The Key West Citizen

Outsiders Write In Defense Of Von Cosel.

One of many interesting letters being received by various persons connected with the Karl Tanzler von Cosel case, was that received by the aged scientist's attorney, Louis A. Harris, yesterday, expressing keen sympathy with von Cosel's motives.

It was signed by three persons, Jack Hartman Linton and Mrs. Nettie Linton, of Deerfield Beach, Florida, and Mrs. M. Sellman, of New York City, and reads as follows:

"Will you please bring this letter to the attention of the proper authorities.

"Relative to Karl Tanzler von Cosel, we feel that the very fact that he preserved and kept a human body for the period of seven years is proof of his ability as a scientist; furthermore, his investigation into extreme research should be considered as a human valuable experimentation and not as a criminal case.

"We resent any inference to his mental status and to the arrest and imprisonment of such a noble person.

"In these times, with the world's lust to kill and destroy, it is no more than expected for the mob to unjustly crucify-but if, by a miracle, a person, such as professor von Cosel, could succeed in restoring to life a deceased person, the greatest discovery of all ages would have been made.

(Editor's Note: Attorney Harris stated in connection with this last expression, that Dr. von Cosel had never stated he expected to bring life back to the body of his sweetheart, Elena Hoyos Mesa.)

"Even the chances be a million to one against his chance of success, it is worth the try, even if just to deprive the world of the 20th century from accusing the present age of barbarism, by prosecuting an experimenter in his research.

"Past history reveals that most of our great scientists have been unjustly labeled by the majority who could neither follow nor comprehend, which, in reality, was an inner, hidden grudge against anyone who had the courage and intelligence to further the progress of the world.

"In summary, we feel that as professor Karl Tanzler von Cosel has had no criminal record to his past life, and as the laws of the states made it impossible for him to receive permission to carry on in his line of research there was no other means of study except that which he took.

We feel that not only should he be liberated, with compensation, but, also, that he should be permitted to carry on with his subject with the permission of the subject's custodians".