New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-16
WEDNESDAY,,
OCTOBER, 16, 1895.
SCHOENHOLZ FOUND GUILTY
CARSON. FIRST DEGREE. SECOND OF
FENCE" THE VERDICT

HE HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY BEFORE
AND THE SECOND OFFENCE DOUBLES THE
SENTENCE. WHICH MAY be FROM FORTY
TO EIGHTY YEARS.
The Jury in Judge Fitzgerads part OF Gene
eral Sessions which has for nearly week been
irving the case OF Morris Schoenholz. charged
with arson yesterday afternoon brought IN
verdict Of guilty OF arson, first degree, secono
offence"
schoenholz has been declared guilty OF
felony before and this. therefore. Is seconds
offence conviction which makes him liable tor
double the prescribed sentence for arson nc -
row more than forty-four years old, ana may
be sent to prison for from forty to eignV
years
SUMMING Up FOR THE PRISONER
Abraham Levy. counsel for schoenholz, began
summing I'D when court opened yesterday
morning.
The taking of testimony began week ago.
In the five days OF court. Assistant pis''i''
Attorney Davis has produced an overwhei"hs
array Of evidence. not only In regaTu :" 'e
specific complaint OF setting fire 10 No -''
Fast Fourth-st in order TO get the in91rance.
hut evidence also that the accused man h@~
been guilty of other serious crimes
Mr. Levy carefully went the evidence
In his summing up He argued that the VII.
uesses for the prosecution were tainted Win
crime themselves, and committed perjury 10
save themselves from punishment
AT 1890 o'clock Assistant District-Attorney "a
Wis began his address. He took UP the evidence
step by step and showed its credib.hty he sala
the witnesses for the people were not me purts'
Imaginable but they were the best CCtainaoie:
for they were those that had inside knt"ledge oi
the schemes to get money by settinS HIe "
houses They were doubtless somewhat taih.ea
nv the atmosphere In which they had lived OUT
they we're the best kind Of witnesses from u,e
fact that they were associates OF the'c,ll'il,a
accused They had turned their knowledge over
I'D the State in the hope or receiving 'he @o"'
sideration from the people
THE JUDGES CHARGE. 81
AT $40 o'clock Judge Fitzgerald began his
charge
ON regard 10 an informer" he said, the law
has always regarded as proper the confession OK
ac.omnIices II is necessary to have such EVIL
dence TO repress crime. The law requires thas
there should be confederation OF the evidence OF
an accomplice. The prosecution Is not 10 use
disrenutabe witness where a reputable one can
ba had. The conversations Of the DEFENDANT
with the fire and police authorities and the ie'-
ters are held t. be corroboration.
1T is not claimed that any person ga" the
ascendant set fire to the house. but the crcum-
stantial evidence points To MIN Crcui,is' an
tial evidence Is deemed good evidence III you
believe the evidence produced by the people
Won must find the defendant guilty Of arson; IL
YOU find him guilty Of that crime ana peHsNe
70 evidence Of the prosecution that he was be-
fore convicted of burglary you must ma MIN
guilty of arson. first degree. second offence
The Jury retired at 40 O'Clock.
Artor henr out an hour and ten minutes the
iurv returned with verdict Of guilty OF arson
in the first degree second offence. as charged
in the indictment The second 0nehce p sat
~ the verdict means that the jury believed that
SchoenhoIz is the same man that was c"h.lcleo
in this city Of burglary. felony ana OF con-
sniracv TO commit arson in Brooklyn, mis-
demsanor The serious character of the sec
ond offence is seen from the fact that; accord
ing to the law. II doubles the pehaty. ne ne
nenaltv for al son in the first degree is twenty
70 forty years In State Prison. Under the YER
dict Schoenholz may then get from forty 10
eighty years in prison. Ia .
native Of Poland and lived at No IA? Lewls-sI
Schoenholz was remanded till Friday.