The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-25
4OH, WHATACOLLAPSE
Kuser and His Co-Accused
Acquitted in Five
Minutes.
eTHE DEFENCE'S GOOD SHOWING
Final Black Eye for tho voorhees,
Characte. Blackening
Committee.
Special to the Jerseu City Neus.

Special to the Jerseu City Nears.
TREA 1ON, Sept. 70, lSs5.-The second
days proceedings in the conspiracy trial
at Mercer county yesterday developed
mo more interesting features han did
the first days, and, except for the elo-
quent and able addresses of the various
counsel in summing up the case before
the jury. the day was a monotonous
one. The argument by counsel for the
defense on the motion to instruct the
jury to acquit because the State had
failed to make out a case was con-
cluded, and Judge Conover refused to so
instruct the jury.
The defense put nine witnesses on
the stand, two of whom. G. B. Cogill
and John R. Riker, were also witnesses
for the State.
Charles S. Robinson was the only one
of the defendants who took the stand,
and he told of the transactions upon
which the indictment based the alleged
conspiracy clearly, and was unsh ken
supon egpss examination.
After the defense had put all its evil
s-dence in. Walter J. Knight, counsel for
MOTTO Heinz and Emil Kraeutler, asked
Prosecutor Stockton if he would insist
upon a conviction against his clients, to
(which the ProsecutqFs replied that ne
FEwould rot.
No formal noife br65segge was entered. but
Judge Conover announced that he
rwoula regulate the matter in his charge
ITO the jury today.
Mr.. LINDARURY,S SPEECH.
Court was opened promptly at ten
o'clock, and Immediately after the call
sing of the jury, Mr.. r. V. Linda
bury of counsel for c. S. Robinson, re-
stunned the argument, interrupted by the
,a-ejournmenteo of court on Monday on the
application made by Sarnue Kalisch, of
counsel for for j. L.. Kuser, to instruct
the jury tes acquit all the defendants.
the jury tolacauit all the defendants.
Mr.. Lfndabury said: ss9'I submit to your
honor that there could be no conviction
under any of the proofssadduced under
the second count of this indictment, and
j understand that none are asked for.
The Court sent the-case to the jury and
the defense took an exception.
ROBINSON TESTIFIES.
After a short conference among coun-
| sci for the defense. Charles S. Robinson
| was called to the witness stand. Mr..
Robinson said that he lives in Princeton
and that he has been in the printing bust
mess for thirty years. He is publisher OF
sthe princeton Press" and also does job
3work. He has been bidoIng on the State
printing in the German language for i've
years. The report of the Inspector OF
factories and workshops he has printed
three or four times. In former years the
yolumes of this report were smaller than
in 1898. stlsizuG4
He bid for the report of the Board of
Education and the factories and work
shops report IN 1893. He made out his
bid in the State Library on the day pre-
ceding that on winch the bid were 70
49, ~ IIA 1rlnyr 4 o n fhD DTnA
tended to bid on any but the factory and
workshops report in German; ana ne mad
He saw a specimen OF the Board of
Education report and concluded to bid
he thought he would bid so high that he
either would not get the contract or if
he did he could fulfill it without loss to
himself or else sublet it. His bid was lor
fifty-five cents per thousand ems. The
second volume of the report was almost
entirely tabular work. which ne could
until two or three months ago, when ne
came to court to plead to the Indictment
against him..
nothing of any other bid, nor had he
seen any one of the defendants.
He was surprised upon being notified a
week later that he had secured the con-
tract for all three of the reports. and it
caused him much uneasiness. ne having
lowing his notification that he had Sc
cured the contract he came to Trenton
to els see so Jonn IL L I'M Murphy rph,ya and ao ask n him b to
hands. Mr.. Murphy said he could not do
it.
tI Vas mueh Worried / mad made 2
mistake in the price and ] consulted
several of my Princeton friends to know
what to do. I saw I would lose big
money if I proceeded with the work. Tho
next dav I came to Trenton. ard as ]
was walking down State street I heard
some one 1 calling. I turned and saw
Mr.. Kiser. Kuser said. I see you have
secured a lotto the German reports to
print. Yes I said. But I didn't intend
to take that large volume of the educa-
tional report from you people. because
I can't do the work. I only expected to
secure the second volume and the work
shop report. If you will take the first
ynliIne of the educational rercr. III
give it to YOU Kuser said, Well, I
don't know about that. What We're yopr
figures ?, I told him IS cents per 1.0o0
ems. Kuser then said, Why, 1 don't