The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-06-18

your fathers house?" asked Lawyer AL
bert WALL
Eyes, before recess"
Didn't anybody tell you to look at a
red cross and you would find your fathers
house?r
Yes"
'who was it: the Prosecutor"
"Yes"
The Prosecutor didn't like this admis-
sion. He flushed and buried his face be-
hind a paper.
"You say you saw Barker fire shot
at something behind the hedge. How
could you see that he fired at something
on the ground?"
81 saw him point the pistol downwards. :"
"You could see the pistol through the
hedge?" pursued the lawyer The witness
hesitated and finally said she couldn't see
it, but she saw Barker put something in
his pocket after the shooting.
Mrs. Louise G. Van Wrinkle, who lived
at the opposite corner of the Roome
house, came next. She heard the shots
and thought at first some one was shoot
ing dog. She went to her window and
she saw a man lying on the sidewalk
and there was man leaning over him.
When some people raised the man she
saw it was Mr.. Keller. She was not cross
examined.
Mrs. Jennie NJ Bulkley, of No. las Beach
street, an attractive looking woman with
gray hair, then took the stand. Her story
was as follows:-She heard the shots
while she was dressing. She saw a man
leaning over fallen man on the side
walk and she promptly screamed ''Mur-
der" After that she ran down stairs
and saw Barker drop the pistol into his
pocket and start to run away. Her hus-
band ran after the fleeing man, while
others assisted Mr.. Keller home
The Prosecutor produced Mr.. Keller's
nat and coat which the witness identified.
There were large clots of blood on the
coat. Mrs. Bulkley described the wound
and said that streams of blood gushed
from the clergyman's mouth when he
breathed.
did you see anything else?" inquired
Mr.. Erwin.
"No, saw enough" the witness said,
and added that the PROSTATE man was
lying on the sidewalk between Barker and
the hedge. The latter ran away as soon
as he heard her scream.
Frederick G. Bulkley, husband of the
last witness, testified as to the hearing
of the four shots. GIe saw Barker running
away and he rushed after him, but lost
sight of him for a time. Subsequently
he saw him on trolley car.
81 asked him why he ran?" said the
Witness s'and he said he didn't want to
get into any crowd I asked him whom he
had shot and he said, Keller, and 1 hope
1 have killed him. .
"What did he say when you got to the
Town Hall?' asked the Prosecutor; but
Mr.. Van Wrinkle objected on the ground
that the defendant was really in the GUS
tody of the law and before listening to
any admission the State must show that
Barker had been warned according to law
of the consequences of not admitting any,
tnlng.
The Judge didn't rule on the objection
for the time being.
What did he say before Barker went
into the court room?'
'+He said that he wanted to give himself
up, and he told the janitor to telephone
shot Keller and he should break the news
to his Wife
On cross-examination by Mr.. Van
Wrinkle BulkIey said he chased the man
because he saw Barker running and be-
cause his wife ''hollered murder"
did you believe your wife?"
"Yes; why not? we've been married
forty years and Il"
Never mind that
stBut I do,' said the witness smiling at
his wife.
Mr.. Van Wrinkle then put eeries of
questions for the establishment of his
point that when Bulkley met him on the
trolley car his intention was to arrest him
and virtually he was under arrest when
they met Mr. Van Wrinkle then tried to
get out of the witness the fact that
Barker told him of the reason he shot
the minister.
what did he say?
He said he did SO because he was jus
tiied.''
"Will you swear that that man didn't
mention in the car his wifes name?"
thundered the lawyer.
Bulkley hesitated and avoided the ques-
ton, and after much pressing he blurtea
out something about being justified.
"Why did you go on that carp" persist
ed the lawyer.
''To see him give himself up to the au-
thorities.'
What for?"
"For shooting Mr.. Keller"
"You didn't see him shoot Keller?"
NO
You did what your wife told your
ssYes."
Hadn't you the curiosity to know what
he meant when he said he was justified
in shooting?"
mo-
''Mr. Van Wrinkle as the witness left The
stand, moved that the whole testimony
of Bulkley in reference to the arrest Of
Barker be stricken out, because Buikley
virtually arrested him and should have
warned him.
"You move to strike out?g asked the
Judge.
eyes, we move to strike out lie."
"Overruled
DR.. Pliney w. Barber of Midland ave
nue., was the next witness. He heard a
pistol shot and went to the door of his
house and he saw the last witness run
ming up the street without coat or hat
Witness then went on the street and he
found a man lying on the walk 1t WAS
Keller. His head was resting on his
| hand The doctor described the dress of
| the clergyman and the position in which
| he wac living He Identified the hat and