The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-06
the Court adjourned the trial, precisely
at ten o'clock. until ten o'clock this
morning.
THE Defence OPENS.
Witnesses Go Back on Mr..
Furey Wanted to Call
Judge Hudspeth.

Justice Linpincott and Judge Kenny
took their seats this morning, the third
! day of the trial, looking none the worse
| for the late session the night before.
| The jurymen, too. appeared fresh after
| the comforts of a good supper and good
bed in the hotel Washington and the
lawyers were primed for another hard
| day.
THE accused was brought in a few min
utes before ten o'clock and before ne
| took his seat near his counsel he sur
| veyed for moment the inhabitants OF
| Secalcus slowed away in the gallery and
| the rear seats, and indifferently returned
the mods of some of his neighpors.
The Prosecutor having rested his case
| just before adjournment last night, the
| defense began it's side this morning. but
before Burgers counsel opened. Juror No
6 asked the Court to recall the old man,
Louis Bauer. The Court assented. and
! Bauer hobbled to the. stand. -.
! Il want you to tell us, asked tne
| juror, 'fnow many glasses of beer were
brought to-. you on Sunday evening TO
"Ein," said Louis. not waiting for In
| terpreter Pressler.
..And was there a light taken upstairs
YAH was the reply, and witness left
| the stand.
/ "
| of paint in one hand and a paper parcel
| containing Burgers suit of clothes, al,
legged to have been worn % ON the fatal rata.
tion opposite the jury and began to out ut
line the defense. He sketched the early
Sunday s. she n opened the bun
| die and displayed to the jury each arti-
Gle of-clothing which he said Burger
ternoon and early evening in the lonely
saloon ON the Paterson Plank Road, wlu1
the card playing with Engelbrrecht ,,1i and
ten ten oSal O'Clock, " counsel said, Burger and
Engelbrecht took upstairs the drink to
bsaw bSa w9 fsuss eaid dna eonnsa nTesr we VIII
show you that these two men. Teute
ard Bradeu, were present an, and must mus nave ave
a drink directly contrary to Teute
and BrSSssS tsstim9ny9 snSytn,,ea counsel
s'asked Teute TO take off his boots and
| then Teute. Broder and Burger left the
| saloon, but asked Burger not to forget
the key pf the eae d1er an Tsn srode ead
| the north corner of the. house and went
up the Plank Road and Burger started e l
to 60 fon up ~ BroWh aW Mace aag after leaving En- En-
gerbrecht's and went home. He knocked
at the rear door of Bettstein's house
and the landlord let him in and he went
at once to bed.
When in his room he lit. his lamp and
| took out the change in his pockets ana
L
and Slept the sleep of an honest man.
| Continuing counsel said that the next
morning Burger went out Il TO tIe;f1,,an IeSa l1s
| saloon for drink. The arrest py
Buchmiller followed and he went with
the constable to the scene of the trag-
Here counsel unguardedly let out the
very peculiar fact published in yester-
Ensgefbrecht a friend Of Burger. when
in charge of the accused, allowed him
to go to his house and be out Ct ms
sight for several minutes before he was
taken to jail. Mr.. Furey's opening was
a clear presentment ct T. a story story whlan Mi11
indicated clearly l1;sy that st,i the defense VIII
The first witness for the defense was
| Charles. .Bettstein. peculiar looking
together, t,5sse e - a low " forehead and a defiant
| look in his sunburnt face. He said he
| knew Burger in Germany, and the ac-
fed ed the ciotSes pe proauced by Mr Furey
| and Swcre that Burger wore that suit
on Sunday. evening when he went out.
when he returned late at might. He
couldn't tell the time. however There
was nothing particular ;u in, IN burgers 81 ap-
psTi- The e. defense then called John Kirk
pa trick. Jr., builder. to prove that n, ne
and Charles Meyer. Gustav A. Whippler
to corroborate the payment. This cyl
dence was to account for the bills
Gus Gustav ~ Hodies, a Union Hill saloon
when he said that not % his knowledge
did Burger change a ten dollar bill IN
| his saloon two days before the murder.
Burger told Detective Feeney.. who ar
resesa a Hny ne H blight
policeman who allowed Burger to go 70
his home before taking him to the Jail,
was the next witness, and he said he
could not remember ever seeing Burger
in his saloon two weeks prior to the muir
der. This was the second. witness called
by the, defense whose testimony did not
support the defendants story
The States witness. Martin Teute, was
called by MI Furey who adIar tTied snt to SHOW "
| Virginia together after the crime to get
out Of the way in order that the blame
shori' Dr Wilbur RG upq H. Sc Seymour ef microscop-
ist and an expert on blood from the
wllds. of Long Island of course CONTRA
eaideN said last vt night. There was no way of
determining the difference between
oyip9rous and mampalian ploSd Sinfo1d eor
wouldn't ask a question in cross ex-
Il desire to cali His Honor. Judge
why" asked Mr.. Winfield.
The little lawyer replied that he
was ~Dg to let 'ns the prener 60 e
but the Court refused 10 allow Judge
Hudspeth to go on the stand.
L
Justice Lippincott, Il would want to
know what you Sd,g Want 2, to prove Put in
you were jolied that time" said Mr.
Winfield with a laugh. and Mr.. Furey
| personiffed his name and protested that
he was not jollied, and he would call
Mr.. Nugent to. prove what. he had said
oo0qa on bail ESh The 0 spat sided epded BY By 60 Counsel
taking an exception and calling. Justice
! Of the Peace Churchill by whom he
strove to corroborate Burgers statement
| about having money in his possession
| belonging to a lodge of firemen.
bernard Mathis. an elderly man with
He soroe roared ed YAH and Nav 50 loud
| that the interpreter informed him po-
| litely that the court was being held in
| the court room and not in Secaucus.
| Mathis went to the saloon after the mur-
der and in part corroborated Bauer and
| Schiller as to the scenes after the dis
.covery of the tragedy.
! Mathis detailed a conversation he had
| with Weirauch, who claimed that En-
gelbrcht owed him money. Weirauc!h
| to him witness said, threatened the sa-
| 1oonkeeper that he would split his skull
1 if he didn't pay.
Detective John P. Feeney was called
and Mr.. Flrey asked him why he. waited
| Burgers clothes to the expert to analyze
| Harry Jackmgfre, another citizen OF
/ Secaucus. saw Burger on the day pre-
eediing Engelbreht's death and swore
| thlat Burger did not wear the corduroy
Nftness srHnsssS Mr.. NJ winfiesd @ dispeiied the the
| that Weiraueh was cuHpable. The wit
| ness said there was a party at Stock