The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-21

They are Ruth tho witness replied.
-Mhlu did vou last sn~ them" Mr.
Mos asket. aud the Witness answered.
when lasf saw her.
Then the examiner questioned tho wit
meas as to IN. reason 81 her being 80 pns'
tive aud quick ~ hoT Identification anil
Adelaide rnplicd Bs.cauE" she hal worn
them for eight months AMI before that
INV sis,er PeaTl own,.,i thom for eight
years. hA," seen them frequently all
that time
The blackcnel COLL ring was shown
60 'hc witness AMI without lnoking at the
initials -R A. W" engraved 1n ~ the
witness promptly said. "lt N RGths ring
Mr. Moss cautiously suggested that she
hal no, examined tho inItialS. bw !
know the rnR." the Nitn-sS Sa,d, 10 was
given 20 Ruth 10y Pearl NJ a Christmas
present
KNEw MR. SIsTEHs TEETH
Then Mr. Moss asked the witn.-- about
her Identification of the iusly IN IA" pohc''
station Adelaid. sad that first She hal
only looked NJ the head. III" lower Jaw
was miss'ng. bU' -le know that u was he
heal of Ruth brcatt~s' IA" T,scognly'''i the
teeth ln the upper Jaw.
How could you recognize ihem9- Mr
Mo- asked The witness replied They
were perfect t"",h no dentist work had
ever been don" "u them ami thev wrr'
peculiarly ShR'ssd I knew them
Vow were 'sTiBin."
Il had cleaned them many times AMI
taught her how ~ clean them.
Az tirz' ,hC witness had not bsen strong
enough tn cNRnine the body further bui
ths police were eager Ia have her MAKE
further examination. especially A. the
other sister. Iearl. AT thu station house
could not summon strength enough To
look al the body nj all. ~ adelaide. after
resting viewed the whole hosiy
The hands and fee, ver, not there.
she said hut the lines Df NV sisters
chest. her bI~t. had not h""n much
changed | knew them
Then the brad ~ hair was shown To
the witness. II was DISCLOSED later hy
other testimony that whoever attempted
90 burn the body If Ruih Wheeler had
laid the body On the bare floor of the
hrepls~e and bult ar ab1v. a. n
the fire evidently hal not been much
removed th" under part ~ the head had
not been burned ~ all This left the
peculiarly braided hair almost unchanged
whsn th" polio" cut II ~ The witness
said with Irrfsct conviction. That -
RuthS hair I know " Snow It from
the way " - braided Then a charred
remnant nf collar Wa shown ~ the Wit
ness and ~" -aii 1T u Part IT a collar
Ruth wor'
And hnw - vuI recognizes 'hnt:- Mr.
Mos ask~'
-Re~atu-. answered the witness. 'th.
embruidery On the collar ! took from .
dress | wore last summer and Pat u on
Ruth'= collar
Then cam. the little bit of half burned
ribbon inserted into the un, s.rW aSt found
an the body. Tn" witn-~s was positive
that the ribbon was that Ruth had worn
The knot WE~ intact and Il was "a peculiar
kno; IN" har>elt had Taught Ruth a. ~.
The last n; the boNes Opened ~s~ shown
Ca the Nl'ne-. aud ste saii thai it, con
TINT. were a piece nG ~" fs'tt.coas Ruth
worr
1T - outing hann-l sad the witness
-whs' Take~ you certain Of it, Mr.
Mo- a~&ed
-Bsca,lS.. bought II for Ruth
USsHAKEN ~ CROSS EXAMINER
The fr-, question asked an eros Mani
nation Wa.
Whom did your sister Ruth room With
And the witness answered. With me
Then MIR Scott walked over uea' tho
witne-' took up one ~ the little boxes
and said
You testified that this looks like your
sisters ha'r7-
The witness answered. 4 know ~
You mean the jury to understand that
you are alpla TO identify THIS as your
aisi er's hairs'
AGAIN the witness sad SIMPLY 4 know
The cross-cxaniner proceeded IN the
same manner with each bit of the physical
evidence. bun always the witness Tephed
that 81" was sur" Only once did be-
compel her - ali"- h"r testimony She
had told M Moss thar II was Police
the heads Ruth wore before the CproGe,
she hal test fed m y was IsDi Jarsy
When ms d., r"panCv ya- pointed on 4
90 her the witness turned 90 the Jidz.
and SAID
4 was mistaken " was cant Carey
This admission encouraged th,, cr,s-s- .
eNaniLer. and he took utt q haIutn the
witness had identified for Str MOSS a. ,
beionglnc To- Ruth. IL had n'''-, r.-.nv-r"d I.
from the dsibus N Mui'.r rr..,a.'r.. |
The cTu-S-''Namin-T pouud.'i tsaN Vth 7
his Efforts Ia make th. '.Htuc-. admit 3
that she had seen ~ her ha'p.u~ hkr thai f.
before and anre her siSts- q slupssrEnce |
but the wirnsS- p"r>.-t"utiy r-phcd 7
I never saw snorh-r Ink" - Lsught /
a. Tor Etuh know ~ - tho one ~hs wor.. 7
the dav she Il Saprelr-d
CIIT.p ErENrp NIvE
Coroner PHYS uIar DHanlpn testified ]
that he hid tprm"t The opinion hat das'h
had rCsu..'d from a-phy ua'iuu and
incinera' ION
DO vou maar a. - Mr. Moss -.ha.
burning vaS q -prtr,hu'prv rau-. II
death
+ CO. regi.'d 'h- witness Tie sad
thai ~ h's OPINION a,I'hvVla had Len /
catIset Nv STAN. tsiat'Dn az .yidanC,si
hv the marks ot The rope ~ ths. nayk /
That 'n"'ncra "u iad I..yun t,..for,. death
was eVid"nC'ad by b. pr..ssnce an IN. /
passages leading - The lungs of particles !
Of eOot which could only have reaChed the |
PASSAGE far from the mouth and !
nosiTi's Nv limitation The phys.cal con /
dition oi the lInEs confirmed this ev' ds-uce /
Here - an eVtrac' from the Cruss-exam- /
inafiou.
-One may die normal death caIsed /
by asphyNias
Certainly
-Th"n what - the difference between |
this death and = normal DEATH
I.ersun dying a natural death from /
aephy va does not usually have a stran- |
gling cord embsddei ia his nsck
TEsrINoNV OF IHE RFIICs
John " larkIn. adjunct professor - /
pathology IA IN" college ~ Physir1ans I
and Surgeons testified that The polics had /
, gwen to hIm two blOOoistA ned handkeT-
chiefs whc on they had found on VOTERS
person ana the blpodstain@d shirt which
iormesi part of ore % the fire s@cap.
bundles These bloodstaius he had sub
tsct~d "a nicro-~hsmical examination
and the STAINS he relieved TO tpe the stains
~ human blood He had taken the skull
and a number q bhnes spme Of them
found % The fireplace. TO Prof Hunting
tons laboratory
Dr. George : Huntington. professor of
anatomy N the college IL Physicians and
Surgeons brought With him 10 court a