The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-05

Brinkerhofr On his way to Mr. Brin-
| kerhoffs he saw Burger in his own YARD.
This was about quarter past nve
Cornelius Brinkerhoff of secaucus, for
whom Seidel plonghed. corroboratea tne
| plouEhing. Little Charlie came at about
| half past five and the father came up
/, Mrs. Pauline BiI;stein. a secalcus
| belle with whom Berger boarded. said
| that she heard of Engelbrecht's death at
| Il saw Burger coming down my stairs
at half-past. flye in the morning He
Hn1 IN IN hs dse hand but
back back towards me, and / couldn't see.
Hoy big was that object he had in his
nSS1i Witness Illustrated BY clasping both
| hands together.
'iAbout six or seven in the evening
| Did you hear him return?'
TO Mr.. .Winheld she said that when
Burger left the house on Sunday he
Klyne's description of Burger, whom he
| met in the saloon on Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Christina Heitzman. of secau-
| Gus, who keeps small saloon on Lewis
| street. opened her saloon on MONDAY
| morning about six O'Clock, and found
Burger outside watng % t9 get ana IN BrRgee
| paid for the drinks.
Carl Bay, also Of secaueus. who has a
morning. and together they went to
Heitzmans saloon for drink ink - This ds
Engelbrecht's murder about eight
! O'Clock.
No. 6. but the witness didn't know. :,
| When the name of Louis Bauer. the old
gave the beer to on the night preceding
! the murder was called, buzz OF ex-
citement went through the sg court y room said
! the Court, .T will clear the room =,
How long have you know Burger?"
/ asked Mr. Winfield
where did John Engelbrecht sleep?"
Sometimes in the bedroom: sometimes
Handing the sieve found under the
murdered mans head. and Whlcn Was W..
Winfield asked him to say what it was
| used for.
'sFor a pillow by John o.,
asked Mr. Winfield
I'm the saloon.
Where did you sleep?"
"On Saturday I slept. with john ana
| Sunday I slept upstairs.
when you went to bed who was in
| the saloon?" Mr.. Winfield asked.
ssTeute Weinrauch; 1 don't know any
| one else.''
| sDid anybody come up to your room
during that night?'
"Who?"
| Burger"
Anybody with him?"
John Engelbrecht."
'Have you an idea what time of night
it was when they came up?"
| ut must have been between twelve ana
one o'clock
| Eyes, a beer glass and they gave it to
ssWho gave it to you?"
Burger, not the boss"
ssWaS there a light
"John had lamp"
What did Burger say to you?'
Come, Louis; come Louis, have a glass
Did you drink it,"
How was it, was it good?"
| Witness shuddered and said, "Oh, no
| good. 1t confused me. l drank it and l
| go to sleep and don't know any more;
wake up a little after five o'clock in the
what did you do when you got up?"
/ asked the Prosecutor.
~ went down stairs, and the front door
/ by the corner was open and the stairs
/ was barricaded by chairs"
Witness illustrated to the jury how the
story and everybody strained his ears
to catch the exciting tale.
| Where was, the beer driver when you you
Winfield.
by the door with his. team" a,I
/ s'What did you and he do?"
| 81 called John, John, the beer driver
And lhedei thens eas ns said HioM Mr.. Winfield
ay g9e gdead dnerf aRM Was ners Covered r. z with
blanket soaked with blood; !" o.,
Did you eyer see the he blanket bIa beforeI rsid
up the gruesome exhibit,
"Oh mine Got, yes. dot is it, and wit
ness covered his face with his hands
7 fO1 J., ,ic
After a long pause, during which abso-
! lutte silence reigned; Mr.: Winfield said
Where was wa. !, the dog?'
did you see a razor lying on the
foor?"
blade encrusted with blood was handed
to him, and he identified it. This s., was We,
brecht's throat. After witness had in
/ spected it Mr.. Grouse took hold of it and
/ then Mr.. Furey, who opened it, felt the
/ who sat next to him. The prisoner quick
| ly turned his gaze away from the horrid
thing.
gers?" resumed Mr.. Winfield
| 'tHe was bad fellow"
| Ever see Burger there?,
| 'sOften, he built the house,
'sTake the Witness" said Mr.. Winfield,
| and Mr.. Grouse began to cross-examine
atory shaBse Bauer sad pds hat Weinrauch dd
/ not sleep with Engelbrecht on Saturday
| night Weinrauch swore that he did.
/ The old man said that he had not drunk
much on the Sunday. Eight glasses made
/ him drunk and he knew he hadn't more
/ than two glasses. He usually slept a
| soundly that morning and he knew that
| the beer had been drugged.
/ WAS there much blood in the saloon %
'.Oh, yes, nearly pailflu; I had to
/ Bauer said that after he and the driver
| found the body he remained there and
/ the driver. whose name was also Engel-
brecht, drove rapidly to the neighbors.
i The driver returned with a Mr.. and Mrs.
/ MATHS, and then the people come in
/ Mr.. Grouse, with all his ingenuity, could
| not upset the old mans evidence.
/ John G. Engelbrecht, the beer driver
| for Peters brewery, who, with the previ-
/ Gus witness, discovered the crime, was
/ the next witness. Shown the beer book
/ of the murdered man, he said the writing
/ was in his (witness') hand. On Monday
morning, May 6. he left shortly after five
4 brecht's saloon a little after five, he saw
| q light in the saloon. AS he stopped to
/ go in he heard Louis Bauer say, John,
/ get up. the beer driver is here The door
| was open. He met Louis in the middle of
II walked to the icebox to see what
i beer was there. ] saw Engelbrecht lying
/ there stepped back and called to him
| and put my hand on his forehead but he
4 was cold and dead. called Louis, and
/ he screamed and halloed and ran out.
/ The blanket was around his neck. Wit
/ ness shown the blanket, said it resem-
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