Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1898-01-27
CUMBERLAND COURTS.
Carfagan is Acquitted by The
Jury.
TONGERS' JURY DISAGREE.
NO Verdict Being Reached, They Return
to Court and are Discharged.
JURY DISAGREE.
Wednesday Afternoon.

wednesday Afternoon.
1t was thought the Wirchossky case
would be given to the jury before ad-
journment, but when night fall came
Prosecutor Logue declared that his re-
bnttal would require an hour, and with
a couple of hours argument TO follow,
would keep the case until pretty nearly
midnight, so Judge Hoagland sent the
jurors home, and tomorrow morning
will see the case resumed. The case is
pretty spicy and keeps the audience
which crowds the house, thoroughly in
terested.
Mrs. Lena Barber, of Baltimore, was
put on the stand. Mrs. Barber is a step
sister to Adolph Hoon. She recognized
Sam Wirchossky as being at Hoon's
house before his arrest. He came there
with another man, stranger. Wirchos-
sky was introduced to her by her step
brother. When Hoon was arrested,
Wirchossky came to the house and said
something must be done and they would
pay all her expenses. She said "no,o if
her brother had come from good family
and II he was guilty of such things, she
would have nothing to do with getting
him out; let him suffer- They again
visited her and she told them the same
thing and also said that they should never
enter her house again. She said it was
in September, 1896, when the Wirchos-
skys (she didn't know their Names y
called on her brother.
Mrs. Barber couldn't understand
English very we'll, SO Louis Busker, of
New York, was introduced as interpreter
The defense objected to him, as it was
thought he had appeared against Wir-
chossky before but he,swore he had not,
so he was accepted.
On cross examination, Judge Westcott
did not want the interpreter, so he asked
his own questions and Mrs. Barber made
out fairly well in answering them.
Judge Westcott asked her if she had seen
| Busker last night, and she said yes.
Then Mr.. Logue called Mr.. Busker to
answer about seeing Mrs. Barber. 1t was
simply at the suggestion of the Prosecutor
that Buske or took Mrs. Barber to a board
ing house, the only time he saw her.
A. j. Crockett. of Maryland, was
| S"AASNs 1IO diAOStSl t1OOu III II,
1895. He also arrested Joseph Davis.
who escaped Jail. He knew them both
and recognized their photographs when
shown. He visited Hoons house in
Baltimore, and found stolen goods in
their home
Prosecutor Logue was sworn and Of
fered the letters in evidence, which Con-
stable Lore found and gave him. The
letters he had translated.
Mr.. Busker was again called, and
testified to translating them.
Counsel for the defense took up some
time in examining the letters which were
offered in evidence by Mr.. Logue. These
letters are said to have been written by
Sam to Bill Wirchossky, while Sam was
in Baltimore.
On cross-examination it was learned
that Mr.. Buster only translated portions
of the letters, which referred to Sam and
BilPs business transactions.
Counsel for the defendants objected
to the letters. but it was not sustained,
and the letters went in evidence. This
closed the States evidence.
Mr.. Trenchard opened for the defense
and said that Sam and Bill Wirchossky
were being tried together and the evil
dence against one is evidence against
both. They wonld show that they did
not steal this horse They would show
that Sam bought this horse from a
peddler who came through Rosenhayn,
paying for the horse, wagon and harness,
$75. Proof would be forthcoming from
reputable persons who was there when
Sam and the peddler were dickering
about it. They would produce abundant
proof that on the 10Th of April, when a
horse was stolen in Maryland, that Bill
and Sam Wirchossky, were in Cumber-
land county, the next day and for several
days previous. They would show that
the horse Wirchosky had was 153 or 16
hands high, when Weber swore his horse
was Is hands high. That the scar which
Weber said was on his horse was not on
this horse.
Samuel Wirchossky was called in the
defense. Said he was one of the defen-
dants and lived in Rosenhayn, and had a
wife and five children. His business
was dealer in horses. Lived in Rosen-
hayn nine years.
The other star defendant, William Wir-
chossky was then put upon the stand.
His story was a simple tale OF an appar-
emily innocent man. Sam bought the
sorrel horse and brought him to Williams
stable and afterward sold it to Hoff.
| Nathan Lavine's testimony was i'm.
portant to the defense. He was present
when Sam bought the sorrel horse and
wagon from the peddlar. He gave Sam
the money to pay for the rig, S49. The
peddler was stranger, but was not either
of the Baltimore men.
p. A. Cressback drew up the receipt for