Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-19
BLOOD EVIDENCE
GIVEN TO Jury

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the mixture was scattered on the
white paper, shaken over where the
hands had been and in an instant
In bold relief on the VIII te paper
were the imprints In black of the
hands of McDermit and i Schwartz
with the finger tips showing in
startling form.
Mr.. McDermit then proceeded to
examine Mr.. Schwartz on the impress
sions he had just taken as to what
they showed Mr.. Schwartz ex-
planned that they showed ordinary
finger tips and then Mr.. McDermit
asked:
Does not the impression of one OF
mine show an inch long cut one one
of the finger tips?"
With an enlarglng glass Mr..
Schwartz carefully looked over the
prints and then said: There is
nothing that looks like a cut mark
here"
well, guess that's right" smiled
Mr.. McDermit, for | have nothing
like that on my fingers"
The jurors were intensely interest
ed in the demonstration of the finger
print method and watched every
terest. He qualified as an expert by
stating that for thirteen years he had
been making q study of the finger
print method of Identification, five
years of that time as assistant su-
perintendent of the Railway Refor-
matory and for the past eight years
in charge of the bureau of Identified
ton at police headquarters.
Qualities as Expert.
After Mr.. Schwartz had been al
lowed to qualify as an expert by
Judge Martin, despite the objections
of Mr.. McDermit, and had positively
identified the crimsoned print on the
Ratchet handle as having been made
by the third finger of the left hand
of Angelo Ceceriello, court adjourned
for the noon recess.
AS Mr.. Schwartz made the state
ment that 1t was the third finger of
Ceceriello's left hand that had made
the fateful print, the latter, who I'M
derstands the English language thor
oughly, was observed to raise his left
hand on a level with his eyes and
gaze for several seconds intently at
the accusing finger.
At the opening of the afternoon
session. Mr. Schwartz was withdrawn
as a witness to make way for r. A.
FLAX, of 95 Liberty street, New York
city, a finger-print expert of national
reputation, whose work in that line
print method of Identification in COM
mercial life rather than in the identi-
tication of criminals. The Flax sys-
tenn of finger-print identification Is
now In use In several banks in this
city.
This photograph was put in evil
dence just after the trial opened to-
day by William J. I<insley. of Nut
ley, handwriting exp TT and photog-
rapher of questioned documents" the
document in this question being the
Ratchet handle containing the fateful
finger-print.
Mr.. Kinsley was the first of the
witnesses to be called by the State
to connect the finger-prints on the
Ratchet handle with the photographs
taken of prints of Ceceriello's fingers
by Edward II. Schwartz, Bertillon
and flnger-print expert at police
headquarters, after the finding of the
hatchet about $50 feet from where
the body of the murdered wife was
found on June l last, or two days
after the finding of the body.
The Ratchet itself has been in evil
dence In the case nee Monday, but
the handle part containing the finger
print has been up to today carefully
wrapped in cloth and paper so as to
prevent any possible tampering with
the bloody flnger-print, on which the
State larg ly relies for a conviction
of Ceceriello.
After Mr. Kinsley had identified
photographs of the finger print on
the handle taken by him last Thurs
day, he left the stand for the pur-
pose of comforting with Expert
Schwartz and other men to be
called by the State as to the best
method of putting the evidence be-
fore the jury.
Before leaving the stand Mr.. Kins-
ley was ordered by Judge Martin to
wrap the Ratchet handle up in the
same manner as 1t was before he
had disclosed the finger print for the
first time to the jury
eAfter testimony of minor impor-
lance had been given by persons
living near the home of the Cece-
rle'los, In Chester avenue. Bloom
field, Mr.. Kinsley resumed the wit
ness stand. and the battle of Frank
Nj. McDermit, counsel for Ceceriello,
and the finger experts was on.
On REORGANIZATION by Mr.. Me-
explanation of how the photographs
of the f1nger-print on the Ratchet
handle, were made and contended
successfully that he had acted only In
the capacity of an expert photog-
rapher and not as a finger print ex-
pert.