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       Blood Evidence : 1872  Boston Barrel Tragedy
   DIR By: HowBrown1953
       Date: August 13, 2024, 9:51 am
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       Regarding the blood stains in the stable and on Alley’s
       clothing, Alley claimed that a veterinarian had been bleeding
       one on his horses, treating it for distemper. The blood stains
       were horse blood, not human. In 1872 it was impossible to prove,
       with certainty, that a blood stain was human blood, however, in
       the universities and hospitals of Boston and Cambridge were
       several experts who did a microscopic analysis of the stains and
       contended that the blood was human, not horse. It was determined
       by the size of the corpuscles—according to the testimony, a
       human corpuscle is 1/3200 in. and a horse corpuscle is 1/4200
       in.
       - Murder By Gaslight at the link below.
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       In this case, however, the evidence didn't matter as the suspect
       was acquitted leaving Bostonians to wonder who had murdered
       Abijah Ellis.
       In the Brown Murder, nineteen years later, the prosecution
       relied, to some extent, on a blood examination in their
       presentation.
       From The East River Ripper, (George R. Dekle) page 125:
       "Where can we look in New York City on the night of Carrie
       Brown’s murder to find an eviscerated leukemic mammal with
       roundworms who had recently eaten meat and vegetables and been
       killed on a fabric of white cotton? It just so happened that
       Carrie Brown fits that description, and she coincidentally
       happened to be sleeping across the hall from the man who had
       identical blood under his fingernails."
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