The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-07

Constable Locke went downstairs. and a
few minutes later brought up the blan-
lie has brought Just those / don't
want said Mr.. Grouse, kicking the ar
tie.es over with his foot II want Bur-
These were locked up in Mr.. Win
fields desk. and the Prosecutor had not
yet arrived I'M, !. There was nothing to pc
AT haif-past eight Mr.. Winfield lounged
in. and seemed surprised that MIR. Crease
and nd when M informed isi that tn COUNSEL wanted
some more exhibits. Mr.. Winfield pro-
duced them from his satchel. and Mr.
In low voice Mr. Grouse said he
approached the final act in this. most
mysterious case with deep feeling @ OF
father nor the accused. nor. his children,
but to calmly and dispassionately view
justice, The defense. counsel said, has
long been a matter of conjecture, but 1t
innocent; am wrongly accused, was the
defense'' said Mr. Counsel, and eio-
quently pictured an accusation aga1ns5
asleep. 1T is so easy. he said to weave
a chain of cireums tantial evidence
around man. of simply innocsnt ,,;a faersf raasf
against him. what could protect him?
That is the defense"
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ne has shed bitter tears in our presence
and called God to witness that he was
innocent. but he doesn't shed tears before
you TO claim your pity. No, he is IN
nocent. and relies on your Justice to ac-
quit him."
Then, solemnly. warning the Jury tl1at that
with them practically rested the DIVINE
prerogative to take life tof fof me nnca thav Mr
fhere had ssna Mas frans no rsca Should they at
mateIy find that they were mistaken,
what remedy cculd. bs applied? Was
awa1 mans BY we hHe hpaterieaI aRsrfs people? Mr..
Grouse here alluded to the Langerman
case and reminded the jurors of the aw-
ful fate awaiting the accused II mis-
take was made.
Burger. he said. was the victim of
erverted public sentiment Fnom the
idea that Burger drueged the beer car
ried up to old man Bauer. and as time
was viewed with suspicion, and every
citizen in that place did his utmost to
bind Burger. Paint was transformed to
all forsooth that Justice should he done.
s'You see Mrs. Schumann there"' turn
ing to the woman sitting in the audience.
sitting by Mrs. Weirauch; you see the
interest there?'' (Adrs. Schuman said she
saw blood on Burgers nails and Mrs
Weirauch is the sister of the man at f1rst
suspected of the murder)
Counsel then. dwelt upon the blood
stains on the trousers, and said that 1t
was manifestly unfair that the defense
was not allowed an opportunity to see
the tests made for blood, and as to the
knife it was absurd to claim that the
deed could be done with it, The same
reason applied to the spot on the money.
Had Burger committed the crime he
would have been covered with blood, but
none was found on him.
'tCorpuscles,'" ridiculed Mr.. Grouse. who
PTcded Pdod owsa s ngeo w5h here pen m eae
there are about fifteen million corpuscles,'
and then rubbing his finger on the left
leg OF his trousers; there they are on
year But on Burgers trousers only two
corpuscles were found, and the expert
couldn't tell whether it was hogs, chick
ems, dogs or mans blood. To lay your
decision on that would be monstrous, un--
fair, unjust and inhuman." Counsel
closed at half past ten o'clock after
heard the speech said it was certainly the
strongest which could have been made
with the evidence at hand. Mr.. Grouse.
when analyzing the testimony, spoke in
an easy tone which thoroughly impressed
the jury The address was an admirable
specimen of forensic eloquence.
Prosecutor Winfield's speech, as every
one expected, was a brilliant marshaling
of facts, which he handled with consum-
mate skill. AS he began his eyes filled
with tears when he. said that he was
could not believe the evidence then acquit
the prisoner. Brushing aside the defense's
implication that Weirauch was the author
of the deed, the Prosecutor said that the
case was not circumstantial alone. Even
it were SO, it was none the less strong.
Circumstantial facts cannot lie, but wit
nesses can and do, and instanced the
Langerman case.
Looking at the battered musket in
front, Mr.. Winfield pointed out the con-
Trajectory statements given by Burger
as tn the gun, and added
"This poor man Casper, who carried
that gun through the Prussan war, in
tended to bequeath it to his children so
that they might hang it on their wall
with the inscription This gun our father
carried from Berlin to Paris Gentlemen,
they will add now, 1t killed my son May
6, 1885, and shall they add The murderer
acquitted by a Hudson county jury?'" +"
Step by step the Prosecutor traced the
events from the events in the saloon,
when Burgers companions left there at
midnight to the discovery of the crime,
and in his forcible style wove a strong
chain OF guilt around the prisoner. The
summing up lasted until twelve o'clock
1t was considered one of the best deliv-
cred by the Prosecutor. He was at his
best.
1t was twelve o'clock when Justice Lip
pincott began his charge which lasted an
hour, and was, of course, an eminently
impassioned presehtment of law and fact.
The case was given to the jury at one
o'clock