The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-05-26
ACRANK AT THE JAIL
Very Pretty Young Lady
Who Desired to See Muir
dereT A1tenberger.
HER IMPROBABLE STORY.
When Told She Might Be Detained
as a Witness She Disappeared
His Counsel Selected.

Judge Lippincott today appointed Nor
man L. Rowe and Max Salinger counsel to
defend Bernard Altenburger when his trial
comes up June 25 for the premeditatsd mur-
der Of Katie Rupp. When the Judge an
nounced this conclusion Counsellor Salinger
demurred and SAID he really did not have
time to devote to the case and would pre-
fer to AVE some other lawyer substituted in
his stead.
Judge Lippincott said he thought that it
was due to the defendant that he should
nave a lawyer VINO could converse with him
in German, or else the defendant would be
put to a disadvantage. The Court asked
Mr.. Salinger If he knew of a lawyer who
could be substituted for him and could carry
on a conversation in German with Alien
berger. Max replied that he did not. Had
the Judge asked the writer for that infor-
nation he could have a furnished a
list Of good German speaking lawyers
such as General H~eppenheiner, Judge Puster,
Otto Grouse, Max Rosenberg, Henry e.
Gaede, Fred Framhach, William 8 Stuhr,
Henry Ewald, Morris Bretzfeldt and Messrs.
Klink and Englebrecht and many others.
When Max made his reply the Judge, who
does not speak German iuently. insisted that
Altenberger should nave the benefit Of the
great experience of the Assemblyman. MAJ
will get about $3.50 from the State for his
services and Counsellor Rowe will receive a
like sun.
A PRETTY LADY VISITOR.
This morning. a tall, handsome young
woman, attired in a tight fitting gown OF
plum color, entered the jail and said to
Warden MITCHELL
81 would like to see Altenberger."
"Whatin exclaimed the Warden as he
gazed with admiration on the beautiful dark
brown eyes and the raven hued hair, which
was neatly tied in a Psyche knot.
.sYes,n the young woman sweetly said. 81
think | know him. I think I can identify
him as having been in the office whore ! am
employed on the Monday following the
murder"
Warden Mitchell ~cogitated for a moment,
and then informed his visitor that she must
first obtain permission from Sheriff Toffey.
He volunteered to escort the pretty young
woman to the Sheriff's Office, and she CRATE
fully accepted the offer.
When the Sheriff was told what the
young woman wanted he asked her for her
name and address and the reason why she
wanted to see Altenberger. She replied
81 do not want to make known my name
and address until after I have seen the pris-
oner. If I fail to identify him my name will
be of no use and I will escape notoriety, but
if l should identify him as the man believe
him to be, / will tell you who l am and all
that / know about him"
UNLESS you state your business you can
not see him. Warden Mitchell interposed.
FISHY STORY.
The visitor then said that she was en-
ployed In a steamship office and that on
Monday, May IA, a man, VINO answers to
the newspaper descriptions of Altenberger
entered the Office and said he wanted a ticket
g.. uonr Knn0 China Ha said ha WAS 90
ing there with two Cinnamon. He appeared
to be very nervous and was asked if he had
trouble.
sYes,n replied the man, sand you will
read ali about it in tho papers tonight"
The man said his object in going to China
not explain why he did not want to go to
Japan for this purpose. When the young
woman told this she intimated that the man
supposed by her to be Altenbs rger had told
her some matters Of Importance, which she
would reveal if the Identification proved her
visitor to nave been Altenberger.
When closely questioned she failed to give
a good description of the murderer and said
his hair was long and that he had q row OF
pimples on one side of his face This was
not true. for Altenberger's hair was short at
the time of the murder and he had no
pimples where she said he had.
Sheriff Toffey concluded to lay the facts
before the Prosecutor and he went to his
office for that purpose, but Mr.. Winfield was
not there and would not be there until Mon
day. The Sheriff concluded, when he learn
ed this, not to admit the young woman to
the Jail, but told her to come again next
week. She said she would.
BELIEVE HER TO DE A CRANK.
Deputy Sheriff Higgins suggested to her
that If she identified A~ltenberger she might
be detained as a witness, and she became
alarmed and left the Court House imme-
diately. No credence is placed In her story,
and it is believed by those who saw her that
she Is a crank, Notwithstanding her youth
and beauty, or else that she is a curiosity
seeker, who told her story for the purpose of
seeing Altenberger and satisfying her Curl
osity.