Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-20
DIR. CR|PPEN PUT
ONWITNESS STAND.
Was Pale but Composed, Step
ping Quickly and Quietly Into
Box, Holding the Bible.
EVIDENCE FOR CROWN ALL IN
Defense VIII Introduce Medical Wit
ncsscs of Highest Reputation TO
Kefutc Prosecutions Case.

London, Oct 20.-Dr. Hawley Harvey
Crippen faced his nccusers from the
witness box today. 1t was dramatic
moment when the dimnutive figure of
the American emerged from the com
parative isolation Of the dock and took
n position where he WAS stared at with
interest by the thronE that filed the
New Bailey court room.
Crlppen was pale, but his composure.
that has remained since he was first
charged with the murder Of his actress
wife, Belle Elmore, did not desert him.
He stopped quietly but quickly into the
box, and holding the Bible in his hand,
tool; the oath calmly.
There has been much speculation as
to whether Crippcn would testify for
himself, and the decision of his coun-
sci was not made known until Just
before the resumption of the trial this
morning.
Doctors Marshall and Salisbury,
medical experts. who examined the
human parts unearthed In the cellar
of the Crippen home In Hilldrop
Crescent. repeated the evidence they
had given In the lower court. rms
was in confirmation of the testimony
given by DR.. Pepper, who swore the
members were human but that ne
would not determine anatomcally the
sex.
The ross-examination of the eX-
merits. In which Lord Chief Justice Al
verstonc, who is presiding. Joined. cen
tered on the alleged scar on the pody
which. the defense declares was oniT
n fold in the skin. Alfred Asplral,
Tobin. chief counsel for Crlppen, Piled
Drs. Snilbury and Marshall With In
ouiries. but the medical men were not
shaken from their assertion that
the mark had been left from the
wound of an operation and that no
sebaceo,,s gland was discovered IN the
scar. area. ~.
presence OF sebaceous siand was es-
( tablished 1t would be conclusive eVi-
dence that the mark was not sea-.
Crippen. paler than at any time be !,
fore, followed the evidence WIN
DIR. William H. WILSON, the scientific
analysist to the home Office. tes!iiieu
to having discovered in the body !,
poison which he was satisfied ha1 q
been taken through the mouth anu
was the cause Of deatn: inis pois t,s
lie said. was not used by homeopath-
lists as was suggested by the defense.
nrEENsE OUTLINED.
H.;
The medical evidence cioseu .no W. w,
dence for the prosecution anu .ns So -, -,
{ in the courtroom as MI. Iop.'i VS. -
address tho court snoWeu tne 'nte' .,,e
with which tne anNouiAes,.s NIT.
line OF the defense was hwai.eu.
interest was whetted py tnt, mls. st III,
tence or counsel Mno S9.',, , ,,,,,',1
earlier statement that SrlpPeh moa,u
enter the witness poN linmeala'eiy
when ms a'.o'nes 't'',' ~ : -
address.
Medical witnesses WouidtolioW' ar.
Tobln said, one OF whotl h'iu ti'e illsl.-
est reputation as microscope eSper',
and would give conclusive reasons
why the mark on the SKIN WIS nor u
scar similarly. an hu'ho,..s VI, po ~,
sons wo o, th tet haGv might be animal
alkalold developed after death.
The defense It Is now known, VIII at
tempt to prove that the body found IN
Crlppcn's home was not that OF his
wife
Mr.. Tobin contcnded that the prose-
cution's claim that desire Tor money
and the wish to marry Ethci Clare le-
neve formed q motive for the murder
wns untenablc Crippen. no said. owed
nothing and he had not married Miss
l.eneve since the disappearance OF his
wife. although he had had chance
TO do So No purchase OF lime, IN
which the parts had been buried, had
been traced to CrHpen, nor had wea-
non with which the deed could be con-
lncctcd been found
Counsel snid that the prisoners daily
tdemeanor since Feb. /. the date OF his
5wlfc's disappearance, and the absence
of nm appearance OF haunting care. dis
proved the theory that he was atmnr-