The New York herald., 1879-09-19
BUCHHOLZ'S TRIAL
Close of the Evidence and Summing
Up of Counsel
THEORY OF THE DEFENCE DEVELOPED
Urgent Appeal for Conviction by the
States Attorney.
BnIparponr. Sept. IS. 1879.

BRIDaEPoRr. Sept. IS. 1879.
The bridgeport murder trial brought near its
final termination to-day. ara viii probably reach
the jury time tomorrow afternoon. After
further testimony for the defence and in re-
buttal which entirely immateriai to the real
issues in the case. the closing argument began 1t
was opened by Mr.. Norman Taylor. Jr.. tho States
Attorneys youthful junior associate. who made. or
rather. read his '.maidcn speech" to the jury.
giving forecast OF the real argument OF
the prosecution subsequently presented to the jury
by the States Attorney MIR. Bomann, counsel for
the prisoner. followed and was succeeded by the
States Attorney, who occupied the entire afternoon
While the attendance In the morning was quite
light the court room packed all the afternoon.
the best and most conspicuous places. as usual.
being taken by Bridgeport maidens and matrons.
Under the law Of Connecticut the defence has the
last word. and Mr.. smith, leading counsel for the
prisoner. will. therefore. make the closing argu-
ment tomorrow. after the States Attorney has An-
ished his address.
ARGUMENT FOR THE DEFENCE.
Mr.. Charles II. Bollmann made very earnest and
appealing address to the jury behalf OF the pris
If the speech did not to move the jury
greatlyfor the stolid rustcs composing 1t gave the
counsel encouragement by the expression Of
their hard, rugged facest at least had the apparent
effect of melting Buchhoz to tears. During the
passages OF Mr. Bollmans speech in which he dwelt
on the injustice done the prisoner by the prosecu-
ton, his lonely position an utter stranger
this country. &C., Buchholz's hardened features WIS.,
IDLY sottened and he wept profusely. Mr.. Bollmann
said the value Of legal counsel acknowledged
by all. but in this the confidential aid and ad-
OF his counsel lost to Buchhoz. because the
State chose. through one of its detective agents
,,rfu and
raise his suspicion against them He left it to the
jury to say whether it right for the to use
q detective in such case. But what he would say
was that State right imbuing the pris-
with distrust against his counsel and in warn
ing him not to confde IN them.
RoBBERY A MURDER.
Mr.. Bollmann gave his view of the case-that 1t
a robbery and not murder; that Buchholz and
Schultz attacked by assassins one Of whom
struck Buchholz with coil of wire. Will, another
killed Schultz. the wire probably being the Same
that stolen from the telegraph office; that
Buchho reached tho Warnings house in less time
than it had good walkers runners to reach
it and could not have had time 20 perpetrate the
murder: that the assassins only got Schulte's
watch aud the yellow pocketbook, which he carried
IN his inside pocket. and purposely let Buchholz
escape, i'll order that by the of the watch they
msehsoia when ha ran bact from the Wsrn6s 'na' na
ticed the pocketbooks in the coat pockets and while
helping to carry the body with one hand, stole them
with the other and threw them into tho on his
way to the house. then quickened his steps and
caught up with the others. who bore the body
TINS elaborate theory Mr.. Bollmann urged with
much circumstantia emphasis that the yellow
pocketbook had never been found; that the bearers
OF the corpse noticed its 'sagging while Buchholz
had hold of 1t, showing that his hold must have
weakened that the articles fotnd neAr the scene Of
the murder on Sunday were not on Saturday
although many people searched the locality. and
that Officer Burger probably stole Buchholzs brush
Gafrr vIAp1
that. according to the testimony OF the Misses
Waring strange and suspicious looking person
seen prowling near the premises.
THE DETECTIVES STORY CONCEDED.
Mr.. Bollmann paid high compliment to the de-
the truth as to Buchhoz's statements to him whiie
in jail But Buchholz according to Stark's own ad-
mission. never acknowledged having committed the
murder. MIR. Dollmann argued that the watch could
not have lain where 1t found for three
months and still look SO bright and clean and
be in such good order. and that the axe which had
been produced in court could not have been the
instrument Of the murder. II the axe had feathers
on it, had been titled to by credible witnesses
would not OF them have been found on
Schulte's hat hairf The axe a duh and rusty
one while ShuIte's wounds must have been
produced by very sharp instrument. Mr.
Bollmann thought that the prosecution had
acted act. unfairly IN coneeaing from the defence
had been stolen the telegraph Office just before
the murdor-a fact the State Attorney had known
dentally the night before the telegraph employe
gave his testimony in court. Mr. Bolmann closed
finally with urging the defect III the indictment
giving the murdered man wrong name. which. he
olailned vitiated it completely He made no fervcnt
peroration. leaving that to his associate Mr. smith,
who would have tho last word in the argument.
STATE ATTORNEYS sPERcH.
Recess taken for dinner after which State At
first took up the question of Schnlte's name and
cited numerou to show that mere tee hni
cal variance In q could not defeat the ends OF
justice. and that according English precedent it
question solely tor the jury to decide whether
tho nailo in question as contained I'm the ndictment
Vvna icnl w he nm pf tha md.
stood to be meant This question OF tho name, the
State Attorney vehemently said. q mere pre-
man to a straw. The state Attorney narrated the
circumstances of Buchholz going into Schulte's en-
ploy tor the pittance OF SO month. and maintained
that already then the crime In the execution Of
which the prisoner killed schultz was in his
OF Grim waId that he (Buchhoiz) .swouid run oil
with Schulte's coat" There had been trouble be-
tween Schultz and Buchhoz. and the latter himself
had said that Schultz had drawn revolver upon
him. They had dispute about the Goals. and
Buchhoz told several persons and wrote in his
book that he would leave schultz on the Goth OF
January. and yet he deliberately lied the Coroners
inquest, saying that there trouble between
him aud Schultz. aud that he did intend to leave
Schultes employ
BucHHoLz's REVOLVER
When Buchhoz bought this revolver in New York
1t for the purpose Of killing Schultz but when
he practiscd on shingle the fence and missed
1t 50 persistently he to the conclusion that he
had bettor not trust his pistol TheStstes Attorney
thought that Buchholz's conversation with Hercher
before the arrival of the train by which Schultz
murder for he purposely told Hercher that he was
afraid OF being attacked by tramps and had pistol
with him. With bitter satire the States Attorney
quoted Buchholz's statement to Herchor that he was
not afraid OF any two three ordinary mon, but was
AFRAID OF one particular man with tall hat. As to
the coil OF wire having been stolen, ~ testified
to by tho Telegraph employe. tho States At
torncy gave 1t his belief that Buch-
holz stoie It himself and struck himself with
IL to show traces OF the tramps assault. How inn
probable it was that traInps and assassins would
select coil OF wire weapon OF attack on strong
n1 baf 81 bils.
"tranps" struck him with tho wire tho other would
come up to him and retire again without attacking
him. Tho spots OF blood on Buchholz's trousers
were their bottom, below where they would
have gone II he had merely wiped his hands after
wringlng chickens neck.
DCcIIHoLz AMPLE TIME
The States Attorney made an ELABORATE show Of
figures to demonstrate that even allowing lIuch-
holz and Schultz seven minutes for drinking two