The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-12
/ CITY INTELLIG ENCE.
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THE GERMANTOWN MURDER-FURTHER
TESTIMONY esterday afternoon the investga-
Hon of the Germantown murder case was re-
sumed at the police station in Germantown,
before the Coroner's Jury, when the following
testimony was taken:-
Thomas Shindle, sworn.-Met Christian Berger
on Saturday morning, at "a O'Clock, at the corner
of Maine and Queen streets; saw him standing
alone on the northwest corner; saw him cross
the street; an expression about Berger's face
attracted his attention.
William Yake, sworn.-Knew the prisoner two
weeks previous to the murder; on Saturday saw
him at Queen and Main streets, between 68 aud
o'clock in the morning did not particularly
notice him; tor week or ten days previous wit
ness saw him standing there; had called MIR.
Funk's attention to the fact; never saw him
there before; saw Mrs. Lippincott leave Miss
Watts before he saw prisoner standing on the
corner; did not mention seeing the man until
evening; told Mr.. Hughes aboutit.
Smith Hughes, sworn.-Spent the whole of
Saturday in searching for the murderer; had
concluded the murderer must have escaped by
the back way; saw the footprints in the snow,
and measured them; found on trial. on Saturday
morning, that the boot fitted so near In the track
that he concluded it must be one like the boot
produced to the jury.
Sergeant Dickinson, sworn.-He proceeded to
Berger's house on School lane about O'Clock in
the evening; Berger was upstairs; called him
outside and said he wanted him for an eXamlna-
tion about the murder; asked him had he not
been standing outside of Miss Watts house
Berger said EYES," and that he had walked down
Main street, having no money to ride in the
cars. Berger denied going down Queen street;
searched prisoners pockets; found $l7'l9 and
one dollar in silver halves; Berger stated the
amount he had spent, making in all about $53,
which he said had been paid him by man who
had owed it, though he afterwards said the
amount was $50. Witness told Berger the
amounts did not agree; but he could not account
for the difference.
I,
interview with the prisoner on Sunday morning
last; was satisfied that he was not telling the
truth; witness told prisoner he believed he had
probably committed robbery by which he had
got the money; if so, to state it and clear him
self of the murder; Berger then stated he stole
some money, and how he spent it, which proved
to be falsehood; saw the prisoner in the even
ing; he still said that he had committed rob-
berry about year and half ago, and that he
sewed the money i'll his coat pocket and had
never since opened it. Witness sent for tailor
who stated that the coat bore no marks OF
stitches; afterwards witness went in the cell with
the prisoner, went over the whole case with him,
and stated he thought he had committed the
murder; Berger then confessed partially to hav-
ing committed the deed; he said that he went to
the house of Miss Watts, and remembered push
ing or knocking her down; but would not admit
that he cut her throat.
On Tuesday the prisoner again stated that b e
knocked the old lady down, and then locked the
door. He said he was upstairs when boy came
crack, saw who was there, and shut 1t again. He
left by the back door, went to Fishers lane,
pulled the razor out of the case, found it bloody,
and threw it away. He stated afterwards he got
the razor from his father, which turns out to be
true. He had found it lying on the mantel-plece
and put it in his pocket. Witness did not press
about his motive for committing the deed. Berger
said he had only got on the front step when Miss
Watts opened the door; as soon as he got inside
he supposed he struck her; he said he supposed
that he had cut her throat, but did not remem
Der; witness had conversation with him
about the money; he said he did not
remember taking it, and that he sup
posed it was upstairs in the bureau; that
the first knowledge he had of taking the money
was when he took the razor from his pocket,
and found the money there; the prisoner first
broke down in his denials about his boot, which
had blood on it; he said he had not been in a
slaughter.house, but had been in butchers
shop, and had kicked piece of meat with. his
foot; he afterwards explained the extra blood-
ness by saying that it might have been liver; he
| also said that six or seven days previous there
| was some horsemeat lying in the street, and he
| had kicked a piece of 1t about; the apparent
| bleod-marks lett on the boot were very faint
After short deliberation the jury rendered
| the following verdct:-'That the said Mary
| Watts came to her death from injuries inflicted
at the hands Of Christian Berger, on the morn
ing of January 6, 1866, at her house, Queen
| street, above Main"
The prisoner was then committed for trial.