The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-04
TO SAVE KOHL'S LIFE
Arguments Advanced Be-
fore the Court Of APP
pea1s Yesterday.
ONE JUROR AN ALIEN
No Direct Evidence Against the
Prisoner-The Theory of
Suicide.
spectaz 10 the Jcrscv cgtu Nsics.

oVectut :" ehe 1c5'ce eteh 1'epe
TRENTON. Dec. Z, lSso--Argument was
heard. Yesterday before the COURT OF Ell
rors ana Appeals IN the case OF henry
9 against the state OF NeW Jersey.
ine case mas galneQ conslderapie no
torlety, because u - the HIST nuroer case
- coine oelore Inc Sours u HAdois -
uer Inc new runhg OF thal court. ms
new pfdctlce Was iala uoWN III a IecSnt
opinion, and provides that writs of error
in capital casss n,,n;shah1e. With deafSn
orc rvrits ~ r,gh+ sna should iss,,a from
= Wits u isht' anu snotio ISSUE =
the Courts of Errors.
The Kohl case WAS taken, from, f,e. rs
~ n,ar "a rnr-aam 49, = ~
$50 osei anu lefniiier uieol " Lay
Court of Errors.
Henry Kohl was anraV;etad In ,tba lower
oo,,rt nf a.u,un 49, IL aas.sa Yah.,
{. niuiuefeo ms eousii' oiih
Preinell. On Newark, and sentenced to be
hanged an March ri 1895
CSs- !,
SouAseror y 2 beesiey, on penaH OF
Of "Wednesday aftarnoon aaa var+ 80 49,
~N ano part % .uc
morning Yesterday We're used IN reading
the case.
In fha o,,us - m
Beasley said
The facts relied a,aoy, hv ,tba sta4e ore
- 3.rau.
The deceased and the defendan were
seen talking together on the corner of
oar..sn .+re5.s -
certain streets IN the city of Newark at
about half-past eight or nine O'clock on
Friday evening Jnna X 1ea5 Thar. l.
some proof to show that the defendant
sent out and got 4 sman bottle Of wbis-
key. but preiner was not nrasans +hss
WAS NOT present at Inns
time. That shortly after, the deceased
was seen TO leave the defendant and go
what is called Schindlerss creek whies,
is five miles from the corner on which
the deceased and the defendant parted.
The body Of the deceased was found on
SATURDAY morning about 20 minutes past
II, by two persons who were about to 90
fishing in the Passaic River AT fhss Ysoinf
The testimony further shows that the
persons who discovered the body Saw :
stone lying on the side or bscl IF tba
deceased and that at the time fhe bodS
was drawn out of the water Ave ca11ni;na,
pins. which were used for COUPLING cars,
strap, which WIS aIleae55 Iioo oppeS' i anu 9
strap used bv the d~efendan fnr ~ a NJ q
pose of holding up his trousers was found
near a railroad hridea ana - aa,toass
ment; at the foot If fba a,nbs y u,loal IN
body was found. about light feet ayav
from the ennhankment ~ haad away
under water. Aea1 DsA
were several fractures IF the eL,ll anS
the belief Of the doctors is tbsf a the az dei
ceased came, to his death nv reason of
The body was brought to the moreIIe
ana lay unidentified until Sunday, June
II, when Mrs. Kohl went to the morgue
ana recognized the body to be hat of
her nephew,
The testimony of several witnesses is
rsneo upon on the part of the State to
naUn,s ea a. ~ ~qelenddnt pelore the news
9aaea sad.s aiiiguneeu the Tact that the
whiJe n iay a. +ha peen recog5lzed, and
declare fions WIFI, raaars 1aue several
death. - = cause q
Let me imnress ,,non 4ba co,,r
that there was no witness Ia fbis r,,,raar
that the theory Of the state miIsf IL
defendant walked five long miles and
back again along the railroad track over
the toward New York and that
there at SCHNEIDER creek bridge assault
ed the. deceased with five coupling pins.
took of his strap which held,up his trous-
ers ana paced " round the neck of the
deceased DRAGGED the body down the en-
1921 threw me pody IN the water
roone,L ny uscIasso OF ms watch and
one o;olooE f. thn nroMsWark AT ABOUT
The nrisonar pras $1,000
First from tbe sfatenents
defendant before The bodg r ,au ~ sHe
fed. uen
Second. from tbe fact Of tbed afa,a.n..
character being blackened ana yiIified h,,
the admission of Illegal testimony ~
Third, from the fact that the iury must
w believed that because the mother
had made statements and written letters
to the effect that she believed thar the
deceased had money at the time of his
death, therefore the defendant must have
known this fact and therefore committed
the murders
With regard to the first heading the
Court should remember that almost ali
the testimony in this case was taken by
the aid of Interpreters
The witnesses were evidently ipnoran MT
German people. and If was With fhe1 NJ
most dif1ctIty that ona essn farrat o,,t H.
true intent If +ha savines ~ +ba ~.
nesses; therefore the STATEMENTS mada Nv
fhe defandan M sbos,15 ha snrs,tis.an aau ~
great care = sai1Ne WIN
THE or1v +sxt,roonv that o,,,,s ~ rara,
blv cr;ticized rvas M saot ~ rHahi has
toid J u,itnaSs tha+ ~ 49, 49, eAsn
with the decea SOD On +ba ses sly - ~ ~
honaioide ~ ne nisnl " the
Canrot +bis foc+ 30 aaaa,,n4a go
~ nnar i7 rat - aecoo%o III this
r. ~ ..
n,1roha.n : tat4ins ~ tns oeLehoanl
Parhaas q poiae " wuIshey, eecame'
psi haps, - lle liliiuenet o. tle same,
aiip WEI ~ sues ~ ehs DaAely ahd IS
asheu where He aao peeh, ina ne Is
asHdineo 70 auInlt the Lact lnag ne nad
taken 700 much Wnlskey, ana makes
tfs.sseennemes WIZ rsgaro 70 pelng away.
Illuminating the iact OF tne motive from
this case, there is absolutely no testf-
mony 70 convict.
mony, there Is nothing left except the