months.
 At this point Solicitor Newton took the witness in hand and asked him to be more specific in his statement as to having found mo trace of sex The professor agreed with counsel that 1t was impossible for him in any manner to determine the sex of the body found and examined by him.
 This was considered of great importance to the defense as it had been generally believed that although certain organs had been purposely removed to conceal the identity of the victim, sufficient evil dence would be introduced to establish that the body was that of woman. Newton Questions KeenIy Solicitor Newton was keen in seeking admissions from the pathologist and fre- quently exhibited heat when the witness refused to- answer yes or mo- with
 out qualifying his replies. Counsel inti- mated that DTS. Wall and Turnbull, ex-
 perts engaged by the defense, had
 reached conclusions differing from those
 of Professor Pepper in some particulars
 and turning to the witness, said:
 Your qualifications. have nothing ap-
 preaching theirs Both are eminent among their number, as you know
 A brief re-examination by the crown
 closed the evidence offered by the wit
 ness, and which was gruesome through | out.
 Police Surgeon Marshall corroborated
 the testimony of Pepper. On cross-ex- animation he said that a body buried in
 clay and lime might be preserved for years.
 Witness said his impression was that
 there were marks around the scar found on the abdomen which had been made by the stitches taken in the wound. ! The trial was adjourned to Friday. According to a published interview, the line of defense to be followed by Arthur Newton, counsel for Crippen, will be that the remains are not Belle Elmore's and legged operation cannot belong to the ab- ~f nhe