Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-10
BuChhOIZ.

Progress of the Evidence for the De-
 fenSes
 In the Buchholz case at Bridgeport Monday afternoon Henry Shibby testified. He was the witness who testified last week that Hsineman, the alleged forgsr, had told him in the Bridge port jail that he was going to testify against BuchhoIz in the hope that it would better his own case. He was hall man in the jail at the time that, as he alleges, Heineman made this statement to him, and had only just been re- leased. When he took the stand he was some- what under the influence of liquor and was very short in his replies to the State Attorney. "What did Heineman say to you ?" was asked. ''I told it all the other day." was the re ply Eff you want it again you had better read your notes" A few more answers of that sort brought out threats that the witness would be sent back to jail if he continued in his course, and he then changed his mind and repeated the conversation he had with Heineman. He went further than this and testified to still an other conversation he had with the alleged forger. ''Why didn't you testify to that be- fore2" asked MT. Olmstead. Because" re- piled the witness, q WAS not asked about it. /"
 
 s'The court adjourned before I could tell it. J
 The witness said he could not remember whether he had ever told anybody that he had been arrested in England for stsbbing his father.
 Sadie Waring, recalled, corrected an error she made in her testimony abont the ax. Oth- CT witnesses who weakened little some of the minor testimony of the State were Ma al a[ nd r, Mallard, principal of public school in Brook l Iyn, N. Y., who was in South Norwalk on the day of the murder. While walking on the | track early in the evening he saw three tramps near great rock, and one of them was trying to kindle fire. They were all desper- ate looking characters One of them had dark ! whiskers, and another lighter ones. The wit ness did not feel quite safe when he saw them, | and he went back. One of them had on pair ! of dirty overalls. He did not notice the clo- | thing of the others. MT. Olmstead asked the witness if it was not quite as likely that the | three men thought he was dangerous look | ing character as that they were such. He in sisted that they were dangerous looking men ! they impressed him as being men capable of committing desperate crime. He thought | one of the men averted his head when he saw | the witness.
 Stephen Osshader, of South Norwalk, tes- | tified that he was in the woods on the after | noon of the murder. He saw, near some rocks, three men who looked like tramps. | While the witness was looking at them they put torn and dirty clothing over better ones. They spoke in foreign language and broken ! English. One of them said he might as well be in South Norwalk as there, and he accord. | ingly went away. This was between 2 and o'clock in the afternoon. The men saw him, 1 but continued changing their clothing, paying little attention to him.
 At the opening of the court yesterday morn | ing, General Smith said he desired to obtain a deposition from New York to show that 8 man giving certain name sailed for Germany at a certain date.
 Mr. Olmstead agreed to admit as evidence | the printed list of the steamship company tc show that N. Abel sailed for Germany on the
 steamship Oder, Saturday, May 10, 1879.