EVIDENCE OF DISSECTIONS

Chronicle (Levin), 28 March 1946, Page 5

EVIDENCE OF DISSECTIONS

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TRIAL OF FRENCH DOCTOR

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Received Wednesday, 7.20 p.m. PARIS, March 27. Giving what is descrioed as some o. the most gruesome evidence ever heard at the French Assizes, a famous medico legal expert, Dr. Alhert Paul, told the oourt at the Petiot trial tnat tne re mains found in the stove at Petiot house were obviously dissected by skill ed and unerring hands, which found the same spots in each body to sever thi spine and the limhs. The scalp«wa then removed with a circular incisioi. made in order to 11ft off the entirc facial mask. The longer parts were hroken off tc fit into the furnace hy wrenching their between the cellar door and its frame Dr. Paul said he had been unable t' ascertain the time of the deaths, but; hr was sure that poisoning or gas ha? caused them. He added that six dis memhered bodies which had been foun. in the Seine during the two years beforr the discovery in Petiot's house "dis turbed me because they appeared ex pertly dissected." Petiot's counsel said: "Petiot neve. studied dissection." * Dr. Paul replied: "Petiot must hav studied anatomy to obtain a medica degree." Professor Jean Perrin, a leadin. French psychiatrist, deseribed Petiot a ' ' a inan with a remarkable hrain anf hrilliant intelligence who was fully re sponsihle for his actions." Another psychiatrist, Professor Pao Gourriou, said: "I don't think Petio is a monster or a madman, but he ha always tried to pose as insane when hc has been in trouble." Professor Gourriou said it was ama? ing that Petiot had obtained a medica' degree without formal study. He hac" often heen detained for mental disord ers, but alv/ays at his own request.