The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-05
BEER AND BL LOOD.
The Testimony in the Sc
caucus Murder Mystery
Is Full of Both.
CORY EXHIBITS IN EVIDENCE
The Dead Mans Clothes, the
Blanket and the Broken Gun
Shown to the Jury.
IF THE DOG COULD SPEAK
De Lay at the Feet of His Mur-
dered Master When the Beer
Driver and Old Baur
Found Him.
IF THE DOG COULD SPEAK

Unusual interest was displayed yester-
day in the trial OF Frank Burger for the
murder of John F. Engelbrecht, the Sc
caucus saloonkeeper whose death was at
tended with such peculiar circumstances.
All day long the courtroom was crowded
and many prominent people came to hear
the testimony. Rev. r. w. Wick, of the
Wayne Street Reformed Church, was
present gaining pointers for sermon on
crime.
Prosecutor Winfield's opening speech
was a forcible clear statement of the
main facts surrounding the mysterious
crime. With the aid of three diagrams
pinned to a huge blackboard he pointed
out the internal arrangement of the sa-
loon and its relation to the adjoining
roads.
During the presentation of the Peoples S
case the accused man carelessly tugged
his red mustache, and when the Prose-
cutor was severe in his tone Burger would
smile sarcastically and his lips would
move as if he was muttering something.
A queer story leaked out yesterday af-
ternoon which will in all probability find
a place later on in the extraordinary tes-
timony of this extraordinary trial. 1t ap-
pears that Stelling Schiller, the dull, slow
driver for market gardener whose tes--
timony yesterday practically connects
Burger with the bloody deed, a few days
after the discovery of the. crime, told
Henry Engelbrecht a constable and a
cousin of the murdered saloonkeeper,
that he saw Burger through the windows
of the saloon early on Monday morning
take the blanket from John Engelbrecht
and both lie down on the floor. Schining
says that Constable Engelbrecht told him
to keep his mouth shut This circum-
stance adds strength to the rumor that
Constable Engelbrechtand Burger were
mixed up IN lfls urance- business, and con-
cerning which partnership grave rumors
have been circulated about firebugs
Whether or not there is any truth in the
statement, it is a fact beyond dispute
that great pressure has been exerted on
witnesses residing in Secaucus to testify
favorably for Burger. This is seen in the
case of Martin Teute and Daniel Broder,
who were drinking with Burger on Sun
day night in the saloon. Immediately af-
ter the murder both men, principal wit
nesses for the State, disappeared, and
even their families didn't know where
they were
Broder was located at Lynchburg, Va,
and when directed to come to Jersey City
reluctantly came But Teute went from
town to town in Pennsylvania, and when
Detective John P. Feeney, after long
search, at last ran him down, he found
him in a mine three miles away from
Roanoke, in that State. By threats and
bluffs Mr. Feeney managed to make him
come on to this city.
It was apparent to everybody that when
Teute and Broder were testifying they
were attempting to make their evidence
as little damaging as possible for Bun
ger.
Extremely affecting was the scene
when the father of the murdered man
took hold of the ancient musket which he
had carried during the war and with
which the murderer had crushed in his
sons skull. He cried as he handled it and
sobbed in German, "Oh, my God, that l
should have given this to my son and he
should be killed with it, Then he patted
the old piece and tried to adjust the stock
broken by the force of the blow on his
sons head, and finally pushed it from him
with a look of loathing and horror on his
weather beaten face.
A recess was taken at one o'clock, and
when everybody had left the courtroom
Burgers wife and little daughter came
up to him and were permitted by the con-
stables to talk with the husband and
father Burgers cynical manner was
dropped now and he fondled his little
girl Who seemed intent on drawing ner
fathers attention to the white wool Tam
o. Shanter cap she wore. Husband and
wife zconversed in low tones until the
boom of the cracked old court house bell
announced the resumption of the trial at
two o'clock.
Theodore Weinrauch's 8 cross-examina-
. ton was continued by Mr. Otto Grouse.
l1be Witness was closely questioned by
Mr. Grouse. as to what he had done the
night before the murder. He had previ-
ously testified that he was drinking in
sngeibrecllt's saloon on the Sunday be-
fore the murder.
where did you sleep thai nightY'
asked Mr.. Grouse
In my brothers barn, replied the wit
ness, about two blocks away
What time did you get up the next
naorning?v was asked of the dull. stupid,
sleepy witness.
sOh. about six o'clock, and ] seed the
crowd running towards the saloon, and
that's all know about it."
Taking up the testimony given by Vein
raucn before the coroner, Mr. Grouse
showed many contradictions between that
evidence and the statements made yes
ferday. Before the coroner he said that
Eneelbrecht didn't carry money in his
waistcoat pocket, but yesterday he swore
he d;d. Ofher Irregularities were pointed
c,,tg but it was clear to everybody that
tas witness was Enthusiastically stupid, and
the suggestion of fastening the crime
upon him was ridiculous.
ss4nl, that fellow hasn't sense enough
ID NH (; ily.'' said one Of his neighbors.
Ms Grouss a'ound up a skiifui exanina5
ton ~ asking, ere you ar-esteo aitsa