Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-15
The BuchhoIz Trial.

The Arguments Concluded Am Ad-
 Journment Until To-Day The Ac-
 cused Hoping for Aoqutttai-A Dis
 agreement Expected
 General Smith concluded his argument for the defense in the Buchholz murder trial at Bridgeport on Saturday soon after 12 o'clock noon. It was supposed that the charge to the jury would immediately follow and that the case would be given to the jury, but such was not the case. To the surprise of nearly every one In the court room Chief Justice Park or dered the court adjourned until Monday at 10 a. m. Before excusing the jury the Chief Justice cautioned them not to converse with any one regarding the case during the interim. There appears to be prevailing opinion that the jury will disagree, although some think that verdict of murder in the second degree may be found. Public opinion appears to have undergone a considerable change since the last trial. Before the first trial began nearly every one said Buchholz was guilty, and when the jury returned verdict of murder in the first degree the opinion was that it was just. On the first trial the attorneys for the accused tried hard to present a reasonable de- fense, but with all their ingenuity they made but little headway, and when the detective Stark went on to the stand and told the jury that Buchholz had told him where the dead mans money was secreted, and that he had actually found fifty or sixty thousand dollars, their weak defense was entirely destroyed. The defense that Buchholz stole the money but some one else killed Schulte had no weight with the jury, and verdict of murder in the first degree was given.
 In the second trial the State has given the case to the jury in a somewhat different form than on the last trial The testimony of Heineman the alleged forger, to corroborate Stark was new. So was the expert testimony regarding the blood corpuscles found on the Waring axe. Whether these additions were additions which helped the prosecution re- mains to be seen.
 The defense at the present trial has walk at the time of the mu rdeI | of az-German named Abel. He stayed | there but short time, and there Is nothing | to show that he did anything out of the way. | This the defense claim is the strong point against him. He came over from Germany | on the same steamer with Hing, the amateur | detective who had much to do with working | up the case for the State. He came from | Westphalia and neighboring town to that ir | which lies the Schulte estate. Theinquest was \ held across the way from Abels boarding house. but he did not attend it. This is sui ' fciently suspicious for the defense to build g
 theory upon. He was the man who managed | the job of killing Schulte. He paid the hired assassins who did it. They failed to get the money. Hence he was unable to pay his board | Again the defense rely upon the fact that { \ pair of new oVeralls were found near ths scene of the murder. Many Norwalk people watched the movements of three suspicioul
 men the day of the murder. They kept close ' to the railroad tracks, and were seen to put or
 overalls, apparently to disguise themselves, al ' their clothes were otherwise better than those worn by the average tramp. After the mur- der two men-they answer the description O two of the three-boarded Conductor Hunt ! train at Stamford and rode to New Haven They were out of breath when they took thu cars, and the conductor thought they wer' ' worthy of surveillance. But the testimony up
 on which the defense rely to acquit Buchhol if he is acquitted or which will result in disa greement of the jury if such result is at
 tained, is the testimony of the boy Eli Savage | which in brief was that his attention wa
 called to the men by MT. Wilcox. His curi \ osity was excited and he looked them over
 At night he started for home, going arount by the railroad tracks. He stepped one sid
 to allow the train which brought Mir. Schult
 from New York to pass. Something whit
 fiuttered from 8 window. Presumably it wa \ a piece of paper. One of the men whom h
 had suspected before came to the spot an,
 bent down. Perhaps he picked it up. Thel
 he joined the others in the trio. The bo
 overtakes them and they ask what train tha
 was, and try to gain from him some informa
 ton regarding the night trains. Then the
 go down towards the woods where Schult
 was murdered. Soon after Schulte and Buch
 holz pass by going in the same direction
 The testimony of the Savage boy was tn
 feature of the trial. Stark's testimony wa
 tame as sensation because old. Heineman'
 story made but little impression. It prove
 nothing that Stark didn't prove-that Buch
 holz was thief
 ! The defense puts forward other claims con
 cerning testimony, which have been indicate
 during the week in testimony and by argu
 ment. The case is now substantially all wit
 the jury. Neither side has yet requested tn
 court to make any particular points in deliy
 ering the charge to the jury.