Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-11
Nearing the End.

pendtng-The Case for lhe Defense.
 The arguments in the Buchholz case are expected to commence to-day, and it is con- jectured that the case will be given to the jury by Friday night or Saturday morning The defense rested yesterday morning The opin- ion is expressed that the defense has made out stronger cass at this trial than at the first. Buchholz's lawyers will claim to have shown that Buchholz did not have time to murder SchuIte and rob him and reach the Waring
 house at the time he said he did. They will
 also claim that they have shown that three
 suspicious looking characters were lowering
 about South Norwalk on the day of the mur-
 der. They were seen by many. During the
 day time they tried to appear like tramps, or
 workmen, or, at least, different than they
 really were, by putting on overalls. One pair
 at least was new. The day after the murder
 pair of new overalls were found within forty
 feet of where the body lay. There is evidence
 to show that the men, or part of them, were
 Germans. It has been shown that a stranger who came from the part of Germany where Schulte resided, came to this country with 8 resident of South Norwalk named filing, and was very intimate with him. The stranger
 was very mysterious. No one but Hing knew
 him he came here in November and re-
 turned in the May following after the Schulte | watch was found. Hing has lately disap- peared and is said to be in Europe. The the l ory of the defense is that Schulte was killed 1 by party of four or five who supposed at
 the time they had secured all his money. Pocketbooks in his skirt tail pockets were, however, overlooked and were subsequently, l taken by Buchholz.
 The defense aver forcibly that the accused
 had not time to do the murder, give the alarm
 and then rife the pockets, and that the rob-
 bery could not have been effected very we'll with peopIe-the Warings-looking on. Dr. Edward T. Ward, of Bridgeport, testi- ! fled. He had, at the request of General Smith, l examined articles in evidence, including an
 axe. He said in his opinion the cut was not
 made by the axe. He said he found the edges
 of the cut in the hat to be clean cutand could
 not be made by such an instrument in its pres l ent condition.
 Dr. William B. Burke, of South Norwalk, ] was next called. He testified that he saw the wounds in Schulte's skull. He said the wounds ! were produced by an instrument more in the ! shape of the wound and not by an instrument | like the axe
 Dr. Robert Hubbard, of Bridgeport. was ] next called. He said he had examined some of the exhibits shown in court and read some l of the medical testimony. He was shown 8 piece of the skull and he said his impression was that it was removed by some other instru- ment than the axe, as the piece was partially | cut and partially fractured. He thought it 1 was more probably done with thin and sharp ' irofr onnf Ia AI1 Sv.4 4La lok was done with some sharp instrument, the ! edge of the cut being smooth. He said, as- | suming the wound in the head being of the size described, he could not see how it would l be made with an instrument like the axe, but l rather from an instrument like hammer or | hatchet. He said he had had no experiences 1 in the restoration of blood corpuscles to their | normal size. He said there were some who ! were honest in the belief that they could be l done, and there were many who believed they could not. AS rule 1t was regarded by the I profession doubtful matter. He said in | his opinion the wounds as described were not made by this axe. He believed 1t utterly i'm possible to determine the blood corpuscles of one animal from those of another. He said ! there might be two men of equal reputation ! that would differ on this point. In fact, there ! were some experts who differed on this point Gen. Smith at the opening of the morning l session Tuesday offered in evidence printed list of one of tho European steamship compa- l nies containing the name of Mir. Arble as l having sailed on one of their steamers on the tenth of May last. The list was received and l numbered among the rest of the exhibits 1 The court at 5:30 adjourned until o'clock yesterday morning.
 l The first witness called by the defense was 1 State Attorney Olmstead. He was called In ref
 erence to- card which was found in the memo l randum book in Arble's satchel. The card bore
 the name of Hing. Mir. Olmstead said Tues l day, when the card was offered, that he pre-
 sumed he was the only man this side of Ger.
 many that knew anything about the card. He 1 was asked by General Smith if he sent Mir. Hing to see Mir. ArbIe. Witness replied tbat
 he did. Witness was asked if he had mem
 oranda of the articles taken from the body of Schulte at the coroners inquest. He replied he had not. Witness was then asked if he had 1 any letters, papers or documents in his posses. l sion or control taken from Schultes body, oth- l CT than those offered in evidence? Witness l replied T don't know as I have anything in my possession that belongs to Schulte's estate
 that is not in evidence, except the watch" Albert Winter, of Bridgeport, was next | called. He said he was in Germany from Sep | tember 26 to November 6, 1878. He sailed | from Hamburg via steamer Gellert November
 6. Witness saw the steamer two persons
 that be afterward saw in Bridgeport. They 1 were Detective Hing and MT. Arble. He ar
 rived in New York November 20. Witness
 said MT. Arble gave his name as Mir. Arble, of l Cologne. Witness saw ArbIe and Hing talk, i smoke and drink together. Witness also
 talked with them. They appeared perfectly l gentiemanly.
 Other testimony, including rebuttal mostly
 fragmentary, was offered by other witnesses. |