The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-14
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Identified Many Pieces.
Professor Pepper was the first wit
ness called by the prosecution. At
considerable length he described an
examination which he made of the
parts and set forth his conclusions,
The witness 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 only say
that the members found were I'M
doubtedly from a human body. No
bones were discovered, nor was there
any trace Of the genital organs.
Under cross-examination Professor
Pepper admitted that he had been un-
able to establish the sex to the vic
tim.
Found Flesh Containing Scar.
The witness identified particularly
piece of flesh six or seven inches
in size as coming from the abdominal
wall and which bore scar which in
his opinion was undoubtedly left by
wound from an operation. The wit
ness said that the scar was In a certi-
cal direction and more than four inches
in length. 1t was old and might have
been on the body for years, possibly
many years.
The condition Of the organs recoy-
cred was healthy and, in his judgment,
indicate a stoutish person in middle
life whose hair was dark brown where
1t had not been artificially bleached.
The witness said that he found no
trace of sex. The parts had been bur-
led 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 no trace of sex.
The professor agreed with the counsel
that it was impossible for him in any
manner to determine the sex from
parts of the body found and examin-
ed by him.
This was considered of great i'm
portance to the defense, as it had
been generally believed, that although
certain organs had been purposely re-
moved to conceal identity of the VIC
tim, sufficient evidence would be in
troduced to establish that the body
was that of a woman.
The witness explained that he
meant that he could not identify the
sex automatically. He was closely
questioned regarding the scar and
Newton tried to make out that what
appeared as scar, might be merely
an overlapping of the skin. THAT
suggestion is fantastical," retorted the
doctor.
Killed odor With Acid.
Because an undertaken and a NOR.
guekeeper were compelled to use
enormous quantities of carbolic acid
to counterfeit the odor of de-
caying flesh while removing the
body from the cellar of the Crippen
home, the acquittal of DR.. H. H. Grip
pen for the murder Of his wife NAV
be forced.
When the inquest over the BODY
taken from the Crippen cellar was re-
sumed today, Attorney Arthur New.
ton, counsel for Crippen and the
Leneve girl, examined the undertaken
and morguekeeper, who took charge
OF the body, with a series of sharp
questions. He tried to show that thew
shoveled the remains into a box tax
ing little care to keep dirt and stones
separate. Both men denied this. saw
Ing there was neither stones nor dirt
In the coffin when 1t was taken to
the morgue. They admitted, however,
that there was great deal of carbolic
acid used, and said they had to use 1t
In order to approach where the body
was buried.
Will Combat Testimony
1t was plain from the questions that
Newton put to these two witnesses
that he hopes to demonstrate that the
testimony of the chemists that hyos-
cine poisoning caused the death of the
person whose body was taken from
the Crippen cellar was a conclusion
that could not have been reached by
an analysis. He apparently was Law
Ing the foundation to impeach the pos
sibility that a separate analysis could
have taken place and to show that
carbolic acid used ruined the body for
the purposes of analysis.
When the inquest was resumed to-
day, Coroner Schroeder was in charge.
The interests of the crown were
looked after by Inspector Dew, De-
tective Sergeant Mitchell and Lawyer
Travers Humphreys, while Newton
looked after the interest of the accus-
ed. Neither Crippen nor Miss Leneve
was present
Tells of Disappearance.
After the morguekeeper and under
taker had told of the removal of the
body. Miss May, secretary of the
Music hall guild, told of the disap-
pearance of Belle Gilmore, as Mrs
Crippen was best known.
Early in January, before Mrs Grip
pen disappeared, the witness said. she
told her of a dream she had at Christ
mas time. In 1t Mrs. Crippen said she
imagined she was being strangled by
the doctor.
Miss May told Of hearing that Mrs.
Crippen had died In California and
asking the doctor about 1t. Because
she failed to get any details of the
cause OF death she wrote to Crippen's
son, o. Fl. Crippin, in Los Angeles,
asking him to write her about the
| death of his stepmother. In reply she
received a letter telling her that the
report of her death was as much of
a surprise to him as it had been to
anyone else He had first learned of
the matter from his father. he said
The doctor had written that Mrs.
Crippen had died in San Francisco
Mrs. Martinetti on Stand
Mrs. Martinetti stated that she con-
sidered herself one of Mrs. Crippen's
most Intimate friends. She last saw
Mrs. Crippen at the party in the Grip
pen home on January 81 At that