The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-06
TO Try FOR AN AL L|b|
Burgers Counsel Hopes to
Prove He Slept Like an
Honest Man the Night
of the Murder.
THE STATE RESTS
Detective Feeney and Lawyer
Furey Cross Swords and
Sparks Fly.
BURGER ON THE STAND
Swore He Went Home and Knew
Nothing of the Tragedy
Until Arrested.
BURGER ON THE STAND

The little hamlet of Secaucus was de-
populated yesterday. From the crowds
assembled in the Hudson County Court
House yesterday at the trial of Frank
Burger for the murder of Saloonkeeper
John F Enblebrecht. there could not
be anybody left in that sleepy little
place north of Snake Hill. Venerable
farmers with punches of whiskers on
their chins and their rough looking
trousers thrust into their highlows,
drove up to the old building on Newark
avenue in antique vehicles. Some of them
brought their wives and children. whom
the constables refused to admit into
the room.
From half past nine o'clock in the
morning until nearly ten o'clock at
night. to which time the court sat.
these bucolic booking people sat gain
ing information as oysters gain their
pearls-by gaping. How they craned
their necks when Detective John P.
Feeney brought m the bundle contain
ing the bloody garments of the muir
dered saloonkeeper, the broken musket,
the razor. and the blanket which covered
the gaping wounds on the throat of the
man they saw lying on the saloon floor
on the morning of May in pool OF
blood.
Their excitement was wrought to the
highest pitch when old Louis Bauer hob
bled to the stand and told the awful
story of the discovery of the bloody
work after the Sundays debauch. They
murmured and Justice Lippineott was
obliged to tap with his gavel and warn
them to keep still or he would clear the
court. There was no occasion to repeat
the warning.
Scarcely less exciting was the testi-
mony of the beer driver John E. Engel-
brecflt, who described how, on that
dewy morning in May, he almost stepped
on the body of his customer on his way
drivers story thai blood lay in pools
on the. floor and ran in every. direction
from the fideous wounds in the throat
and head of the murdered man, sent a
thrill of horror throughout the crowd,
The only person who looked unconeerned
ard Indifferent was Frank Burger, who
appeared extremely bored with the whole
proceedings
promptly at two o'clock the trial was re-
sumed by the foreman of the jury ask
ing that at. Burgers boarding nc, house mis- MS
The little- woman with a big baby hav-
ing seated herself in the witness chair,
aDid you notice on Monday morning
If Burgers bed had been slept in?''
- a7~vo~oT'
SOuIQ yOu say WIOlLSL 4lC oiCPl III ~
Winfield. and witness replied in the
Prince Thompson, the negro Whom the
beer driver met on the morning when the
murder was discovered, was called and
he said that he came down early that
morning to help to clean the. windows of
the saloon. Engelbrecnt had asked him
to, DO SO on Sunday afternoon. He was
told by Bauer that the saIoonkeeper. was
dead inside the bar. but he wouldn't go
inside and left with the beer driver;
Mrs. Annie Moths, dressed in a blue
skirt a brilliant crimson silk waist. a
straw hat with immense. black plumes
and yellow, satin bows as big as the jibs
glebreclft his dinner on Sunday after
noon, She noticed the. saloonkeeper with
was tending bar and Englebrecht took
OFT the beer money and put it back into
witness took UP the vest and showed
into which pocket the money was placed;
On cross examination Mrs: Moths said
cry. day, In the main she corroborated
Weirauchs testimony that he slept in
the saloon on Friday night. The ques-,
the witness said she saw Burger on Fri
day morning before the fatal Eio'day
l0aaag f9a he one SOFT Of lngls95ssg g asKed aKRsd Mr.
Winfield. On the redirect examination Mr..
Grouse objected. but the question was
Allowed, and witness said she couldn't
IN trying to break the force of ner, tes-
ti30ny Mr coss . brought eSf the dam fad
iiHSS- = : weslz 6efars sunday and that it
be there every day. the last week
THE recross. examination was dropped,
and witness IN lsst the stagd av faced Norm
bergen police officer, said he went to the
saloon or Monday morning and saw the
DgsF fhe "fil' first n Hing T did, he continued,
was to see Wefrauch and learned that
he had slept the night before at his
learned that Burger mad passed the night
there and went for him / found MIN
He M ad ad All right light ana and arrsssa arrssfsd him him.
"What did you say to Burger before
he made any statement" asked the
ne. admitted taat he was in Engel-
Dd gS3, a5k @ ared Tar mr fRs Win5eld he ieft
ssTIe said he left between II and /, !"
did you show, him the body" o,o.n
and VI When !1ss hs saw the body he said, ITS
what dig you find N +,1ss 's rooIasg on n,sces
of one dollar bill pinned together"
Mr.. James F'urey cross examined an and
~ ta,iol - BEGAN the policeman.
T don't want ant you ygs to 5Iipa tiink' gs sgaeged
hos ID ne act?'' asked Mr.. Furey?
wsrpqa in lsoked Fl is'.f fba body. and said,
sFs,s tno bad any7 -har he walked ont
as fast as he could" replied the wit
vussnAs~. sasd ths4< he turned Rursger
ovar - Mr. s'turges Ard went away after
"a At this point Ildge van vafsr #
wss invited = see+ on the bsner b@a- T.
fveea Justice Lippir1caM and Judge
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