The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-31
BURGER ACQUITTED.
His Third Trial Frees Him
From the Charge of
Killing Engelbrecht.
END OF THE MEADOW MYSTERY.
BURGER TELLS HIS STORY AGAIN
Mr.. Winfield Makes a Remark
About Knives 10 Which Mr..
Grouse Objects.
nd OF TIE MEADOW MYSTERY.
BURGER TELLS HIS STORY AGAIN

The Burger jury, soon after leaving the
court room, returned with a verdict Of
mot guilty
The trial of Martin Burger for the
murder of John f. Engelbrecht is prac-
this morning while Justice Lippincott
and it was about 1920 when Mr.. Grouse
began his summing up. 1t was agreed
that each side would occupy an hour
and a half. SO that the ease could be
given to the jury by Justice Lippincott
Immediately after recess.
One of the most important witnesses
after recess was Lena Neimeyer. She is
a servant at Lsvy's half way mouse on
the Carlsbad Road, and she testified
that she saw a strange man who looked
IKE q tramp taking q drink at the pump
near the saloon at $50 A. II. Monday.
The nan told her that a murder mad
been committed about a mile down the
road. This was about the time the muir
der was discovered. The man had some
scratches on his face and nose. She
tod Mr.. Levy n he Went out n1 to look
Christian Haag, who keeps a grocery
story in Passaic VINO was driving TO
market on Monday morning between
1A-@~S S%--1 IN1 SA0StA -
testify hat he met a tramp ON the
road between Passaic and Carlstadt. TIL
tramp asked him how far it was to
Paterson. He couldn't remember what
he said, but it evidently didn't suit the
tramp, for he said, You'd better look
out, or I'll break your neck. / killed
a bigger man than you down the road
this morning. Mr.. Winfield objected to
the testimony as irrelevant and it was
Constable Buckmiller, who had been
brought in on a capias. testified that he
made a search for a man named Rollln,
tramp seen by Lena Neimeyer. He found
the man at Woodbridge, but didn't want
him
York, testified that Burger gave him so
in April. This shows that Burger had
Richard Stolti testified that he heard
Grob say that he would give $50 to
Charles Kegel testified that Grob want
was convicted. Charles Schultz testified
that he filed in under Engelbrecht's
saloon on the Paterson Plank Road side.
This testimony was to show that SEMI
Ter could not have crawled under the
Morris Aekerman testified that he heard
Martin Teute say in Henry Engeibrechts
saloon that a glass of beer was taken
up to old man Bauer while he and Daniel
Broder were in the saloon. Henry Engei-
brecht testified tina he heard both Teute
and Broder say in his saloon that the
beer was taken up to Bauer while they
Deputy warden Stewart testified that
he found a blood stained towel under a
pile of lath. 1t was damp, as if it had
been saas USED na+s By so Fsane1 si to tW tbink ne e
was important and the witness put It
back where he FOUND it. Stewart also
in Engelbrechts room and found Louis
Bauer's basket with a blood stained
cloth on it. In answer to questions By
the skirt was fit to wear. P~rosecutoarr
Winfield suggested that it was a .~cast-off
garment used as a dust rag, but the
Justice Churchill, who was recalled,
testified that Stewart showed him the
blood stained towel. It was damp, He
towel or the money at the former trial
because he was not asked about them
Mr.. Feeney knows that Teute said that
the beer was taken upstairs while he
was there. Feeney found fault with the
witness for speaking of the conversation.
pr Wilbur Il. seymse u Gf the sc sh9ng
has not progressed far enough 70 dis,
tinguish the difference between the blood
of mammals.
said Mr.. Winfield, "that all that science
has learned in this direction is notn-
absolutely nothing replied the doc
tor, ifnpFessively.
Goodbye, doctor" said Mr.. Winfield,
Mrs. Burger, the Defendants wife, was
called and identified her husbands un-
derclothing which she had received. from
Mrs. Bilskin. Mrs. Burger was visiting
some friends in Germany at the time of
| the murder, and did not return until the
following June. She found her husband
in Jail.
Fritz Throppe testified hat Louis Bauer
was at his house a few days after the
murder and remained two or three hours.
hreeht having a watch. He told the
| witness that three or four days before
| the murder John Engelorecht counted out
dressed at the time of the visit.
Vim. c. Abrams made some measure
ments, the result Of which was to snow
that Schiller could not have seen the
| two men, Engelbrecht and Burger. in
| the barroon. from the place he. said he
was standing. He also tested the stairs
| and found that not more than two chairs
could stand on them at the same time.
It had been stated that the staircase was
blocked up with chairs, Photographs OF
| the exterior and interior of the saloon
| were identified by the witness and offered
in evidence by Mr.. Grouse, but were not
admitted.
five o'clock in the afternoon. He gave
a history of his life and then told the
story Of his doings on Sunday ana Mon
any particular from the story he told
at the first trial. He babe John, En-
gelbrecht goodnight about Z o.cleck, IN me
IN 80 tl4ilG Ea2 A 4 aSAAA - - s Nf-Nt
and went up the road to the left, on
| his way home. Terte and Broder took
the road to the right.
Detective Feeney was called at the
| night session to discreeit a statement
made by Burger that ne changed .
$40 bill in a saloon in Railroad avenue
or Spring street, as it is now known.
| FeeIley Said he haG gone all through
| Spring street and could not find the
| place described by Burger.
us Ferdinand Kashger nere?" asked
Mr.. Grouse. A man stood up in the
audience.
ssrhat is the man. exclaimed Burger.
e is the man who changed the SO
Kashger testified that he changed a
SO Bill for somebody. He thought Bur-
| ger might be the man, but he would not
be positive.
Louis Bauer was recalled and produced
\ a basket and two dirty towels. He had
been instructed to bring the basket and
the towels, which were spoken of by
Deputy Warden John W. Stewart. He
was asked if that was the basket that
was found in his room and he answered
| no. John Grob gave him the basket two
weeks ago. He evidently thought that
any basket would be good enoug 10
| bring to court. He also produced some
! knives, and Mr. Winfield ironically re-
marked that they We're probably the
knives with which Engelbreeht was kill
/ cd. Mr.. Grouse objected to the Prose-
| cuter INTERPRETING such remarks, and jus
tice Lippincott sustained the objection.
Henry Schuman. Mrs. Schunlsn's hus-
band, was recalled and testified that
Teute said in Henry Engelbrecilt's saloor'
1 fhgf no beer was taken up to Bauer