The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-09
witnesses We're conducted to the jury
The first witness called was John Nc

witnesses were conducted TO the jury
The first witness called was John Nc
CURE.
Heswas examined by Assistant District
Attorney Davidson. In reply to ms que55 s,5
tions, Mcguire said he lived at NO. ~
another young fellow were swimming at
foot of East Eleventh street. He de-
scribed the finding of the bundle py ms ms
Companion Mokenna ana ~ now ,,,,n,. ne por. cp.
tton of a body with piece about eight
inches square cut off the breast.
The young fellow Identified the piece OF
oil cloth produced in court and also pRoto-
graph of the portion of the body. Inese
were marked for Identification, and Law
yer Howe said he had no questions to ask
swan for the bundle, was then called. He
is younger than Mcclure, and looked to
be about twelve years of age: He cor,
said the bundle was floating northward
from the Eleventh street ferry. He
identified the oil cloth and photograph
the young fellow, the witness stepped
down and left the room.
Police Officer Jacob G.. Moore of the
Thirteenth precinct, New York, was the
next witness. He was examined by As
sistant Attorney Rosalky of New York,
who is assisting the Queens county prose-
cutor.
The officer told how he was called to the
noon of June 26 and described the pack
age by the two boys. He identified the
oil-cloth and photograph of the upper por-
ton of the body.
Police Oficer John F. Winters of the
Thirteenth precinct corroborated the
previous witness as to the finding of the
graph and oilcloth.
Bernard McGovern, driver of the morgue
wagon at Belleville Hospital, told of the
bringing of the bundle to the morgue.
and identified the photograph as correct
picture of the portion of the body which
was given to him by the police at the
Eleventh street dock.
Edgar Meyer a I3-year-old lad, told how
on Sunday, June 81, while looking for
berries, with his father and brother near
10th street and Underwood avenue, New
York, he stumbled over stone and saw
a bundle.
Mr. Howe here objected and said
Your Honor l submit that until the
, timony as to the finding of any portions
of remains is incompetent, irrelevant, i'm
material and premature
Your objection is overruled," said
Judge Smith.
The boy said he called Policeman Brun-
ner and Farley. The bundle, when open
ed was found to contain part of the
trunk of a human being.
Herbert Meyer, II years old, a brother
of the last witness, gave similar testi-
mony
julius Meyer, the father of the two
boys, was next examined He told of the
finding of the bundle and identified the
red oilcloth and wrapping paper which
surrounded it, He also identified piece
of cheese-cloth which was around the
lower portion of a mans trunk, which
was inside OF the bundle. A photograph
was shown the witIiess which, he said,
was representation of the contents of the
bundle.
Police officer Andrew Drummer of the
Thirty-fourth precinct, New York., told
of the Meyer boys bringing him to the
spot where the bundle was found. One of
them held his horse while he descended
where the bundle was lying. He opened 1t
and described the wrappings and contents.
He also saw that he followed the tracks
of a wagon for about 100 feet from the
point on the road above where the bundle
was found, and right at that spot the inl-
prints of horses hoofs were on the
roadway as if the animal had stood where
the bundle was dropped over.
Police Officer Farley told of the bringing
of the bundle and contents in a patrol
wagon to the High Bridge police station.
Arthur A. Carey, a detective, who last
June was attached to the Highbridge
station, described the appearance of the
portion of the body discovered near I'm
dercJiffe avenue, and identified the wrap
pings. He retained a piece of the red
Laughlin. He went to Bellevue Hospital
that Sunday evening and compared the
oilcloth with that which was found
around the portion found in the East
River the day before. Both pieces were
identified.
The Court took recess for one hour
at l2:30 o'clock.