The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-06

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''Und / don't never think he would do
IT,, inn6cently replied the witness; mr
Winfield directed the the stenographer to
In fixing the time of this incident wit
ness excited ripple of laughter by say
4 knows the time; it was three days
before / burned down. mean my parn
aaser @ 0e qaet u & 4ae HenrS rSef ngebrech s a the
constable and cousin of the murdered
pnenrap permitted s a6 Bnrger to &c home rs'
witness. heard S1i BSrigsr'a threat about ,;5
the money EngehbsSshtd owea bar nlm ana
Charles Katzenwenkle, of Union Hill,
the next witness. after hearing of Engei- gsh
ing went to The saloon at six O'clock and
found Mr. and Mrs. Moths and bauer
on the stoop outside and they an ,,,aa %ene
We're two she'll glasses on the bar. he
saw Burger there with Burgmilier.
Witness noticed ed Burgersa hanaS, h ,,stTated Mate
with his own. Witness also SAID burgter ta
trembled when he walked asf ~ up +bs to waIi Jae
6ody sod aaak aad glsa Of wsa Water - W
Mrs Elizabeth Schumann, OF Secau-
Gus. knew Burger Slightly. she was at
the the murder afls was discovered,
.Did YOU see Burger 'there?" asked
Mr.. Winfield, and she noooeo Win her
''s.iSi ssDid you notice his hands?" asked the
Ts IS hs had d. pqSs Sa pgspaas aregna MS pgs1 n1
ticed that particularly, she said en-
phaticalIy.
cross examination and asked If she ex-
amined the fingers of others there that
morning, but She replied monotonously,
ITO whom did you tell all this about
s.To my husband" she replied.
(Which hand did you see the blood onT'
ION the right hand" she replied, hold
ing up sunburned, freckled hand.
SOn what finger was the blood?"
HOn all fingers
Mr.. Grouse here held his own fingers up
and asked witness to say if she could tell
anything about his nails, and she replied,
They're very black" daughter, and
dation here for washing.")
'.How did Burger behave?" asked Mr..
Grouse.
came and seemed afterward indifferent.
.sOh, he appeared indifferent?"
sIn the presence of the death OF
friend one ought not to appear indiffer- +
emit returned Mrs. Sclnumann with dig
nifty in her voice and manner.
Witness could give no explanation why
she did not communicate her observations
Burger s
Justice of the Peace Romeo t. Church
i'll, of course of Secaucus, was the next
Witness He examined the knobs or the
drawers in the bar after the discovery OF
the murder The third drawer was locked
and on the nickel knob was the imprint
of a bloody thumb The drawer was
locked and the key hidden under cigar
box. He unlocked the drawer and found
the beer book. The cover Of the book had
trace of blood on it. Page 6, the last
entry was spotted with blood. (Ihe pooh
was exhibited here)
Cross-eamined, he could not say who
told him where the key was. Half dozen
seemed to know. where it was placed un-
of Burger and Weirauch, who were in
custody.
wanted Burger released because the sen.
timent of the people was against MIN
II object = said Mr. Winfield.
How is this -relevant?' asked Justice
I,ippincott of Mr.. Grouse.
because I wish to show that public
sentiment was against this man. .
ssrhats an odd way, and it looks as If
the defense was throwlng the onns on
that he was only trying to put the blame
where lit belonged. :,
Il don't see myself that it is relevant It, !"
Grouse insisted that he had a right to
ask a magistrate everything about the
crime and show what he had done to-
wards investigating it..
istrate Churchill told what he had done
in the way of investigation.
Dr. Charles B. Converse, county phy-
sician. testified as to the post mortem
examination held on the body OF Engel-
brecht. He described the wounds on the
body by using himself as a sort of living
diagram, and pointed out the course oh Il
five inches long, the fractured Skull anq
the long scalp wounds on the nead Win
the edges as if they had been shayen.
They in his opinion, had peen done Win
a sharp instrument
Picking UP the old musket with the
broken stock, Mr.. Winfield asked II the
fracture of the skull could have been
caused by such weapon, ana the WIZ
IF he were struck in his sleep there
would be no evidence of a struggleE'
asked Mr. Winfield.
.T think not"
Then holding Burgers knife to the wit
ness. the Prosecutor asked if the. cut IN
it. Witness replied Yes but more likely
by the razor, also shown to him. 80
Stenographer Hannen to Coroner Volk
was called, and he said that he TOOK me a.
took Burgers testimony, and was
signed by the accused. The testimony
was offered in evidence
Detective John P. Feeney, of the Pros
ecutors office. testified that he went out
10 Secaucus on the morning of May 6
and found crowd in the saloon Ihe
body had not BEEN removed: and saWdust
Of the sawdust there had been no strug-
gle. All the doors and windows were
locked except the one he entered BY
There was no key for that.
Mr.. Feeney seized the pointer ana
described on the. map the position OF the
body He found razor and a piece Of I
fhe muslxet stock underneath the bed in
the room behind the bar. A minute IN
vestigation was made by tne WI W,i.ness; es;
the handles of the drawers behind TIE
har and on one of the doors. Mr..
Feeney, in a highly interesting manner,
told of the investigation ne lsiodal bad made
II noticed" said Mr.. Feeney;, '"spots
on his pantaloons, seven one dollar bills,
a knife and a key. When searching him
he said four dollars S of It edsl0nfea t9
Changed. he said. ten dollar bill on
Railroad avenue near the car stables
II object to that said Mr.. Grouse.
and Mr.. Winfield instructed witness to
''aH' Did you see the vests? asked the
Mr.. Feeney said he saw them, and
they were wet with dew. On the STOCK
of the gun were blood and hair.
Mr. F'urey oss-examined Mr. Feeney,
but in his attempt to upset the wary de-
tective met his match. Counsel was par
ticular in wanting to know what articles
Did Mr.. Feeney know that the stains
en- the PANTS were paint stains and not
blood? Mr.. Feeney sdid not. Did Mr
Feeney tell the expert to hunt for bae-
SIlch questions were put by Mr. Furey.
who deemed it his duty to ask questions
about anything or everything irrespec-
tive Of relevancy. Mr. Feeney, stood