After one of the older siblings Cassie Hossack was called to the stand for a cross examination. Short after her was the youngest son Ivan Hossack. His testimonial story started with him stating that he could hear his dad calling for his mother, for what reason he might have known but he knew something was wrong. He testified in a manner without stumbling upon himself, or without taking time to think after each question. Almost like he knew what he was going to say to protect his mother from any incriminating statement? Although he said it without hesitation for a young man to be in this type of situation and not show any fear or stress could possibly mean that he was just going by what he remembered happening meaning he was actually telling the truth. On the cross examination of Ivan Hossack. He had told the prosecution…show more content… Grimes and Professor Tilton had the very hard task of performing the chemical Analysis on the ax that was used in the murder and of the hair found on the ax and around the crime scene. In the 1900s they didn’t have the technology to do DNA test so their expertise and judgment were extra crucial to getting the right analysis done. Their testimony was an opinion of what that thought they had discovered the tool used in the murder. They testified that they had found blood of a fowl on the handle of the ax but they had also found other traces of blood that they believed was human. If so that means it would be the blood of Mr. Hossack. Dr. Grimes also stated that the handle appeared to have been washed in order to remove the blood from it. It was also mentioned that the blood on the axe had arrived there with great force, yes it could have been from a fowl, or it could have come from an artery that had been stuck with great force as well. Any one of the opinions that comes from Dr. Grimes Or professor Tilton might not be that damaging to Mrs. Hossacks case but once you add all of them together it starts to look a bit more like she could be
