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The mu-Ger?" but Mr. Winfield objected,
anl the ahieetion was sustained.


| identified tho old gun, and said that he
remembered Burger frequently going
shooting with Engelbrecht's own gun.
caucus e M Mo as was with ila Engelbreeht T few
! hours before thu murder, was tall, re-
| spectacle looking man. with chew OF TO-
| bacco in his cheek. His story when
practically likes Burger as the man who
murdered Engelbrecht, was as follows
! On that fatal Sunday night he was IN
the SALOON With With others BuTger alger Was waS
Daniel Brodcr by the door next TO une
! Paterson Plank Road When they came
out OF the door MIR. Engelbrecht closed
/! the door with d chair behind them.
! Burger passed out also and remained
| standing on the seoop We, Broder ana L
| went up the Paterson Plank Road, ana
/ the last look l had of him was in turn.
ing back and he was on the stoop still,
| said the witness.
Engelbredht he said. had spoken to him
| that night about staying there Ihat was
about eleven o'clock.
Did anyone mention anyone's name l
while You We're talking askeu oS NE Tir,
Court allowed the question. and Mr..
| Winfield asked:
s'Wlrsse name?' :,
fore Mr. Grouse could cry, object.
I'm that conversation did Englembreelht m l
yay Wneg aaS'ng Was aeIan askng W When Teute broke
:. Wait a Bit said Justice LIppineott
ton until | tell you hn
I'm that .conversation,' again began
M winfield did did dsenaast going sag Sr
An objection was. entered, and the
/ Court. quoting the famous Hunter case
| admitted the ques ZION.
Eyes, sir," said Teute, when directed
to answer, Mr.. Englebrecht said to me
! Martin won't you stay with me 70
night?' He told me that Burger wanted
to stay with him and he was afraid OF
him him % out, he < did not know what would
Stop Stop right there" said Mr. Winfield
evening was there any conversation
about the amount of business Engle,
ssYes. sir" / asked John how he was
getting On, aEGsh e. sal said, Good; / took in
showed low that Burger was present during
the conversation. about the money and
heard it.
On cross EXAMINATION Teute. said that
on this Sunday night he and his .compan-
ion in the saloon We're alternately drink
9 Se Psyng psea o Ppfsn theae sa6Sa aBS R01 day d
versions scandalized Pastor Wick and
made the Chief Of North Bergen 1,cP Polise Ice
ings-on nes II his bSsliWIek WGsSeo seA
aDaniei Broder,' cried Mr.. Winfield
fer the next witness. and a tal light
with a. hooked nose and watery eyes
stepped up 10, the witness chair. This
sey ss City. a Broder was, prior to the
the the last last Witness in Secaucus and on the
| Sunday evening mentioned kept game"
for the pinochle players, put on the
irdulged in beers and whisky. His tess-
timony was similar to Teutes as to their
movements. Both witnesses swore that
| od
ger was standing on the stoop OF the
saloon.
faced gentleman, with plentiful supply
| of oil on his hair and face and a very
precise way of talking, said that he also
was in Englebrecht's saloon. on Sunday
The witness was very polite and pre-
fixed every name with Mister"
II was in Mr.. Englebreeht,s hotel La and il1s1
| if L am not mistaken, Mr.. Weirauch, Mr.
Burger, Mr.. Foster. ard colored gentle.
know because / have not the pleasure of
his Acquaintance. You see
'oh, that win do. SAD si1;or, Mt cr0uEe re-
| " / would not object"
MT Waeld then BEGAN began to q tTsee Rnegsf ts
ponkets and which bills the prosecution
will show came from Englebreeht
When - inauirig On as ba to Disbi the Mr ei3he Wie
field asked him what kind of trousers
my impression is they we're cordu-
sWhy can't you say definitely" said
How can he do SOP" said Mr. Win
| field. Il couldn't for the life OF me say
| what kind of trousers you wore,' turn
| ing to Mr.. Grouse.
ssOh, yes, you could, if you are the OBJ
servant man I take you to be-" retorted
| Mr.. Grouse.
The next scene. was gruesome one and
point. Prosecutor Winfield called Mel
son E. Ackner, an undertakers assist
ant, to come forward. slim young
| huge bundle from the floor opened it;
| It contained the blanket, the clothing of
the dead ana all stiff bere apd 9aes sma Mieh
sieve which Engelbrecht used as pill
| low. Opening. q piece of newspaper he
exhibits We're shown to the jury and
silent evidences of a bloody deed.
Where was that blanket?" asked the
Prosecutor, kicking. aside the object
| named, which Engelbrecht gave to cover
Burger ON that night.
Covering. the throat of the body, sald
| Ackner, who added that the exhibits
| had been in his possession ever since he
dressed the body for burial -,
| was there any blood about the room2'
asked Mr. Furey. in cross-examination.
/ ssYes, the walls were spotted; there
| was stream on the floor and a big
! puddle." said the undertakers assistant.
Stelling Schiller, whose testimony was
| given in Secaucus German, as Mr.. Win
| field termed it. said that he passed
| morning and saw through the glass door,
/ Engelbrecht behind the bar and Burger
| in front of it, When asked what they
| We're doing, witness thumped the desk
/ with his fist and replied, Matches zo,''
| and waived his arms as two men would
| do in heated talk. Witness looking into
| the saloon saw Engelbrecht mix glass
| with something from a bottle and the
| saloonkeeper and Burger started TO go
upstairs The next thing he; witness,
men return downs tairs. Then, Engel-
brecht, he said, poured OUT beer for
himself and Burger took whiskey. They
| drank four or five times together. al
ways changing off, sometimes beer,
/ after one o'clock.
AFTER they got through drinking what
! did you see them do?" asked Mr.. Win
field.
| minute and then went inside to the bar.
i They took another drink and | saw En-
/ gelbrecht. count his money and put it in
Y. witness illustrated how Engelbrecht
put away his money and the money in
.sThen what did they do?" asked Mr..
winfield and the court room was as
still as if no big crowd was present,
saloonl<eeper put away his money he
saw him give Burger a blanket.
.Look at that said Mr.. Winfield.
i throwing the bloody covering found on