Evening star., 1943-11-08

-hAiN VIC liitSG ltllltIlDtI iIldl tIlP
there was nothing wrong with the
delivery OF the gasoline.
Anderson and De ViSdelou have
been charged with violating gasoline
ratloning laws.
Tell us exactly about this cat, ="
directed Mr. Adderley. Was it in
the dining room?'
AS far as l can recOlleCt, I opened
the door and let 1t out on the porch, -
De Vlsdelou replied.
Then you did not go 10 the room
Of the accused for the cate
Il may have gone to the room for
the cat. If I did. I don't recall"
De Marigny moved near the solid
door Of the cage and spectators
could natxsee him.
Did you go into the room of the
accused and speak to him. pressed
Mr. Adderley
Il do~I1ot recollect it He spoke
to me, DE Visdelou recalled.
You cannot say if the cat was
between the venetian blind and the
screen as he teStihed?"
Il cannot"
DR.. Oberwarth testified that he
examined De Marigny's body at
the prison July 10. and found no
signs of burned Or singed hairs or
of reddening Of the skin.
If three out of every ten hairs
had been affected by the heat" "
asked Associate Defense Counsel w
f. A. Calender. would YOU have
observed them with a naked-e EYE ex-
animation ?"
If they actually were burned I
believe l would have" said Dr. Ober-
wrath. emphasizing that Il made my
examination with the naked eye"
Capts. James O. Barker and E w.
Melchen of the Miami police have
testified that their examination
made under a microscope some II
hours after Sir Harrys body was
found. showed as many as out Of
10 hairs were affected by heat.
No Burned Hair on Hands.
Attorney General Eric Hallinan
brought out that DR.. Oberwrath saw
no burned hairs on the defendants
hands.
Defense witnesses have said he
burned his hands while lighting
hurricane lamps at a dinner party
July 7.
Il stated in Magistrates Court. :"
DR.. OberWarth explained. that it
is possible for burned hairs to escape
detection with the naked eye unless
they are present in large numbers.
"A proper examination is one
MADE with microscope or magnify
ing glass"
The physician said he never before
had been asked to examine
prisoner for burned hairs, and thus
did not use visual aids.
DR.. Oberwarth said digestion con-
tlnued few moments after death.
He thus made no effort to chal-
lenee the time of Sir Harry's death,
fixed by the Crown as between | 80
and $3.50 am. July 8.
How long would the effect of
heat on hairs last?" asked Chief
Justice Sir Oscar Bedford DAILY.
Tight curling would last about
three days" said Dr.. Oberwarth
He said he did not know how long
other signs would be visible.
The defense. made ready 10 strike
at the heart of the Crowns case
by challenging evidence that De
Marieny's fingerprint was found on
a bedscreen in the death room.
That fingerprint was left by De
Marigny, crown detectives declared
but attorneys for the accused were
ready to dispute the contention
with the testimony of Capt. Maurice
B. O'Neil.
Capt. O'Neil and Nancy Oakes de
Marlgny, wife of the defendant. are
awaiting call to testify as the
fourth and perhaps final week of
the murder trial began.
OF the two, Capt ONeil posed
the largest question mark for the
crown. There had been no previous
indication of his testimony.
Print Closely Studied.
Capt. ONeil was not even in
Nassau when the trial began. The
prosecution was we'll under way
when he appeared and showed in
Iterest in the fingerprint. He ex-
amined the bedscreen, visited Sir
Harry's bedroom in Westbourne and
studied enlarged photographs of the
print.
The New Orleans expert was
making his studies while Capt.
Barker testified that he lifted the
print from the bedscreen and identi-
fed it as De Marigny's.
Capt. Barker stuck to that tes-