New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-15
A POINT FOR DR.. CR|PPEN
Failure to Establish Sex Of Body
Found in London Home.
MISS LENEVE I'M DISTRESS
DR.. Pepper Testifies to Surgical
Work on Corpse-Date
of Burial.

London Sept 14.-Professor Augustus i.
Pepper the pathelogist OF the University Of
London. testifying At the resumption of the
C'rinpen furder trial. said THAI lIis exemi-
nation had convinced him that the human
parts found in the cellar of the doctor :
FTilldrop-Crescert home were severed by a
hand skilled in surgery and directed ny d
mind which possessed n knowledge of
anatomy The witness admitted, however.
that TIE sex OF the body had not been de
termned
The little courtroom in Bow Street was
crowded Dr. Hawley II. Crippen. who is
charged as the principal in the murder OF
his wife. Belle t.lmore the American ac-
tress. was seemingly as cool and collected
as ever He did not miss = word of the
TESTIMONY and eagerly whispered to his
solicitor. Arthur Newton. whenever ne
thought he had detected 4 point in his
favor
on tho other hand. Ethel Clare T.enevc.
accused as an accessory after the fact, was
psie and plainly in mental and physical
distress. The police authorities had fore
seen that the day would be trying one
for her. and accordingly she was attended
by a wardress, who sat close TO her
throughout the proceedings.
Professor Pepper said that he had identi-
fed pieces Of flesh as belonging to various
parts of the body. except the head, hands,
forearms. feet and legs below the knees,
He could say that the members found were
undoubtedly from human body. No bones
were discovered. and there was no trace
Of the genital organs.
The vfscera was present intact, and the
only wound waz . cut in the upper part OF
the windpipe- Other parts were left undis-
turbed by the one who did the cutting, and
the way in which the parts had been sep
arated convinced the expert that whoever
was guilty of the mutilatiou did his work
with an exactneEs born OF familiarity with
the human body.
Professor Pepper said that the hair dis
covered included d short strand Of fair
texture wrapped in g handkerchief Of the
size commonly used by men. The witness
identified particularly a piece OF flesh six
by seven inches in size as coming from the
abdominal wall IT bore scar which. n
his opinion was undoubtedly left by
wound from an operation. That scar was
in vertical direction and more than four
inches in length il vas old and might
have been on the body for q year. possibly
many years. The condition Of the organs
recovered was healthy. and in his judg-
ment indicated rather stout person in
middle life whose hair was dark brown
where Il had not been artifcial1v bieached.
The witness said that he found no trace
Of sex. The parts had beeu buried for not
less than four months, and for not more
than eight months
At this point Solicitor Newton took the
witness in hand and asked him 10 be moro
specific in his statement as 10 having
found no trace Of sex" The professor
agreed with counsel that il was Impossible
for him in any manner 10 determine the
sex from the parts of the body found and
examined hy him
This was considered as OF great ImpoT-
tarcc to the defence Is IT had been Eeuer-
ally believed that although certain organs
had been purposely removed to conceal the
identity Of the victim. sufficient evidence
would he introduced to eSta hlish that the
body was that of 2 woman.
The witness explained that he meant
that he could not identify the sex allato-
m5tiCally- lie was closely questioned re-
garding the scar by Mr.. Newton who tried
might ne merely an overlapping OF tn"
skin That suggestion is fantaStlcai, re
torre6 the patholOgist
The trial was adjourned to Friday.
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lished interview. the line of defence 10 he
followed by Arthur Newton. counsel for
C'rippen. viii lac that the body was not
that of Belle Elmore- and that the strir
of flesh showing an alleged operation scar,
cannot belong 70 the abdomen because OF
ne absence n