Bridgeton pioneer., 1894-05-24
WHOLE NO. 2439

I' ""o o0iiou' oo formerly HVeQ at
Vlneland, and went with the officers
Dec. l9;h to arrest Feihl. They had a
warrant for Louis Feihl; he was ar
rested on the premises of his brother.
and ne was found G. ming out of the
Darn; he was lefG with Officer Foy-
ler 10 guard the prisoner; saw Peihl
orop handk oionict Oh the ground.
between the house and the wagon
also sa" him pass a handkerchief to-
his sister-in-law. she giving him an
other one.
| Oa cross-exaAinatiop, he said 1t was
ABOUT six O'Clock Ia tne morning. DOE
si5ly later, between dark and sunrise.
The following Is Feihl's unsavory
record:
Frederick F iler, alias Lud wig Heis-
ermau, alias Louis Feigh, convicted
and sentenced June 25, 1882, to Phila-
delphia county prison for one year for
larceny. Sentenced by Judge Fell.
Pleaded guilty Sept. stb, 1890, sen-
fenced to three years In Easton peni-
tentiary for burglary, by Judge Biddle=
out May 8, 1898.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
Promptly as the clock struck nine
this morning, Judge Reed came iEs
from the Judges room and took hfsr
seat on the bench, followed by Lay
Judge Ludlum, Judges Hoagland .anda
Hendee soon appearing.
The Fiehl jury were already in their
seats. Fiehl was brought in by
Sheriff Shinn, nodded to the jury and
took his seat. He was clean shaven,
but bis moustache. His hand cuffs
were removed and the great trial hs-
gan.
Mrs. Flora Yerkes, wife of the baker,,
being placed on the stand.
Mrs. Yerkes testified to closing urs
toe house on the night of Nov. Sad,
She told of seeing Constable Nicker-
SON have an ammonia bottle, which,,
he picked up in the yard under the
window out of which the burglar had
| escaped. The bottle, she said, had
been setting on the window sill. The
watch, which had been identified by
Miss Eston as hers, was shown Mrs.
Ysrkes, and she said she should say II
was the same one, she had seen Miss
Eston have.
On cross-examination she said she
and Miss EstoE retired at the same
| time that night. The side door which
Fischer said he had found open, she
declared was closed and latched.
The door, she said. was always kept
closed and bolted, day and night.
The eff ort of the cross-examinatiox9
was to show that the burglar could
not have entered by that window
without disturbing things upon the.
table.
Jeweler Chas. F. Smith, of Vineland
was called. He had repaired watch
for Mis- Iva V. Eston. Had a record
of the watch, kept its number In his
own handwriting. The first record in
1892 was Miss Eston September esh,
silver watch No. 1896, open face, stem
wind, cylinder escapement cleaning" :"
September 22nd he had the same
watch to put main spring In 1t.
The watch which had been identf-
fed by Miss Eston as hers, was shown
him, and he pronounced it the sans
watch which Miss Eston.had brought
to him for cleaning and repairs.
| Mr.. Ysrkes was recalled to testify to-
the character OF the fastenings on the
window in question.
Mrs. Lorena Feihl, the sister-in-layg-
of Louis Feihl, was called. She said
she and her husband lived at South
Vineland; had lived there over a year.
Had known Louis Feihl about twenty
years; knew him In Germany; he lived
with them st South Vlneland; came,
there May Sih 1898; he was baker =
she brought him down, she said, when
he came out of prison; he lived at her
house continuously until the 10Th of
December last. when he was arrested.
He had rented place opposite to her
home; rented the place of Mr.. Sad
dington.
Louis had gone to Philadelphia on
Monday. Nav. 6, to pay the rent;
showed receipt dated May z, 1885,
for s25, which was produced and ideno
tilted by Mrs. Feihl. Louis slept with.
them, not on the property he had
rented. The room he slept in was
disconnected from hers, and she never
looked into his room In the night.
Next morning after robbery, Nov. Sd,
she saw Louis, when she got up Louis
was in the kitchen; she saw him BRUSH
ing something off his coat. On the.
| night before he had had on a white,