Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1898-01-27

horse about sixteen hands hioh and
weighed about 100 pounds.
Daniel A. Edison, Moses Braunstein.
Arthur Lewis and Abram Loper were
called to describe the horse of Hoff. and
their description was to the effect that IT
dld not answer to the description of
Weber's horse. Braunstein testified as
suredly that the horse was a bay one.
Mr.. Hoff was called by the defense to
describe the horse and he with the other
witnesses made it an entirely different
animal from the one Mr.. Weber says he
lost
wolf Suttlestein, Hebrew Rabbi was
called and he slowly wandered over to
county Clerk Trenchard. There was
slight pause, and the Clerk said "This
man wants to swear with his hat on.n
swear him." commanded theiCourt.
AT this point the defense rested the case
and Court was adjourned until morning.
Thursday Morning.
Again the Court room was crowded
this morning, to hear the case of SIS
horse, which is attracting the attention of
the Court.
L. ID. Hoff, called as first witness, said
ne called his attention to sore on the
horse. He told Fox and Garrison the
horse had scar but did not tell them
how it came there. He said he never
told item anything about the horses tail
Lucius Garrison called, said he saw the
horse as soon as Hoff had him. The
horse had nice wavy name. Did not
notice his tail and did not notice any scar.
Some time in February he saw Mr.. Hoff
and he asked him if he ever showed him
the scar on the horse, to which he replied
no, and then he showed him scar.
William Bivins said Mr.. Hoff ac-
knowledged to him that the horse had
scar on its belly when he bought him.
Daniel Garrison was called, aud tried
to answer questions propounded by Mr..
Logue. but the Counsel for defense stnr-
ped all answers.
| Frederick Fox said that Hoff told him
the horse had scar on him when he got
1t. Mr.. Fox was one of the men who
went to identify the horse as Weber's,
but said after examining he did not be-
lieve it was Webers horse.
Constable Lore being called contra
dicted the testimony of Hoff and said he
| told him he believed it was Weber,s
horse.
Charles Harrison, of Baltimore, took
the stand. He is tailor in Baltimore
and said that in 1896 Sam Wirchossky
and man named Rosen came to his
place after bundle. Sam stood up and
Harrison recognized him. Had seen his
picture in Baltimore penitentiary.
On cross examination Mr., Trenchard
asked Harrison how many times he had
seen Sam and he replied once. Sam stood
up again for him to look at him, and as
he did so he said, "Now look at my eyes. -
Harrison said he was the man.
| Thursday Afternoon.
The W1rchossky case ended this after
noon, that is after three days of the big
gest legal scrap in recent terms, the testi-
mony was in, the lawyers arguments had
been presented, and the Court had made
its charge to the jury.
Prosecutor Logue made but a brief
opening, simply declaring that the State
contended that the defendants were guilty
OF receiving stolen property, knowing il
to have been stolen.
Mr.sTrenchard, made the opening for
the defense. None has ever heard Mr..
Irenchard speak but who have been i'm.
pressed with his logical and USUALLY
sound reasoning,
1t was during the argument of ex-Judge
Westcott that there was something akin
to sensation. No other lawyer ever ao-
dresses Cumberland county iurv who
attracts more attention than this Camden
ex-Judge, who has been so much in the
public eye, especially since his famous
defence of Lingo, the notorious Camden
negro. for murder, and which he is often
pleased to refer to-!
prosecutor Logue has seldom, if ever.
made more thoroughly convincing and
intelligent argument than he did in this
case. He did not rise to oratorical
heights, he did not decend to billings
gate and denunciation. He simply
analyzed the evidence and presented to
the jury the facts as, the State under.
stood them, as developed in this case.
The Prosecutor closed by remarkinp
that the community had no use for the
Wirchosskys.
Judge Hoagland did not review word
OF the evidence. That, he declared. was
for the jury to do. From the testimony
the jury must, in order to convict the de-
PENDANTS, believe Weber's horse was
stolen. that the horse in question was
| Weber's and that the Wirchosskv VS. knavv
it to have been stolen property.
The Jury in the Wirchossky case had
been out but a little while before Judge
Hoagland was sent for and he was asked
If 1t was necessary to convict both defen-
dants in the indictment. The Judge
stated that the jury could convict only
who it believed guilty. The jury retired
and returned again at seven o'lock with
verdict of not guilty in the case of Bill,
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