Bridgeton pioneer., 1898-01-20

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brothers hay. He afterwards saw Mr.
Newkirk and he wanted $25 to settle the
matter. Cooper said he was accused be-
fore of stealing hay.
George Buck knew Thomas Cooper,
and knew that he had about three tons of
hay on the island, He worked for
Cooper.
Edward Cooper, brother of Thomas,
said he had hay on the island all the
time. His brother Thomas had some hay
there. about three tons. he thought.
This closed the case, and Constable
Dare took the jury out to deliberate.
The jury had in a verdict of not guilty
hxe'l up in about an hour, and handed it
to the evident pleasure of Cooper,
The Wirchossky's Case.
sam and Bill Wirchossk Y ARE known all
over this end of the State, with reputa-
ton unsavory, having both been more
than once in the courts of this county.
When the case was named by Prose
cutor Logue il was thought by many in
the Court room that the State would, be-
fore the case was completed, develop
wonderful system of horse stealing, the
Wirchosskys stealing horses here, ship
ping them to Baltimore, where they were
disposed of by gang, while they would
receive horses stolen in Baltimore, and
dispose of them here
lt was apparent, when the two defen-
dants were brought in, that the Wir-
chassky's were to be well defended, Ex-
Judge Westcott, of Camden, Thomas W.
frenchard and Samuel Iredell, flanked
the table allotted to the defense, and all
through the case they fought unitedly
against Prosecutor Logue.
There was some little difficulty in OBJ
tanning jury, the defense excusing six
gentlemen, while the State made but two
challenges.
The indictment was jointly against
Samuel and William Wirchossky, and
there were two counts in the bill. The
first. that of stealing a horse in Balti-
more, was abandoned by Mr.. Logue, and
he laid his case upon second count, that
of securing a stolen horse.
Daniel Weber, the gentleman who lost
the horse, came here from his home in
Rothsville, Maryland, to testify against
the defendants. He was nice looking
young fellow, ran a restaurant in the
Maryland town, and under Mr. Logues
guidance glibly told of the loss of his
horse, in April, 1896. From information
received, Mr.. Weber came to Bridgeton,
and found his horse in the possession OF
Thomas Hoff, of Rosenhayn. He was
sure of his horse.
Weber's uncomfortable moments upon
the stand, were when he was failing to
answer questions satisfactorily to any
body In fact, Mr.. Trenchard was very
clever in his cross. examination and
tangled up Weber so that his evidence
could not have been of much value to the
jury.
Weber's friend, w. H. Walters, of
Maryland. knew the horse better than
Weber and he was certain that the horse
seen in possession of Mr.. Hoff was the
one stolen from Weber. Mr.. Trenchard
used all his talent and skill to follow his
success over Weber upon this witness,
but Mr.. Walters came up smiling and in
general way held his own.
Thomas Hoff continued the story by
stating that the sorrel horse identified by
Weber and Walters, he bought of Samuel
Wirchossky. He gave him for the sorrel
$50 horse and a couple of loads of hay.
Wirchossky told Hoff that he got the
horse from peddlar at Woodstown.
Mr.. Trenchard then went into the mat
ter of Identification. He carried the cross
examination to a considerable length,
and was finally stopped on objection of
Mr. Logue.
Edw. Somers said that in April, 1896,
this Hoff sorrel horse was offered to him
by William Wirchossky for 500. He
told Somers that he did not know where
the horse came from.
According to William J. Bivns, Will
liam Wirchossky tried to trade this sorrel
horse to him. William first told Bivins
that the horse came from Philadelphia,
and later denied this statement and said
he procured the horse from farmer in
Swedesboro.
Lemuel E. Coney, of Alliance, Salem
county, said that both of the Wirchos-
skys wanted to sell him this horse, and
one of them said that the horse came
from Philadelphia.
The States case was very materially
strengthened by Daniel d. Garrison. His
story was that in the fall of 1896 he was
out near Rosenhayn cunning. His at
tention was called to runaway sorrel
horse which seemed to belong to Mr.
Hof. Later he went out to Hoff's farm
with Fred Fox to look for the horse stolen
from Maryland. Garrison found the sor
rel horse, and the description he gave of
the horse Tailed almost exactly with the
description already given by Weber and
Walters.
Mr.. Bivens was recalled and said that
the sorrel horse Wirchossky offered him
was chunky horse with crimpy name
and tail.
Prosecutor Iogue became hit mvsteri-