New-York tribune., 1918-11-30
New Science of Idens
tion Is Opened In
Girls Trial Resume,
Witness To Be GIRL
DR.. schultze Says Mark.
Dead Wo1nan's Arm W.,
Made by Defendao,

In spite OF the fact that L..
Regan has confessed to killi"a I
Helen Hanel in her lodeing boS. =
5o7 West Twenty-third Straa, 4s'
February, the trial Of Elizabeth =.
was resumed yesterday mOr,irr -
cording to the original plaps of
District Attorneys Office.
The teeth marks on the arm =,
dead woman were said bv the /.
witness FOR the state to b.va {.
made by Elizabeth Baksa. and i
the chief argument of the rir,,
cusers that she and Mrs. Hamol IL
quarrel, in which the latter va. war Ia. u&
and killed, was laid before ths a., ;n,', y, Z
The testimony was not allowsSS .
I'll after an all-day wrang}s bet,s
Samuel S. Koenig, attorney for
glrl, and Alfred j. Talley. Assir.
District Attorney.
DoNtor DlameS Girl
Finally, at O'Clock. DR. 4
Schultze, medical assistant TO tbs
trlct Attorney, made a definite 81,
ment connecting the girl with
crime. 1t was in answer to the fnl,
ing question:
Gould you say by comparison
tween the marks on the arm of
dead woman and the model of the
per teeth Of the defendant, whose h
1t was that caused the marks on
arm of the deceased"
DR.. Schultzc replied that in
opinion The marks were made by
two medal incisors and the left lste
incisor of the defendant.
Judge Rosalsky then took hand
the examination.
Gould you say whether or not III
marks could have been produced
any other human being?"
Il think not. can say definitely
regard to those three specific te
that no other human being could h
made those marks"
A new science of identification
opened up by the questions in
nection with the teeth marks.
DR.. Schultze said that teeth M
were much more comprehen
means of Identification than fin
prints, inasmuch as there were thi
two teeth, as compared with only
fingers. and that, taking into consi
alton the size, shape, kind and posi-
of the thirty-two teeth, no two bu
beings would have similar teeth.
No murder trial had ever before
pended upon the identification of tei
he admitted. There was no establis
aut thority and the whole subject ,
extremely vague.
The lawyers for The defence v
home chuckling over the cross-eu
ination to which they propose to &
ject the physician when the court
opens on Monday. Not only the \
yers but almost everybody else in
courtroom indulged in the pless
practice Of biting their own hands ,
noticing the variations in the ma
left by the same teeth on different .
tions of the flesh.
Model Not Accurate
In the morning session Dr.. Jam.l
Cush, a dentist, who made the impr
sions of Miss Baksa's teeth which vi
/ introduced as evidence, was unable
prove to the courts satisfaction 4
the model which he had made was
exact model Of the girls lower ].
He said the model Of the upper
was accurate, having been made
plaster, but the model of the lower J
made in wax, was not accurate, ow
/ to the nature of the material.
"Assuming that you made no m
on this model" thundersd Judge
salsky, holding up the wax fig
"would you, by comparison OF
model with the lower jaw OF the
fendant, be able to say that It is
exact impression Of the teeth OF
defendant ?"
"No, sir"
The prosecution VIII rest its case
Monday.
Just when James Regan. convlcth
Sing Sing, will be called to testliy
to his confession was matter Of q
terry last night.