The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-05
TIE RUBENSTEIN DEFENCE.
MR.. MOTIFS FERMENTATION or TIE
EAST NEW YORK MURDER.


whence tho blood spet on the Prisener's
Wristbsnd -Confrenttna the Corpse Of the
Hebrew tiiri In the Brookiyn morsuo.
In the trial of Pesach Rubeustein yes
terdsy. :. p. Alex ander. the brother Of the muir
dered Hebrew girl, testified that Nathan Levy,
shoemoker, was we'll acquainted with hts sister
Sara, ana that he had been to see her two or
three times. Louis Rubenstein. the prisoners
brother, although having testified before the
Coroner that he had heard from his brother that
he had dreamed that ho saw Sara living ten
miles out OF the city dead, could not remember
on the stand anything about the dream. Moses
Mascollowsky saw Rubenstein return to his
house on sunday, Dec. II, tho day OF the mur-
der, and 20 to his room at go o'clock 10 the
evening. Keeper Stluson, OF the Raymond
street J al, testified that on the day when Solo
mon Kraemer, the witness who met Rubenstcin
and SRA on the pl nix road, st niRhtfall on the
nlRht OF the murder came to the jail to see n he
could Identify Rubenstein, eight prisoners
were marched out with their hats and coats on,
the prisoner being ono OF them. KraemeI went
along the line. and wnen he reached Rubenstein
he extended his h nd, and Ruoenstein grew
much excited and stepped out of the line and
gesticulated. he conversatiOn was In Getnan.
The prisoner refused to shake hands with Krae-
mer.
Inc snow storm had delayed tho rrriyai OF
two important witnesses from East New York,
The lawyers consented that their tsstiluony
might be taken after the defence had opened,
benstein's bshnif The force Of ciroumstanoes,
he said. had all been made to tend toward The
establishment OF Ruoenstein's guilt, and no.
thing had 40 far been done toward trying TO
make them oompVrt with his Innocence. He
read from charge IN 'de ov Judge Benedict to
snow that the testimony OF detectives was
not worthy OF the most Implicit be-
lief. The statement made by the prisoner
Frost. at the Interpretation OF zundt. Who
understood only the Germ n part OF the prs-
oners oo1yereatlon. Tne dramatic Coroner had
bloody oornse. Tue Door man saw his own
cousin badly cui 70 p,ecesi why shouldn't be
would have marched boldly to tue body, and
| would have been steeled against the sight. he
| said, were probably from the Morgue. The
scale OF blood and corn husk might have got on
| crime Market, as the detectives were on their
way to Brooklyn with MIN, or u might have got
| on them while they weie trying To nt the boo Q
In the corn neld tracks. The spots VI blood told
| no tales.
The prisoner had been sick for months with
| Of It I'd got on the cIotning. 'ses here" ssid
Mr. Mott eDergetioaily, rolling no tue prisoners
coat sleeves and pointing to the little boies IRON
which the blood spots were cut "do you sup
pose. gentlemen. that the man who mui dered
that glrl. cutting seven gashes In her head and
neck and sew ring an artery, would have es-
| capped with spots OF blOo1f he would have
| been drenohed with blood" Ar. Mott pointed
| out iresh spot OF blood on the wristbsnd Of
hubeustein's shirt. and sid that that had come
| as the other spots mad come, from the lungs.
Ine witnesses VINO saw man In the rar with n
woman failed TO prove that 1t was the prisoner
| they ssw the little giri VINO says sue sold him
| the knife thar was found by the corpse does not
| tell satisfactory tale; solomon kraemer, Who
tcstined that tie saw the man ana woman TO-
| sether. and soon aiterward heard her cries, h d
| been non compos ments since mis- birth, and bis
story mAs- Uf impr JbahiliLies. Tney
should show that Ruoenstein was In such q con-
a'.''" ., 49, ;a-t ne could no! have over
| powered this BE- lthy, strong siri. He had never
| been TO East New YORK Uut once, anu then he
went To his mothers grave. Ibey would Drove
| that whom the prs 1ner was sick he uurssd
his religion roo Iires, by male nurses, and thnt
Sara did not nurss MN. ny wU I'd snow, fur
| thermore, where Pessch Nu ,eDsteiu w. all OF
SUNDAY, Dec. L.. and prove that ne could not
possibly have ooen near the soene Of tbe murder.
Tue trlal was ADJ JOurned until III A. N. Monday.