New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-10-19
TIE NEw-JERSEY MURDER TRIALS.
TIE EvIDgNCc COMPLETED IN THE LAMNfN' CAsN
HE TEAL OF pAIZEIL TO BE BEGUN AGAIN

nun rv1ne~Cr COMPLETED IN THE LAMNtNS CASE
-IuE TEAL OF pAIzGIL TO DE BEGUN AGAIN.
The trIal of Franz Lammens at Newark Tor tie
murder OF john Meicrhoefcr at Wesl Oran@e III
October last wear, WIS Concluded scrCay. l. U De-
lie & uc testified that MIS-. Mecrnt cIcr came 70 ner
house seven ears ago and drawing a rCVOiycr hon
her uoS IN sad that she wasn't AFRAID 10 u ~ ~ Fe
house alone while she had that; she WASN'T dila'"
Of God or man. She thought tina she could D axe
five ont Of the seven builcis tell. Charles Starr
said that he saw Mrs Meicrhorfer strke her nus
band several times with Scyihe TACK and The GA
man went out INTO the road and complained OF her
treatment. George Harm on, OF west orange les
lifted that on the ddY alter the murder be went
INTO the Mrernucfrr cellar and law mix In pans TO
The right OF the stairs Tie witness pointed ont on
the diagram where Lamn' rs says th- mix siahd
WAS located aud where he got the lhIIk lOI tie
hHnlers. ..e
th.t rs the time mentioned by Harrison he vas IN
the cellar, aud there was milk wneTe darnson
t.s.if 4 he saw It. Anthony Coleman having t'su-
fed Iaat Mrs. JOleth. Who sod wulskty u Lau-
mems on the day tAc ma der had told liin toai
Iainlnens was al her place beiw Gu II ana II
o'clock ou thai day. lir State ca led Andrew ii0l-
- IL ii mo he heard Mrs ,io,lein tell Cole
man thai Lammens came 70 her ho1'e DE Weeh
and : o'ciocN III the morning; Coleman was re-
ca LED by the defence, and sad that Hop"lHs was
not prescott az tie convrrsa' ION.
At noon Mr.. BOTcbellng began summing IN Tor
the defence. Tue bdrden OF ms argn n'nI was that
MIS-. MelerhCc er had encO uraLed L,unen@ 20 !t-
man ut the house with view to making hinl a
scaueg0at for her contemplated cTine; that she
rejihrrarly uIauue and carried ont the murder III
the temporary ans, nee Of LamLDe1s; and tIat her
actions .1ierward tad IN VIZ t4e hXn2 of In"
quit upon hammers. Mr.. BOrctclIng Gld not Goa
ciudc bis argument.
After the adjournment Of the Court YESTERDAY II
was state tndt hlIhV important evidence h3>i
been discovered III iaNCT Il tnrd eDc'. II - stated
that "A man leaving keV-B,OI III I'D was subrehdtd
b. the state tor the ii Il tr!aI, hu- Gu1 e ~ al
jouluinert of tlr Court IA cOnseQuenc" Oi la
T-p>'s III css re wcII south and dld mt TESTIFY.
He has returned Newark AID, 4 Is al eyed, claims
that tNo years ago Mis- McieThocttr proposed 10
hlm thai a. be WCdlG cut her husbands throat >ht
would paw iW 500. sue would leave carving
kuiIc wncle Gt couiu find IT, and after the KNIFE
was used 1t should be le:t III such position rs to
favor the idea that the Old man he'd committed
suicide.
Al tie opening Of the Passaic County Conrt' at
Paterson y j.. VS. Crlay, ~ eleven Jur.rs ~ q
ID ilZrli murder case answered % tHclt names. A
erIticat. sIgurd by Or. -. john, If II ckensacs,
etatI . that Nj. Br.ukerAoi one Of tucJ lrors Wa
i'll with pneumonia, aud w'Uid b unable
10 attend co rt fer several GaVs. VS.
handed 10 just ce Dixon. A iOug consultation
followed. Ex-Goveruor Erdl', com sci ior Daizel.
suggested that tie case be tluished hy tie sound
eleven Jurors but tins OrJ'c'ed 10 b - sir e.
Attorney WOourlf The Oetendants cpun-ci then
suggested that juror DC emp .Eei ~, ana toe
evidence taken last week be read. JUS lee - Xon
adiu0ged she case a Inis;rIal, and dl~cha"Fed taf
rctnaIunx 81 Ven Jurors until tnls morning, wneu
tue tral VIII he begun anew