Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-27
LAMBLE FIRST ON TRIAL
IN KUPFER-JANNY CASE
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Prosecutor Hetfield in completing
his outline of the case said: Perch
and. a man who was in the car while
everything was going on. will tell the
story, but he stated, that the prosecu-
|tion would not depend upon his story
alone; that the state would cor
|roborate every detail. The state will
show. that DIR. Moore. although in
bed when the shooting occurred. was
not asleep and came to the window
after the firing of the two shots,
heard EXPLANATIONS such as get the
girl" and also saw the men who COM
mitted the act. DIR. Moore has re-
cognized Brandon, and the finger
prints have shown that Brandon was
the man in the rear of the car. In
closing the prosecutor stated this
evidence shows Brandon is guilty of
murder. When this closing statement
was made a woman in the audience
yelled. 'it's a lie." 1t was found that
she is Brandon's wife.
The first witness for the state was
Harry Van EmBerg. of Plainfieid, a
civil engineer. who made the draw
.ings OF the various locations connect
ed with the crime.
The court room is filed to capacity.
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subpoenaed IN the case are in court.
Van Emberg presented the map
with explanations after which DR..
Frank Moore, superintendent OF
Railway reformatory who resides at
1928 w. Milton avenue was brought
to the stand. He told of being super
intendent of that institution for
eleven and a half years. Attorney
McDermitt tried to prove that the
dense foliage on the trees would pre-
vent the superintendent from seeing
anything that goes on in the road,
and a question was asked If the
foliage was denser in August 1914
than it is today. and the witness stat
ed that the foliage is thicker today,
but even so a still see anything
that goes on out in h street.
James H. Long. of Railway, the
next important witness, stated he
was on his way to work at h Gras-
SELF Chemical Company on the
morning when the fanny girls body
was found on the Railway River
road between $40 and $50 o'clock
Longs attention was called to the
body by William Mcintyre. Long
told of calling the Railway police,
reporting the find. Edwin S. Payne,
a member of the Railway police,
told of going to the road TO investi-
gate the report about $3.50 O'Clock
and finding a number of people
around a body. The head of the
girl was towards the embankment,
while her feet were towards the
road proper. This witness told or
the girl wearing tan shoes and stock
ings. The officer remained with the
body until GAS o'clock, when 1t
was turned over 10 the undertaken
William F. Carr. of 304 Washing
ton street, Perth Amboy, who has
lived in that city for nine years. told
of seeing the body In the roa and
recognizing the girl as Edith fanny.
on account of knowing her o some
time. He also told Of visiting the
morgue the next day.
DIR. RAY Munyer, assistant coun-
ty physician, told of living in un-
ion county for ten years. and stated
he performed the autopsy on tho
fanny girl. He Judged the girl TO be
about twenty-four. five feet. five
inches. A bullet wound on the back
of her head was the only mark on
the body. The bullet the nhysician
believed penetrated the brain tissues
Of the girls head and it is believed
this caused hemorrhage.
Isaac Sake. of Perth Ambov. was
the next witness. and he told tne
court that together with arthur
Kupfer he met the Jannv girl n
Mrs. Genevieve Hendrickson az
Soldiers beach on the night of August
81. arrivine hack at 1O:3o. taKins
Mrs Hendrickson 10 her home al
the Westminster and the leaNinE
the car at Market street and MADISON
avenue. Save claims 10 have left the
car at 10:40 O'Clock. the car pro-
ceeding put Market street. kupIer
claiming to be on the way to the
girls home.
ole OIesen. the Perth ANNOY
undertaken. who removed the BODY OF
the sirl from Railway to her nome
and Mrs. Louisa Jannv. mother OF y
girl. were the last witnesses for me
morning session. The mother stated
she lived in Perth Amboy 80 years.
her daughter was nineteen the June
r~revious to the shooting. erd thar
~he lived AZ home and worked IN n
rotel Madison as cashier at the time
of the shooting.