Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-28

arrived there too late to see him.
Perchand said he had been employ
ed In the American Railway Express
Company's garage in New York city
as first assistant engineer, but quit
the morning OF the murder, as he
felt sick.
Perchand denied that he had APP
preached Brandon on that morn
ing with the words: I'm all in. I
made a big mistake last night" He
said he did not tell the authorities
what he knew because he was afraid
he would be implicated. He denied
knowing anything about a letter
which the attorney for the defense
said had been sent by Brandon to
Detective Galatian charging that
Perchand, his brother Frank and
Steve" had been guilty Of the muir
der. Just before leaving the stand
Perchand reiterated his statement
that no promise of emancipation had
been forthcoming from anyone in
the prosecutors office as a result of
his testimony.
The evidence given by DIR. Frank
Moore, superintendent of the re-
formatory at Railway, in front of
whose house the murder was COM
mitted, when he was recalled to the
state stand in the afternoon Is likely
to play an important part In decid-
ing the jury as he said he was GER
tain beyond a doubt that Brandon
was the man he had seen pull Kup-
fer from the car and drag him to
one side of the road. DR.. Moore
said that he was in bed. not sound
asleep, on the morning OF August
22 when at about 2 o'clock he heard
two shots fired. He went to the
window, Ne said, and saw an auto
mobile stopping, with brakes
squeaking. He heard some cutlery.
he testified, and a voice say: Get
that girl out of there"
81 saw a man get out OF the back
left door," said DR.. Moore, land q
body came out of the from Ieit
hand door as IL falling. l saw the
man who got out of the back seat
take hold OF the shoulders of this
falling body and throw it on h
street. l next saw another man in
the front of the car. 1t looked as
though he came in from the right
side and crawled over into the driv-
er's seat. The other man then said
Go ahead. What are you waiting
for?' There was a full moon that
night and nothing INSTRUCTED n
spot in which the car stopped. /
saw the face of the man in The rear
seat as he got out of the car, full
face, sideways and from the back
In fact from all angles. l heard his
voice and that man was George
Brandon.
II picked up the telephone" DR..
Moore continued, land called n
police. / then dressed and went
down to the street and found to my
surprise a man instead of a girl ly-
ing in the street. The man sat up
for a minute or a fraction of a min
ute as l approached and then sank
to the ground"
The doctor then told of neighbors,
the police and doctor coming and
later the undertaken. In cross ex-
aiming the witness the attorney for
the defense endeavored to show that
DR.. Moore's eyesight was not such
as would make it possible to discern
at a distance of 60 or 65 feet, in the
night. the features of a man he a
never seen before. The witness said
he could see better two years ago
than at present. He said he did not
have any glasses on when he looked
from the window. AS to being able
to recognize the voice, DR.. Moore
said it was identical to that of Bran
don which he heard at Auburn pris-
on when he went there this spring
with Detective CALLAHAN.
Charles A. Reed and NJ. A. Camper,
both residents OF Railway living near
DIR. Moore's home. testified to hear
ing the revolver shots and going 20
the street, where they saw the body
of a man. DR.. George L. Orton. oI
Railway. testified that a group OF
So -, Rx~a Dorcang WQra GTnInd the
body of the man when he reached the
scene. The man died a few minutes
after he arrived, he told the court.
He examined the body and found a
bullet wound had caused death.
William F. Carr. of Perth Amboy.
was recalled and said he had known
'Kupfer about fifteen years and called
at the morgue to look at his body.
Carr said, both he and Kupfer were
employed at the General Cigar Com
.pany.
Edwin S. Payne, of the Railway
police force. was recalled to the
stand. He told Of seeing a speeding
automobile about 2:15 o'clock in the
morning and attempting to follow it.
The car was backfiring and did not
slow UP, he said, as it went down
Milton .avenue He tried to follow
in a taxi but lost the car.
DIR. Ray Munger, of Crawford. be-
ing recalled to the stand, said he
found two wounds il Kupfer's body,
one in the back between the shoulder
blades and the other in front between
the third and fourth ribs. The bullet
entered from the back, he said.
John H. Stolsxy. of the Linden
police force, testified to receiving a
kJ1NL@- ooII aud UnfnC tn EdOQT
road where he tried to stop a speed
ing automobile. He flashed his
searchIight and blew his whistle. he
said, but the car did Lot stop. He
recognized the driver, the witness
said, as Charles Perchand.
Henry Harris, of Linden, who was
a member of the police force there
at the time of the murder. said he
met Perchand who was walking and
told him he was on tis way. to his
home "in Centennial avenue !" Harris
said he later found the automobile
AID took it to headquarters.
Tbs court then adjourned for the