Bridgeton pioneer., 1896-12-17

way on the East side Of the house and
started to run to the road. The elder son
was Immediately in pursuit, having in
his hands big club filled with ugly look
ing nails. At the point heretofore men
toned, the son caught up with the father
and dealt him a powerful Low in the
back of the head which felled him to the
ground. Then the other two boys came
out and the old man was beaten with
sticks by the three. The horrible sight
sickened Camp, and he could bear it no
longer and dashed to the rescue. The
boys noticed him, and chased him back
with their murderous clubs. Then came
help, the arrest, and the story is ended.
Who They Are.
The Jorios were five in family. The
old man was named Charles, and his wife
is Marie. The boys are Charles, Cleresto
and Tony, the latter being the eldest.
Charles and Cleresto were recently occu-
pants of the County Jail here, charged
with disturbing worship, and all the
while they were here they were upon
their knees praying and in other ways at
tempting religious devotions. They are
unquestionably religious fanatics, if not
crazy.
Tony is not believed to be insane. From
careful inquiry the reporter learned that
he is an ugly fellow and has been brute
about the house, and has many times
threatened his fathers life. He speaks
good English, and always did all the
hJ1S fpr "a for hot art
the wife took in the tragedy is not yet
plain.
Coroner Halsey's Work.
Coroner Halsey took hold of the case
with all his accustomed vigor. The ar
rests were made under his personal SUPER
vision, and he took entire charge of the
premises. The witnesses were interro-
gated, and when County Physician
Thompson arrived he was able to give
him comprehensive view of the case.
Later in the afternoon Prosecutor
Logue arrived on the scene, and then
Coroner Halsey fixed Monday afternoon
for the inquest, and it will be held in the
Mayors office, at Vineland, at two
o'clock. The body of the victim was
placed in charge of an undertaken, and
the murderers are confined in the Vine-
land lookup.
Jorios Held.
1t was all a horrible, strange reality,
the inquest Tuesday afternoon in the
cause Of the death of poor old Charlie
Jorio, over in yineland.
Over in Bakers block, on Lands Ave-,
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been cleaned up preparatory to burial,
and it presented fairly creditable con-
dition.
AS the jury viewed the body, they
found an old man of remarkable stature.
A heavy set fellow, with we'll developed
muscles, strong as iron, and able to en-
dure pretty much everything, anything
less than the horrible blows that were
rained upon him Monday afternoon by
his infuriated sons.
The horrible wounds were upon the
back of the head. There were four great
cuts clear to the bone, and one which
caused the bone to be broken in many
places. Over the right eye was deep
cash, and the skin was blackened and
bruised. The cut was undoubtedly
caused by the clubbing and penetrated to
the bone.
There were but three marks upon the
body other than about the face. On the
first finger of the left hand was an ugly
looking black and blue spot. Upon the
right arm between the wrist and the elbow
was deep cut which marked the bone,
and looked as if it might have been made
by knife.
The inquest was at the Mayors office.
There was great crowd anxious for ad-
mission in the room, and many found it
impossible to obtain an entrance.
Inside the bar were the witnesses, the
jurors, the officials. Outside were the
crowd of curious people who were
anxious to obtain all the gruesome de-
tails of the horrible tragedy.
In the lookup were the three boys who
had taken the life of the father. They
had shown no remorse since their arrest,
in fact, they had boastingly admitted that
they had committed the crime. The
mother was present with them, but she
was not willing to do any talking, and
refused to be interviewed.
The six jurors were representative citi-
zens of the town, gathered together by
Constable Fowler, and after they had
been sworn by the Coroner proceeded to
view the body. Then the Jurors returned
to the Mayors Office and the inquisition
began.
Prosecutor Logue was present and by
request of Coroner Halsey conducted the
investigation, asking the questions which
were necessary to learn everything con-
nected with the tragedy.
That there had been trouble in the
Jorio family for some time was evinced
from the first witness, John Barge. For
two years this man had been friend of
Jorio. Last Friday the latter was at
Bargo's house and wanted him to go to
the house for he was afraid to go home
alone, His bows were praying all the