The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-29

was very hysterieal in the station house
when she was brought in. She said. oh.
my poor husband, | hope, oh, 1 nope ne
amt dead, for he'll ten ten 5 beca 5re'n caimer
she made a statement 70 the 1had
in which she declared that PePper ~ bys
tried to shoot her and She s rapusu and
wrist and turned away the IeVeiNei 49,
Pepper shot himself. "a eo+ 70
CHIEF Murphy testified that ne g95 y
the house shortly after t Ssassea in two
shirfs. trousers and stockings. The Snle5
showed the shirts to the Jury b anh Shirts.
out the powder a MARKS Site on cold L He di-
rected Policeman Barry to sew nieked
body, and while doing SO barry pttiaIiv
up a pipe which had peeh
siIrpANsSS les FORMAL STATEMENT;
At Police Headquarters that h affee he
Chief and she made this statement 70
him - Dc Jennie Pepper. / live at
there about four months l nave known
Charles Pepper for ten years, ana haxe
lived with him for about six months. We
we're not married. He was a porter IN
the Pullman service. He came I.9nne
from his work today. Mt. ana MIS-
I'VE o'clock this afternoon and stayed
with us until about ten o'clock we nad
two pints Of b ssss and q n IL the Ned lees esrd dsa s Nv
husband and ! had words. ! don't re-
member what it was about, but |
an a. i 5nS c MT remark ems cams be between Weea t US sand and
yyaoiu your calm yourself Charlie said. IN
We're gone Charlie said, DAM ou,what
you mean by talking to me the way
you did?' I said. 7 didn't mean any,
got his revolver out of the wash stand
drawer and said, I'll show you what L
mean I said, Darling, what is the mat
49,, xuifl . TIn ann1-p6 the rpIrniXyAr
and / grabbed his wrist and turned his
hard and the, revolver went off, and ne
said; ~ MY Iya God Soar I u hays ELS shot sget m igWaEa He He
door Leading to the hall. I pulled him
over and tore omen his shirt and then
husband is dying. When Mr.. Clark
came to my room 1 told him my hus-
band shot, himself. Mr.. Clark put the
up off the floor I am sure that I did
not touch the evolver after the shoot
ing. I did not carry the revolver and
living down when Mr.. Lee came in. I
was born in Wilkesbarre, N. c., and
came to Boston thirteen years ago. l
am twenty-eight years old and my hus-
band was forty. L only heard one shot
fired.
David G. Lee, recalled by the Prose
hle between Pepper and Jennie while he
was there. His wife also recalled, cor
roboratod this evidence.
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The sensation of the trial was caused
by the appearance of the reXt witness.
She was the legitimate wife of Pepper,
from whom he had been separated to
live with Jennie Robinson. She testi-
fed:-"1 live in New York. I moved
there from Camden three weeks ago"
She was shown by the Prosecutor a
letter that Detective Clark had found in
the Pepper house, and she identified it
as one written by her in the July pre-
ceding the shooting. to her husband.
The Prosecutor was not permitted by
the Court to offer the Letter in evidence,
and that closed the evidence The letter
upbraided Pepper for leaving his wife
to live with a paramount.
County Physician Converse closed the
evidence for the State. File said he
had made a post mortem examination of
the body of Pepper. He found a wound
in the right chest one-third of an inch in
diameter. surrounded by burned powder.
There were no other marks. The bullet
had penetrated one of the ribs and
passed into the lung. There was con-
siderable internal hemorrhage.
This closed the case for the prosecu-
ton and the State rested. To the sur
prise of many ex-Judge Hoffman an
and would offer no evidence. Counsel
lor Simpson at once began to sum up
brief bqfi but but e seaTiset He was asm beloved Ie by
eX-Judge Hoffman. who made a longer
speech and carefully brought out every
favorable point. The remarks of the
Prosecutor were characteristic, and he
demanded as usual a verdict of murder
in the first degree.